State of the Present Form of Government of the Province of Quebec, with a Large Appendix: Containing Extracts from the Minutes of an Investigation Into the Past Administration of Justice in that ProvinceJ. Debrett, 1789 - 176 من الصفحات |
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... most important ends of hu- manity and government ; the restraints which it impofes , on the individual , operate as his protection ; equal laws fecure to him equal rights ; and he lives , the free citizen of a free ftate ; his property ...
... most important ends of hu- manity and government ; the restraints which it impofes , on the individual , operate as his protection ; equal laws fecure to him equal rights ; and he lives , the free citizen of a free ftate ; his property ...
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... most intelligent among the inha- bitants of the Province , had but a very faint idea either of their forms or extent . The first intelligence of the project of that act arrived at Quebec at one and the fame time with the act itself ; fo ...
... most intelligent among the inha- bitants of the Province , had but a very faint idea either of their forms or extent . The first intelligence of the project of that act arrived at Quebec at one and the fame time with the act itself ; fo ...
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... most re- spectable among the new , fubjects . From the foregoing fhort account of the tranfactions relating to the province of Quebec , fince it was ceded to Great Bri- tain , it will appear , that the constitution introduced in 1764 ...
... most re- spectable among the new , fubjects . From the foregoing fhort account of the tranfactions relating to the province of Quebec , fince it was ceded to Great Bri- tain , it will appear , that the constitution introduced in 1764 ...
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... most effential privilege , impofed on the province a system of laws very imperfectly known ; and that the people had conftantly and steadily prayed for relief , and for a proper colonial government , fuch as his Ma- jesty's fubjects ...
... most effential privilege , impofed on the province a system of laws very imperfectly known ; and that the people had conftantly and steadily prayed for relief , and for a proper colonial government , fuch as his Ma- jesty's fubjects ...
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... most facred rights are withheld ; and their pro- perty is the fport of laws which they can- not comprehend ? Do thofe patriotic mem- bers of the community deserve to ... most most likely to attain and fecure these de- firable objects ( 24 )
... most facred rights are withheld ; and their pro- perty is the fport of laws which they can- not comprehend ? Do thofe patriotic mem- bers of the community deserve to ... most most likely to attain and fecure these de- firable objects ( 24 )
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adminiſtration Affembly affert againſt ancient fubjects Anfwer APPENDIX Becauſe beſt Boucherville Britiſh Britiſh fubjects cafe Canadian caufes cauſes Chief Juftice civil Code Marchand commerce Commiffioner Common Pleas confequence confideration confidered conftitution confufion Court of Appeals Court of Common coutume de Paris cuſtoms decifions defire diſtrict edicts encreaſed Engliſh law equity eſtabliſhed evidence Extract faid Court fame fecurity fettled fhall fhew figned fince fituation fome fometimes ftate fuch fuits fupport fyftem of government George Allsopp Governor Hugh Finlay inhabitants intereſt judges judgment laſt lative laws of England laws of France Legiſlative Council legiſlature liberty Lord Lordship Majefty Majefty's fubjects ment merchants moſt muſt neceffary neral obfervations occafion ordinances perfonal petitions prayed prefent principles Proteft province of Quebec purpoſe Quebec Act reaſons reform refpect repreſentatives reſpect Richard Dobie Rouville ſhould Sovereign Council ſtate ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion uncertainty vince William Dummer Powell
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الصفحة 93 - ... become inhabitants thereof, we have thought fit to publish and declare, by this our proclamation, that we have in the letters patent under our great seal of Great Britain by which the said governments are constituted, given express power and direction to our governors of our...
الصفحة 94 - Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England, and under such Regulations and Restrictions as are used in other Colonies; and in the mean Time, and until such Assemblies can be called as aforesaid, all Persons Inhabiting in or resorting to our Said Colonies may confide in our Royal Protection for the Enjoyment of the Benefit of the Laws of our Realm of England...
الصفحة 93 - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England, and under such Regulations and Restrictions as are used in other Colonies...
الصفحة 85 - When different legislative bodies succeed one another, the people who have a bad opinion of that which is actually...
الصفحة 72 - ... into disagreements : it is the necessary result of opposite interests, or ideas. Different perceptions make men appear like different animals one towards another. I conceive that no laws in the detail can be well formed for any country but by a legislative body upon the spot ; because such a body best knows its own wants, and how to find the means, and how to apply them. The colonies of Georgia and Nova Scotia were long drooping under a military government. The extraordinary improvements of them,...
الصفحة 84 - As, in a free ftate, every man who is fuppofed a free agent, ought to be his own governor ; fo the legiflative power fhould refide in the whole body of the people. But fince this is impoffible in large ftates, and in fmall ones is...
الصفحة 68 - ... sentiments of the whole community, there is a state of the most perfect political liberty. On the other hand, in countries where a man is, by his birth or fortune, excluded from these offices, or from a power of voting for proper...
الصفحة 93 - ... and ordinances for the public peace, welfare, and good government of our faid colonies, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws...
الصفحة 99 - Goal in point of security occasions a Guard of Soldiers to be kept in the lower part of it, and even with that precaution, many atrocious offenders have escaped, insomuch that the Sheriff of the District has refused to confine Debtors, unless the Prosecutor...