...natural born subjects, within the realm of England. " 4. That the foundation of English liberty, and of free government, is a right in the people to participate...Legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be pursued in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their sovereign,...

...,in the declaration of the Continental Congress of 1774, and • thus reads: The English colonists " are entitled to a free and exclusive power, of legislation...right of representation can alone be preserved in all • ces to which it owes its origin. All the clauses in the Constitution, and all the clauses out of...

...circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy. . Fifthly. — That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate" in the legislative council : and as the English colonists are not represented, and from their local and...

...foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, i» a right in the people to participate in the legislative council : and as the English colonists...be preserved in all cases of taxation and internal policy, subject only to the negative of their sovereigns, in such a manner as has been heretofore used...

...adopted by the Congress, and is as follows : Resolved, That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate...and from their local and other circumstances cannot be properly represented in the British Parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power...

...a right in the people to participate in the legislative council : and as the English colonists nro not represented, and from their local and other circumstances...entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation, iu their several provincial legislatures, whore their right of representation can alone be preserved...

...Congress of 1774 elaborates and enforces the same distinction. " The English Colonists," it was said, " are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity. . . . But from the necessity of the case and a regard...

...early as 1774, when the Continental Congress declared that the English colonists ' are entitled to free and EXCLUSIVE power of legislation in their several...preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity, &c.' In that great struggle, the patriots who conducted it conceded to the British Parliament the authority...

...early as 1774, when the Continental Congress declared that the English colonists ' are entitled to free and EXCLUSIVE power of legislation in their several...preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity, &c.' In that great struggle, the patriots who conducted it conceded to the British Parliament the authority...

...when the Continental Congress declared that the English colonists ' are entitled to free and EXCLUSFVB power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures,...preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity, &c.' In that great struggle, the patriots who conducted it conceded to the British Parliament the authority...