The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-01

b has Been ascrbed to Others are TO be found seat
I'D through his letters and among them, "the press,
when open to all parties and influenced by none, Is
I salutary engine in free state
n fpag. lfOD sit beyond doubt that il was the
boh Of tho parent country and our ancestors that they
re 10 remain subject Parliament 1t Is evident from
he charter itself; aud this authority has been exercised By
paraHest from time 10 time, almost eoer '.nee s FIRST set
tmsn Of The COUNTRY and has been expressly dcsaoedge
w our provincial sg,slae It. not less our interest than
or duly continue subject 70 me authority Of Parliament
Page 73) "Had person. some fifteen years ago. under
ken prove that the colonies We're part OF the British
empire dominion and as sue subject 70 uis aulhPy
Of The British Parliament ne would have acted as rid eu
Gus part have undertaken to prove selteyident
l nropo,iton Had any person denied IT, he would have
KEEN called fool or a madnan"
TParr IsI i Quoting aud adopting from pamphlet he
refers TO as published in 1861, he says 81 is a
maxim that ths Ring can do no seyo"g and EVERY every
subject bound 10 ,ssa wb s sng ,nce e0 vino hs
yen abundant demonstrations, that in all his actions he
% 30a are of ns 5as be- hs
highest degree Of mpudence and doyaty 10 imagine that
but the pye and perfect alterations Of Juaes, goodness
and trr that human nature i; capable Of Al this say
even that which nearly affect, the Interests of the
coonss and that most perfect aud ready obedience 10
h,ment is uncomfortable but by themselves and
osgY They only repeal their own acts There would
be an end OF all government If one or number OF subjects
or subordinate provinces should take upon theu, far
Judge Of The justice OF an act OF Parliament as to refuse
step prudence ought do it, for orobly ressne the
Parliament and The Kings laws is high treason. Therefore
lei the parituntM tdy UHt tfsy PedSe us,
mast for is daty to, submit and patu~.ty bear Them
Ill hey uH be Yieased 10 relieve rs
page 2)2 But say our patriots, II the British Parla-
ment may take penny from without consent, they
may pound and so on, I'LL they have hlched away all
property This incessant incantation operates like
spell cham, and checks the efforts OF loyalty in many
honest breast Let give it It's full weight Do they
that the Parliament has right TO nise revenue
OF penny the colonies, that they therefore have
right wrest from all propcrtyi II this be their
meaning, deny their deducton for the supreme egsa-
mre can have right any part of the empire
greater amount than IT'S just aud equitable proportion OF
constitution itself Do they mean that il admit thai
parliament may cons,lmonaily penny pom
from light TO heavy taxes I'LL their impositions become
grievcus and inoerate This amounts e than a
drawn from the acf"at abuse OF power will conclude
the Megity Of saeh pu,cer much less will argument
might readily argue away all power that man is in
| trusted with. | will admit that power of taxation is
ed; and ii would give pleasure other line
4 drawn, some other barrier erected Than what the
constitutional authority OF the supreme legislature might
be preserved entire, and America be guaranteed in every
dependence ba this only be done By Parliament"
(Page 26> But how different the effects OF our
nexlon with, and subordinauou TO Britain. They
strongly marked escape the careless observer Our
merchants opuent and our yeomanry easier cir
rapid as 10 double the numbe of inhabitants in the
shor period OF twenty-five years Ces sP!insns up
universities, are nterspersed through the continent
our country abonnds with foreign refnemen and flows
with exotic uxuries These inialibe marks only
of opueuce but freedom The ecise may ecnate,
the envious repne.he dsa'lered calumniaeall these
combine TO cite fears and iealouses in the minds Of
the multitude, and keep them in alarm from the beginning
the end OF the year, bnt such evidence this for
ever carry conviction with il 10 the minds Of the dis
passionate and udicous The coincidence between this
New York, owing TO free labor is quite str kingl
Where the OF the slavery that patriots
would emiy us With, The, The effects of slavery are as
with its abode the effect of war; peslence, famine
oar land not disgaced by the wooden shoes of France
or uncOmbed hair O poaud We hav ks
nor inqusos toues or assassinatlons: the midness
must G hare ma"y trends to get hnnsPa " No
Who has been arbitrarily imprisoned Gisseized Of his
heeho'd or despoed OF his goods! Each peasant that
lifetime, aud at his death transmit fair inheritance
tt as human laws can establish it. Nv dear rens lei
ask each whether he has enjoyed every blessing
mat in the power OF civil government TO besowl And
yet the Parliament has from the earliest days of
mes naiHed the LATELY conoperfed right, both of legislation
aai cre,c Of There is no grievoas exercise of that
right at this day. unless the taken prevent
mvoIng may be called grievances. Ara we men, to re.
bel, lest there should be grievances, we to take up
arms and make war against parent lest that parent,
the experience Of centary and haf-eontrary
her geHu ncinaon affection. and interest should
tn at US ostey, bas,ards and sons, and,
instead of projecting, should enaape The annals OF
the world have not yet, been deformed with single
Instance OF 30 unnatur causeless wanton wicked
rebellion"
W1ig of TO
Mr. Adams, in reply to Mr. Sewa in his s'Novansus
letters, says:
Poge 22:) snow, let ask you, if the Parliament OF
Great Britain had all the natural foundations authority
wisdom, goodness JUSTICE power great perfection
they existed IN any body OF men Since Adams fall
and the English nation the most vrtuous, pure, and
| free, that was would such unlimited sub
lection OF three millions of people that Parliament at
three thousand miles distance be real slavery! There
but two sorts OF in the word-frcemeh and slaves
The fntton of feepan rho bound by
'aD TO cieh has consented Americans would have
no of giving withholding their the acts
Parliament; therefore they ooud NOT be reemen
(Pdge B) That the fundamentals OF the government
them disputed; that the minister petends had
e influence TO obtain the vote OF the last Parliament in
ms iavor that Parliament Is the only Supreme egn a5-
'ote and uncomfortable iadpe pocer all the colonies
mat therefore the mister and all his advocates will call
resistance to acts of Parliament by the treason
and rebellion. But at the same time they know that in
he own opinions and in the opinions of all the colonies
Parliament has no authority Them except regulate
he trade, and this rs not by any principle of common
law. b~ merely BY the consent Of the colonies ounded on
o6Vior necessity OF which conempla-
rn OF that law provided for by that therefore they
nave as good right charge that mister, and Massa-
chusctensis and tue whole army which he has fled for
protection, with treason and rebellion
tfdse 30 when he that the kings dominons
must have uncomfortable power extensive with
hem, ask whether they have such power not, and
utterly deny that they have by any law but Louis
he NV aud the King OF Sardinia. II they have not and
u IS necessary that they should have then follows that
there is defect what calls the British empire and
how shall this defect be supplied 1t be supplied
consistently with reason justice policy, morality hui
nanity, without the consent the colonies, and ne
Plan OF connection. But if Great Britain set all the
at defiance, and the ratio Ultima Europe will
pronounce her yran and America never will submit to
uef, De the danger OF dsobediencc as grept will"
(Page 81 ObsI primo pits-Nip shoots of atbi-
tray in The buds the only can ep,y
preserve me liberties Of people. When the people give
way their decevers, betayers, and desoyeI
them so fast, that there resisting afterwards The
nature OF the encroachment upon the American constim
uon Is such, grow every day and encroach
ing Like caLccf, eats faster aud faster every hour
The