ISBN: 9781232167884

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 146 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 146 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.3in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1788 Excerpt: . . . Want of inclination or fear would prevent witnesses appearing, and corruption would procure counter-evidence from men of no principle, who would justify themselves from the prosecutions being built upon acts of parliament, to which they supposed the-colonies owed no obedience; and would plead, as in too many instances is done at home, that it is. not he who takes, but he who imposes the oath, who is chargeable. with the crime of swearing falsely. The law would not--allow the prosecuted any costs or damages. In this cafe n. i. . the ihe allowance would have been unreasonable; the innocence of the parties could not have been urged in its behalf. The colonists could not overlook the good effect produced by the former non-importation agreement-, and were earnest for playing off the fame engine against the new attempts of ministry, to faddle them with the payment of taxes. About the; beginning of April, . several gentlemen, of Boston and New York, wrote to others at Philadelphia, , in order to learn, whether they would unite with them, in stopping the importation of goods from Great Britain, until certain acts of parliament should be repealed, which were thought to be injurious l and their rights, as freemen and British subjects. A numerous meeting of merchants followed, when an address twis read to t-hern. It set forth the claims of the colonies, and thca went into, an enumeration of grievances, which the colonists had long borne, and seemed willing to forget, had they not been alarmed afresh by the late proceedings of the ministry. The address remarked, that, in the act obliging the several assemblies to provide quarters for the soldiers, and c. a power is granted to every officer-, upon obtaining a warrant from any justice (which warrant the justice is em. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<