 | Charles Kendall Adams, John Alden - 1884 - 360 pages
...and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do ? " We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty " —...Majesty's Commons of America ! It is an absurdity in terms.*7 J- The distinction between legislation and taxation is essentially necessary to liberty. The... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 340 pages
...and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do ? " We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty" —...Majesty's Commons of America ! It is an absurdity in terms.31 The distinction between legislation and taxation is essentially necessary to liberty. The... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 354 pages
...and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do ? " We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty " —...Majesty's Commons of America ! It is an absurdity in terms.21 The distinction between legislation and taxation is essentially necessary to liberty. The... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 346 pages
...and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do ? " We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty " —...Majesty's Commons of America ! It is an absurdity in terms.27 The distinction between legislation and taxation is essentially necessary to liberty. The... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 344 pages
...to your Majesty" the property of your Majesty's Commons of America ! It is an absurdity in terms.27 The distinction between legislation and taxation is essentially necessary to liberty. The Crown and the peers are equally legislative powers with the Commons. If taxation be a part of simple legislation,... | |
 | Percy Greg - 1887 - 804 pages
...voluntary gift of the Commons alone. In an American tax, what do we do '? We, your Majesty's Commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty —...your Majesty the property of your Majesty's Commons in America. It is an absurdity in terms.' The opponents of the repeal brought forward one argument... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - 1889 - 452 pages
...that sovereign power." mons alone. In an American tax what do we do ? We, your Majesty's Commons of Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty —...your Majesty the property of your Majesty's commons in America. It is an absurdity in terms." 1 " The idea of a virtual representation of America in this... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 482 pages
...to be angry with the colonists ? ,- 3. THE STAMP ACT. In an American tax, what do we do ? We . . . give and grant to your Majesty . . . what ? Our own...your Majesty the property of your Majesty's commons in America. . . . The gentleman tells us America is obstinate ; America is almost in open rebellion.... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1893 - 582 pages
...give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do ? We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty, what...your Majesty the property of your Majesty's Commons in America. It is an absurdity in terms. "^From a speech by William Pitt, afterward Lord Chatham, in... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1893 - 592 pages
...give and grant what is our own. But in an American tax, what do we do ? We, your Majesty's Commons for Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty, what...your Majesty the property of your Majesty's Commons in America. It is an absurdity in terms." — From a speech by William Pitt, afterward Lord Chatham,... | |
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Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty" — what ? Our own property ! No ! ' ' We give and grant to your Majesty" the property of your Majesty's commons of America! 
