as himſelf, the Americans are in no danger of oppreſſion, ſince by men commonly provident they muſt be ſo taxed, as that we may not loſe one way what we gain another.
The ſame Old Member has diſcovered, that the judges formerly thought it illegal to tax Ireland, and declares that no caſes can be more alike than thoſe of Ireland and America; yet the judges whom he quotes have mentioned a difference. Ireland, they ſay, hath a Parliament of its own. When any Colony has an independent Parliament acknowledged by the Parliament of Britain, the caſes will differ leſs. Yet by the 6 Geo. I. chap. 5. the Acts of the Britiſh Parliament bind Ireland.
It is urged that when Wales, Durham, and Cheſter were diveſted of their particular privileges or ancient government, and
