The Answer at Large to Mr. Ptt’s Speech
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
In this extensive review of colonial charters and English laws pertaining to the colonies, the author finds compelling reasons to support American claims to an exemption from internal taxation. The author finds strong grounds for recognizing distinct jurisdictions with well-defined and separate powers within the empire, countering claims of “national government” because “the convenience of Great Britain requires the colonies to be kept in a state of subordination.”
A scathing attack on colonial claims, this article excoriates Parliamentarians like William Pitt who aided and abetted American errors, as practitioners of the lowly “arts of prostitution and cabal.” Through such encouragement and “by uninterrupted habit,” colonials have come “to think their corporation assemblies” as “no less than parliaments.” But precedent upholds only one principal: “That the interest of a part, ought to give way to the interest of the whole—Great Britain is that whole.”
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.