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4585. LEGISLATURES, Dissolution by George III.—[further continued] .

By one act they [Parliament] have suspended the powers of one American
legislature, and by another have declared
they may legislate for us themselves in all
cases whatsoever. These two acts alone form
a basis broad enough whereon to erect a despotism
of unlimited extent.—
Declaration on Taking up Arms. Ford ed., i, 469.
(July. 1775)