The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: American politics before the revolution

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W. Duane, 1809

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The proprietary of Pennsylvania too inconsierable here at home to
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Mr Penns trustees averse to the said issue till a provision was made
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The assembly grants money in aid of the expedition against Cartha
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An act for striking and issuing the sum of 40000l for the kings use
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Rejected by the governor for being unseasonably timed
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The assemblys message sent to the governor together with the cur
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The governors message of adherence thereto
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Their reply to the proprietarys answer to the representation on
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The assembly prudently avail themselves of the cautions in lord Hol
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The assemblys answer
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The assembly adjourn to May 6 and are assembled by the governor
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And message to the governor before their adjournment
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Governor Morriss arrival at Philadelphia and first speech to a
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A letter from Sir Thomas Robinson to the governor of Pennsylvania
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The governors reply declining the bill as before because the supply
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Their unanimous resolutions concerning the proprietary instructions
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A brief of the governors surrejoinder
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Some general remarks
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The governor reprimands them for having published sir Thomas
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A provision demanded for the expence of an Indian treaty
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The assemblys spirited answer to his captious message
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A remark thereon
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The assembly send up two other bills one of 10000l for exchanging
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The address of the assembly to the governor
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Other papers which passed between them at the same crisis
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The governor alarms and embarrasses them with petitions from cer
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Seite 254 - Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Seite i - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Seite 394 - That all Aids and Supplies, and Aids to his Majesty in Parliament, are the sole Gift of the Commons: And all Bills for the Granting of any such Aids and supplies ought to begin with the Commons: And that it is the undoubted and sole Right of the Commons, to direct, limit and appoint, in such Bills, the ends, Purposes, Considerations, Conditions, Limitations, and Qualifications of such Grants; which ought not to be changed, or altered by the House of Lords.7 The British, in establishing colonial legislatures,...
Seite 400 - ... ought to begin with the commons : and that it is the undoubted and sole right of the commons to direct, limit, and appoint in such bills the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifications of such grants ; which ought not to be changed or altered by the House of Lords.
Seite 6 - LAWS of this government, to the great end of all government, viz: to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power; that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration: for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Seite 6 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Seite 195 - That all aids and supplies, and aids to his Majesty in Parliament, are the sole gift of the Commons ; and all bills for the granting of any such aids and supplies ought to begin with the Commons ; and that it is the undoubted and sole right of the Commons to direct, limit, and appoint, in such bills, the ends, purposes, considerations, conditions, limitations, and qualifieations of such grants, which ought not to be changed or altered by the House of Lords.
Seite 34 - That no Person or Persons shall or may, at any Time hereafter, be obliged to answer any Complaint, Matter or Thing whatsoever, relating to Property, before the Governor and Council, or in any other Place, but in ordinary Course of Justice, unless Appeals thereunto shall be hereafter by Law appointed.
Seite 2 - ... by and with the advice, assent, and approbation of the freemen of the said country, or the greater part of them, or of their delegates or deputies...