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ARTICLE I.
conſtitute the Colonial Governments, three only excepted[1]
To be cautious in giving permanence to Colonial Laws; To what then does this charge amount? Do they mean that his Majeſty is cautious in giving his royal confirmation to Acts of the Colonial Aſſemblies? That he takes time to reviſe them? that he waits till experience has proved them uſeful, before he gives them permanence and ſtability? It was one of the ends for which this power was reſerved to the Crown.
and to diſallow what appear not fit to be allowed, ends for which the power of diſallowance was reſerved to the Crown.Do they mean, that he has actually diſallowed ſuch Acts as to his judgment appeared unfit to be allowed? That is the other end for which the power of diſallowance was veiled in the Crown. Do they complain of the exerciſe of this power? They complain then, that they are not independent. To have an uncontrolled power of legtiſlation, is to be independent.
ARTICLE II.
ARTICLE II.
He has forbidden his Governor to paſs laws of immediate and preſſing importance, unleſs ſuſpended in their operation till his aſſent ſhould be obtained; and when ſo ſuſpended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
- ↑ Namely, Maryland, Connecticut, and Rhode-Iſland. Even in theſe Colonies ſince the Revolution, but not in the preſent reign, has this power been exerciſed.
