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 themelves equally empowered to make a King? If they are ubjects, whoe government is contituted by a Charter, they can form no body of independent legilature. If their rights are inherent and underived, they may by their own uffrages encircle with a diadem the brows of Mr. Cuhing.

is farther declared by the Congres of Philadelphia, that his Majety’s Colonies are entitled to all the privileges and immunities granted and confirmed to them by Royal Charters, or ecured to them by their federal codes of provincial laws.

firt claue of this reolution is eaily undertood, and will be readily admitted. To all the privileges which a Charter can convey, they are by a Royal Charter evidently entitled. The econd claue is of greater difficulty; for how can a provincial law ecure privileges or immunities to a province?