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Letter text, 4 July 1776

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TUESDAY!!!

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RESOLVED, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That the sole right of imposing taxes on the inhabitants of this his Majesty's colony and dominion of Virginia, is now, and ever hath been, legally and constitutionally vested in the House of Burgesses, lawfully convened according to the ancient and established practice, with the consent of the Council, and of his Majesty, the King of Great-Britain, or his Governor for the time being.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That it is the undoubted privilege of the inhabitants of this colony, to petition their Sovereign for the redress of grievances; and that it is lawful and expedient to procure the concurrence his Majesty's colonies, in dutiful addresses, praying the Royal interposition in favor of the violated rights of America.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Committee, That all trials for treason, misprison of treason, or for any felony or crime whatsoever, committed and done in this his Majesty's said colony and dominion, by any person or persons residing therein, ought of right to be had, and conducted in and before his Majesty's courts, held within the said colony according to the fixed and known course of proceeding; and that the seizing any person or persons residing in this colony, suspected of any crime whatsoever, committed therein, and sending such person or persons to places beyond the sea, to be tried, is highly derogatory of the rights of British subjects; as thereby the inestimable privilege of being tried by a jury from the vicinage, as well as the liberty of summoning and producing on such trial, will be taken away from the party accused.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, That an humble, dutiful, and loyal address be presented to his Majesty, to assure him of our inviolable attachment to his sacred person and government; and to beseech his Royal interposition as the father of all his people, however, remote from the seat of his empire, to quiet the minds of his loyal subjects of this colony, and to avert from them dangers and miseries which will ensue, from seizing and carrying beyond sea any persons residing in America, suspected of any crime whatsoever be tried in any other manner than by the ancient and long established course of proceeding.

The said resolutions being severally read a second time, —

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said resolutions.

Mr. Blair also acquainted the House, that he was directed by the Committee to move, that they may have leave to sit again.

Resolved, That this House tomorrow will tomorrow, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider further of the present state of the colony.

Ordered. That the Speaker of the House do transmit, without delay, to the Speakers of the several Houses of Assembly, on this continent, a copy of the resolutions now agreed to by this House, requesting their concurrence therein.

A true copy, extracted from the journal of the House of Burgesses.

GEORGE WYTHE, C. H. B.

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ORDERED, That the resolutions of the Lords spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, and also the address of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, to his Majesty, transmitted to the Committee of Correspondence by the Agent for this colony, in his letters of the 16th of ""December"", and 18th of February last, be printed in the VIRGINIA GAZETTE.

GEORGE WYTHE, C. H. B.

See also

• Oration, Pronounced at the Funeral of George Wythe
• Richmond Enquirer, 10 June 1806
• Richmond Enquirer, 20 June 1806

References

1. ↑ Please footnote sources.

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