 It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.  Readings in the History of the American Nation - Page 53edited by - 1914 - 413 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 256 pages
...distinct from the realm of England : and, moreover, " the authority over them was declared by lord Chatham to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation, "(g) The statute 6 Geo. III. also declares the colonies subordinate to and dependent upon the imperial... | |
 | J. R. Miller - Great Britain - 1844 - 742 pages
...had no right to tax the colonies. At the same time he asserted the authority of the mother country over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme, in...circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever; but he pretended, that taxation was no part of the governing or legislative power. In support of this... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 554 pages
...light, they leave all measures of right and wrong, to follow a delusion that may lead to destruction. It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to...government and legislation whatsoever. They are the sub- i jects of this kingdom, equally entitled with yourselves to all I the natural rights of mankind... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...better consist than in doing reasonable things ? It is my opinion that England has no right to tax the colonies. At the same time, I assert the authority...circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever. The colonists are the subjects of this kingdom, equally entitled with yourselves to all the natural... | |
 | Jeptha Root Simms - Germans - 1845 - 686 pages
...solicited some kind hand to have laid me down on this floor, to have borne my testimony against it. It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to...same time, I assert the authority of this kingdom to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever. Taxation... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1845 - 536 pages
..."You have no right," said Pitt, "to tax America. Nevertheless, I assert the authority of this kingdom to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever. Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power ; the taxes are a Voluntary gift and grant... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1846 - 294 pages
...Pitt, in the House of Commons, " to tax America. Nevertheless, I assert the authority of this kingdom to be sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever. Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power: the taxes are a voluntary gift and grant... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Great Britain - 1848 - 208 pages
...light, they leave all measures of right and wrong to follow a delusion that may lead to destruction. It is my opinion, | that this kingdom has no right...circumstance of Government and legislation whatsoever. 1 The colonists are the subjects of this kingdom, equally entitled with yourselves to all the natural... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Eton College - 1850 - 528 pages
...light, they leave all measures of right and wrong, to follow a delusion that may lead to destruction. It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to...the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to he sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever. They are... | |
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 594 pages
...me down on the floor, to have borne my testimony against it. He avowed his opinion that England had no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time he asserted that her authority over them was sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government... | |
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