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 fairly warrant; and such only are referred to in the following Declaration of the Natural Right of popular Representation in the legislature.

“Amongst all the rights and privileges appertaining unto us," (said that truly noble lawyer, Lord Sommers,) (1) “that of having a Share in the Legislation, and being to be governed by such laws as we ourselves shall chuse, is the most fundamental and essential, as well as the most advantageous and beneficial, &c.”

And as all British subjects, whether in Great-Britain, Ireland, or the Colonies, are equally free by the law of Nature, they certainly are equally entitled to the same Natural Rights that are essential for their own preservation; because this privilege of "having a share in the legislation” is not merely a British Right, peculiar