...good sense foiled him. "If,'.' they replied, "your Excellency expects to have the line of distinction between the supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the Colonies drawn by us, we would say it would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great importance to all the...

...acknowledgment of the Supreme Legislative authority of Parliament. Your Excellency tells us, "you know of no line that can be drawn between the supreme authority...Parliament and the total independence of the colonies." If there be no such line, the consequence is, either that the colonies are the vassals of the Parliament,...

...uncontrolled power, whether of a nation or of a monarch." " To draw the line of distinction," they continue, " between the supreme authority of parliament and the total independence of the colonies would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great importance to all the other colonies ; and, therefore,...

...been led into another mistake. He had denied, in his speech to the legislature, that any line could be drawn between the supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the colonies. Either yield, then (he said), or convince me of error. The terrible Adams asked nothing better. Accepting...

...1773, said in an address to the general court of Massachusetts that he "knew of no line that should be drawn between the supreme authority of parliament and the total independence of the colony," it was answered by the general court that parliament was not supreme and that "the drawing...

...424. new machine.0 Nobody could be held responsible. As Hutchinson said, there was no line that could be drawn between the supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the colonies. From the first moment of its creation the committee of correspondence was an agent of revolution. Its...

..."to alienate the affections of the people from their sovereign." " I know of no line," he declared, "that can be drawn between the supreme authority of...parliament and the total independence of the colonies." 1 His challenge was promptly accepted, and each house presented a strong argument in defence of the...

...acknowledgment of the Supreme Legislative authority of Parliament. Your Excellency tells us, "you know of no line that can be drawn between the supreme authority...Parliament and the total independence of the colonies." If there be no such line, the consequence is, either that the colonies are the vassals of the Parliament,...

...Massachusetts House, presumably under the influence of Adams, said that to draw a " line of distinction between the supreme authority of Parliament, and the total independence of the colonies . . . would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great importance to all the other colonies : and...

...the colonies of France, Spain, or Holland? If your Excellency expects to have the line of distinction between the supreme authority of Parliament, and the total independence of the colonies drawn by us, we would say it would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great importance to all the...