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8318. TAXATION, Representation and.—[continued].

There are certain principles
in which the constitutions of our several
States all agree, and which all cherish
as vitally essential to the protection of the life,
liberty, property and safety of the citizen.
[One is] the exclusive right of legislation and
taxation in the representatives of the people.—
To M. Coray. Washington ed. vii, 323.
(M. 1823)