The Art of Short-hand Writing

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Página 23 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise, the state remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 23 - He has ohstrneted the administration of jnstice, hy refnsing his assent to laws for estahlishing jndiciary powers. He has made jndges dependent on his will alone, for the tennre of their offices, and the amonnt and payment of their salaries. He has erected a mnltitnde of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass onr people, and eat ont their snhstance.
Página 22 - He has forbidden his governors 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. He has refnsed to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation in the legislature ; a right inestimable to them, and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at...
Página 22 - He has refused to pass other laws for the aeeommodation of large districts of people, unless those people wouid relinquish the right of representation in the Legislature ; a right inestimable to them, and formidable to tyrants only. He has ealled together legislative bodies at plaees unusual, uneomfortable and distant from the repository of their publie records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into eompllanee with his measures.
Página 23 - He has refnsed for a long time, after snch dissolntions, to canse others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exereise; the State remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from withent, and convulsions within.

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