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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 22: (search)
nd over its colonies. The charter of Pennsylvania, who have preposterously taken the lead, and Franklin was present to hear this, is stamped with every badge of subordination; H. Hammersley. and a particular saving as to all English acts of parliament. chap. XXII.} 1766. Feb. Could the king's bench vacate the Massachusetts charter, and yet the parliament be unable to tax them? Do they say this, when they themselves acquiesced in the judgment, and took a new charter? Ibid. In 1724, the assembly of Jamaica having refused to raise taxes for their necessary support, the late Lord Hardwicke, then Attorney-General, and Sir Clement Wearg, Solicitor-General, gave their opinion that if Jamaica is to be considered as a conquered country, the king may tax it by his own authority; if otherwise, it must be by the British legislature. Let the advocates for America draw their line. Let them move their exception, and say how far the sovereignty of the British parliament should go