Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal Constitution |
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... give or do not give so much as it is pleased to expect . In such a situation , where is the right of giving our own property freely or the right to judge of our own ability to give ? It seems to me the language of a highwayman who ...
... give or do not give so much as it is pleased to expect . In such a situation , where is the right of giving our own property freely or the right to judge of our own ability to give ? It seems to me the language of a highwayman who ...
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... give me leave to demand , What right had they to say , We , the People ? My political curiosity , exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare , leads me to ask , Who authorized them to speak the language of , We , the ...
... give me leave to demand , What right had they to say , We , the People ? My political curiosity , exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare , leads me to ask , Who authorized them to speak the language of , We , the ...
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... give up this dangerous power of individual taxation ? Why leave the manner of laying taxes to those , who in the nature of things , cannot be acquainted with the situation of those on whom they are to impose them , when it can be done ...
... give up this dangerous power of individual taxation ? Why leave the manner of laying taxes to those , who in the nature of things , cannot be acquainted with the situation of those on whom they are to impose them , when it can be done ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xi |
The Western Problem 176388 | xix |
The Crisis 17726 | xxxiii |
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