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N.S. Wales
7 July 1802
Conduct
III. Non-existence proved
55 60 continued
Conclusion continued
One of two things Of two things, one. Either there is not at this moment
any legal power of legislation in New South Wales, or
there is not any legal power of legislation in
Great Britain. Magna Charta is waste paper a dead letter no more <add>a dead letter waste paper
</del></add>.
If the Constitution of New South Wales stands, that of Great Britain
and Ireland is no more.
If the King can confine the If without authority from Parliament,
the King can legislate over Englishmen Britons and Irishmen in New South Wales,
so can he he can legislate over Ire Britons and Irishmen
in Great Britain and Ireland. If the King
can without authority from Parliament the King can confine
to that place of exile any such quondam bondsmen, unconstituted freemen by
Bondsmen after the legal expiration of their legal terms of Bondage,
so likewise he can deal by he can in like manner confine freemen
who never were in bondage. If as men of either
description can be thus confined when they are
there, so in like manner with equal right may they be sent
there to Westminster Hall to join with him in making laws,
may send them to have laws made upon them
in New South Wales.
+ without fresh support
from Parliament.
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