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" Resolved therefore, That the General Assembly of this Colony have the only and sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this Colony, and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever... "
A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year ... - Page 174
by Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 528 pages
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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - Generals - 1804 - 654 pages
...and that every attempt to vest such a power elsewhere " is illegal, unconstitutional, and unjust, and has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." ^On the passage of these resolutions the governor dissolved the assembly, and writs for new elections...
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The life of George Washington, Volume 2; Volume 272

John Marshall - 1804 - 562 pages
...that every attempt to vest such a power elsewhere ** is illegal, unconstitutional, and unjust, and has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." On the passing of these resolutions the Governor dissolved the Assembly, and writs for new elections...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

John Marshall - Presidents - 1804 - 648 pages
...and that every attempt to vest such a power elsewhere " is illegal, unconstitutional, and unjust, and has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." On the passage of these resolutions the governor dissolved the assembly, and writs for new elections...
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The North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 9

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American literature - 1819 - 476 pages
...every attempt to vest this power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general a«semhly aforesaid, has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.' [Life of Patrick Henry. p. 57.] ' The reader will remark,' says Mr. Wirt, ' that the first four resolutions...
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The London Magazine, Volume 5

1822 - 734 pages
...inhabitants of this colony ; and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." This single sentence, in fact, involved the entire principle of the subsequent struggle. The following...
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A History of the American Revolution: Comprehending All the ..., Volume 1

Paul Allen - United States - 1822 - 612 pages
...inhabitants of this Colony ; and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the General Assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." " On the back of the paper containing these resolutions, is the following endorsement, which is also...
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A New American Biographical Dictionary; Or, Remembrancer of the Departed ...

Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 382 pages
...inhabitants of this colony; and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." "On the back of the paper containing those resolutions, is the following endorsement, which is also...
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A History of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North ...

John Marshall - United States - 1824 - 500 pages
...inhatants of this colony ; and that every attempt to vest such a power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.* NOTE— NO. IV. " The members of this congress, sincerely devoted with the warmest sentiments of affection...
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A Vindication of the Recent and Prevailing Policy of the State of Georgia ...

Augustin Smith Clayton - Cherokee Indians - 1827 - 108 pages
...whatsoever, other than the General Assembly aforesaid, is illegal, unconstitutional and unjust, and has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom." — Knough of quotations! Can principles be plainer, or language more explicit ? Who misunderstands...
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Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...inhabitants of this colony : and that any attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest...destroy British as well as American freedom." The language of these resolutions, so much stronger than the house had been accustomed to hear, at once...
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