Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Band 19

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Published for the Society, 1921 - 311 Seiten
 

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Seite 123 - English constitution ; and that it is an essential unalterable right in nature, ingrafted into the British constitution as a fundamental law, and ever held sacred and irrevocable by the subjects within the realm —that what a man has honestly acquired, is absolutely his own : which he may freely give, but which cannot be taken from him without his consent.
Seite 151 - ... the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New England, in America; and that, by the same name, they and their successors should have perpetual succession.
Seite 140 - ... heirs and successors, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever, as if they and every one of them were born within this, our realm of England.
Seite 268 - The power we allude to is rather the police power, the power vested in the legislature by the constitution to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth, and of the subjects of the same.
Seite 80 - I am directed by the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, to send you the inclosed Copy of...
Seite 135 - ... to promote an unwarrantable combination, and to excite and encourage an open Opposition to and Denial of the Authority of Parliament & to subvert the true Principles of the Constitution; It is His Majesty's Pleasure that you should immediately, upon the Receipt hereof, exert Your utmost Influence to defeat this flagitious Attempt to disturb the Public Peace, by prevailing upon the Assembly of your Province to take no Notice of it, which will be treating it with the Contempt it deserves.
Seite 125 - ... the commission of the gentlemen appointed commissioners of the customs, to reside in America, which authorizes them to make as many appointments as they think fit, and to pay the appointees what sums they please, for whose mal-conduct they are not accountable. From whence it may happen that officers of the crown may be multiplied to such a degree, as to become dangerous to the liberty of the people...
Seite 268 - That the laws made by them for the purposes aforesaid shall not be repugnant, but, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England, and shall be transmitted to the King in Council for approbation, as soon as may be after their passing; and if not disapproved within three years after presentation, to remain in force...
Seite 125 - The House is fully satisfied that your Assembly is too generous and enlarged in sentiment to believe that this letter proceeds from an ambition of taking the lead, or dictating to the other Assemblies ; they freely submit their opinion to the judgment of others ; and shall take it kind in your House to point out to them any thing further that may be thought necessary.
Seite 188 - ... in respect to America has been governed. And his Majesty relies upon your prudence and fidelity for such an explanation of his measures as may tend to remove the prejudices which have been excited by the misrepresentations of those who are enemies to the peace and prosperity of Great Britain and her colonies ; and to re-establish that mutual confidence and affection upon which the glory and safety of the British empire depend.

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