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<head>Indirect Legislation</head> | |||
<note>§ Power</note> | |||
<note><del>Forbidding</del><lb/>Disarming<lb/>Sectaries<lb/></note> | |||
<p>When <del>for the sake</del> <add>on account</add> of religion or any <del>other</del> <add>thing else</add><lb/>a set of people are <add>ill used</add> [oppressed by the sovereign whose<lb/>business it is to protect them] it is <add>but</add> common prudence<lb/>to keep arms out of their hands. The greater injury<lb/>becomes a reason for the lesser. Precautions<lb/>of this nature <del>have been</del> <add>are</add> taken by the English government<lb/>against <sic>Catholicks</sic>: by the French government<lb/>against Protestants. Not an edged tool should<lb/>have been <sic>suffer'd</sic> in Ireland while the oppressive dominance<lb/>of Great Britain over that country was <sic>upholden</sic>. <note>Wherever the interests of one <lb/>body of people are sacrificed<lb/>to <del>those <add>inter</add> of another</del> the interests<lb/>or humours of another<lb/>The policy of the Philistines<lb/>should have been observed, to<lb/>whom the Jews were obliged<lb/>to resort, as often as they wanted<lb/>to sharpen their axes or<lb/>their saws.<lb/> </note></p> | |||
<note>Forbidding the keeping of gunpowder <lb/>&</note> | |||
<p><add><del>The <gap/></del></add> By a statute of his present Majesty <note>12 G. 3. c. 61. §. 11<lb/></note> no<lb/>person who does not deal in gunpowder is to have<lb/>more of that <del>commod</del> commodity than 50 lb weight<lb/>in his possession at a time: nor any dealer, more<lb/>than 200 lb: and power is given to Justices of the <lb/>peace to seize the overplus. <note>§ 23.<lb/></note> <del>The ostensible <add>One reason</add></del> <add>The</add> reason<lb/>given <add>which was certainly one reason</add> is the danger of explosion.<lb/></p> | |||
<note>— or artillery<lb/>or ammunition</note> | |||
<p>By the general highway <note>13. G. 3. c. 78. §. 55, 58.<lb/></note> and turnpike <note>13. G. 3. c. 84. §. 13, 27.<lb/></note> acts<lb/>the number of horses which can be used in carriages <lb/>is limited <add>except in particular cases</add> to 8: exception being made in favour<lb/>of the carriage of such artillery and <del>ammun</del><lb/>ammunition and such only as shall be for his<lb/>majesty's service": and in case of contravention, <lb/>power is given to Justices of the peace to apprehend<lb/>the drivers. The reason given <add>which was certainly one reason</add> is the preservation<lb/>of the roads.<lb/></p>Whether <add>in</add> these provisions or any of them there<lb/>was any thing of a political design I <del>can</del> <add>will</add> not <del>take<lb/>upon me to determine</del> <add>pretend to say: but it</add> may be affirmed without much<lb/>hazard that if <add>in the beginning of the American discontents</add> provisions to the same effect had<lb/>been in force and could have been executed in the now<lb/>revolted colonies, the American revolution never could have taken<lb/>place; and the good and bad consequences of that <add>important</add> revolution<lb/> <note>whichever may prove<lb/>predominant, would have<lb/>been prevented.<lb/></note> | |||
<note>Refer here to where<lb/>Smugglers army & disguises<lb/>are <sic>consider'd</sic><lb/></note><pb/> | |||
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10
Indirect Legislation
§ Power
Forbidding
Disarming
Sectaries
When for the sake on account of religion or any other thing else
a set of people are ill used [oppressed by the sovereign whose
business it is to protect them] it is but common prudence
to keep arms out of their hands. The greater injury
becomes a reason for the lesser. Precautions
of this nature have been are taken by the English government
against Catholicks: by the French government
against Protestants. Not an edged tool should
have been suffer'd in Ireland while the oppressive dominance
of Great Britain over that country was upholden. Wherever the interests of one
body of people are sacrificed
to those inter of another the interests
or humours of another
The policy of the Philistines
should have been observed, to
whom the Jews were obliged
to resort, as often as they wanted
to sharpen their axes or
their saws.
Forbidding the keeping of gunpowder
&
The By a statute of his present Majesty 12 G. 3. c. 61. §. 11
no
person who does not deal in gunpowder is to have
more of that commod commodity than 50 lb weight
in his possession at a time: nor any dealer, more
than 200 lb: and power is given to Justices of the
peace to seize the overplus. § 23.
The ostensible One reason The reason
given which was certainly one reason is the danger of explosion.
— or artillery
or ammunition
By the general highway 13. G. 3. c. 78. §. 55, 58.
and turnpike 13. G. 3. c. 84. §. 13, 27.
acts
the number of horses which can be used in carriages
is limited except in particular cases to 8: exception being made in favour
of the carriage of such artillery and ammun
ammunition and such only as shall be for his
majesty's service": and in case of contravention,
power is given to Justices of the peace to apprehend
the drivers. The reason given which was certainly one reason is the preservation
of the roads.
Whether in these provisions or any of them there
was any thing of a political design I can will not take
upon me to determine pretend to say: but it may be affirmed without much
hazard that if in the beginning of the American discontents provisions to the same effect had
been in force and could have been executed in the now
revolted colonies, the American revolution never could have taken
place; and the good and bad consequences of that important revolution
whichever may prove
predominant, would have
been prevented.
Refer here to where
Smugglers army & disguises
are consider'd
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