An argument in defense of the exclusive right claimed by the colonies to tax themselves. with a review of the Laws of England, relative to representation and taxation. To which is Added, An Account of the Rise of the Colonies, and the Manner in which...
- Thomas Parker (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This essay presents an extensive critique of virtual representation, arguing that a representative had to at least live among those being taxed. To assert otherwise was to accept that they could impose laws “without ever being exposed to suffer any inconvenience in common with the people they represent.” The very idea, the author argued, “does such violence to common sense, and is, I think so contrary to the spirit of our constitution, that nothing could make it deserve serious consideration.”
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