...representation can alone be preserved, in nil cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only i0 the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed. . . ." After stating these general principles, Ihc Congress listed specific rights that had been violated...

...still be made on practical grounds for conceding parliamentary regulation over certain matters — "from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interests of both countries," as Resolution 4 of the Declaration of Rights puts it — but it could...

...propositions: and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial Legislatures, where their right to representation can alone be preserved, in all cases...internal polity, subject only to the negative of their sovereign.12 The issue posed by the revolutionary controversy was not the constitutionality of virtual...

...regulate imperial trade. That question had never been whether Parliament could regulate trade, but why. [F]rom the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interests of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament,...

...entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved,...manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed. . . ,38 After stating these general principles, the Congress listed specific rights that had been violated...

...entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal policy, subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used...

...represented in the British Parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive Power of Legislatures, where their Right of Representation can alone be preserved,...subject only to the Negative of their Sovereign, in such a Manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed: but from the necessity of the case, and a regard...

...all Cases of Taxation and internal Polity, subject only to the Negative of their Sovereign, in such a Manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed:...necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interests of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the Operation of such Acts of the British Parliament...

...alone be preserved, in all cases of raxation and inrernal poliry, subject only to the negative of theit sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed. But from the necessiry of the case, and a regatd to the mutual inrerest of borh countties, we cheerfully consent...

...free and exclusive right, or power of legislation, in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved,...manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed." No words can convey a more perfect claim of independency, on the British legislature, than those I...