 | John K. Alexander - 2002 - 270 pages
...constitutional grounds. The issue was not money; it was the precedent such a levy would establish. "For if our Trade may be taxed why not our lands? Why not the Produce of our Lands & every thing we possess or make use of?" Adams sliced to the core of the matter by asserting that... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 460 pages
...to the present purpose is the following : "But what still heightens our apprehensions is, that these unexpected proceedings may be preparatory to new taxations...our lands ? Why not the produce of our lands, and everything we possess or make use of ? This, we apprehend, annihilates our charter right to govern... | |
 | Merrill Jensen - 2004 - 754 pages
...representatives were told to secure a legislative petition for repeal of the Molasses Act. As for the future, if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands? Why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or make use of? This we apprehend annihilates our charter right to govern and... | |
 | Boston (Mass.) Registry Dept - 1886 - 366 pages
...Bread. But what still hightens our Apprehensions is that those unexpected proceedings may be preparitory to new Taxations upon us ; For if our Trade may be...Why not the produce of our Lands and every Thing we possess or make use of? This we apprehend annihilates our Charter Right to Govern and Tax ourselves... | |
 | Thomas Hutchinson - 1828 - 572 pages
...act, they require their members, in such case, to promote in the house an application for a repeal ; " for if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands?...why not the produce of our lands, and every thing we possess or make use of? This, we apprehend, annihilates our charter rights to govern and tax ourselves.... | |
 | Amy Mittelman - 2008 - 242 pages
...He argued for individual control over economic activity against the grasp of the British government. "If our trade may be taxed, why not our lands? Why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or make use of?" 30 Sam had inherited the malt house on Purchase Street in Boston... | |
 | 1911 - 174 pages
...eminent patriot, Samuel Adams, the most fearless and conspicuous of the early Apostles of Liberty, said: "If our trade may be taxed, why not our lands, why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or use? If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where... | |
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... if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands ? Why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or make use of ? This we apprehend annihilates our charter right to govern and tax ourselves. It strikes at our British privileges, which, as... 
