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 Corporation they make laws for themelves, but as a Corporation ubiting by a grant from higher authority, to the control of that authority they continue ubject.

men are placed at a greater ditance from the Supreme Council of the kingdom, they mut be intruded with ampler liberty of regulating their conduct by their own widom. As they are more ecluded from eay recoure to national judicature, they mut be more extenively commiioned to pas judgment on each other.

this reaon our more important and opulent Colonies ee the appearance and feel the effect of a regular Legilature, which in ome places has acted o long with unquetioned authority, that it has forgotten whence that authority was originally derived.