Ponedeljak, Januar 17, 2011

of english liberties.

of english liberties. By the compact with the king, in the charter, they were to be as free in america, as they would have been if they had remained within the realm and, therefore, they freely asserted, that they were to be governed by laws made by themselves, and by officers chosen by themselves. Mr. Dummer says, it seems reasonable enough to think that the crown, and, he might have added, our ancestors, intended by this injunction to provide for all its subjects, that they might not be oppressed by arbitrary power but being still subjects, they should be protected by the same mild laws, and enjoy the same happy government, as if they continued within the

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