...opposition to the Stamp Act caused much perplexity in England. William Pitt warmly defended the colonists : "We may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever", said he, "except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent." P. 146: In...

...thing, except that of taking their money out of their pockets, without their consent." Again he says, "We may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whats ever except that of taking their money out of their pockets, without their consent." Here then,...

...That the reason for the repeal be assigned — viz., because it was founded on an erroneous principle. At the same time, let the sovereign authority of this...and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever; that we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever,...

...our rule, Pitt had railed at the Government because it would not repeal the Stamp Act, but he added : "At the same time let the sovereign authority of this...and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever, that we may bind them in their trade, confine their manufactures and exercise every power...

...Immediately. That the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded on an erroneous principle. At the same time, let the sovereign authority of this...and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their Trade, confine their Manufactures, and exercise every Power whatsoever...

...That the reason for the repeal be assigned—viz., because it was founded on an erroneous principle. At the same time, let the sovereign authority of this...and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever; that we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever,...

...waive it by silence.2 With a logic hard to follow, Pitt asserted British sovereignty over Americans; "we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent." Having made that distinction,...

...immediately; that the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded on an erroneous principle. At the same time let the sovereign authority of this...and be made to extend to every point of legislation, and that we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever,...

...that the reason for the repeal should be assigned, because it was founded on an erroneous principle. At the same time, let the sovereign authority of this...and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever : that we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever—except...

...American taxation, and Pitt condemned it in unmeasured terms as without right, but it was Pitt who said, "Let the sovereign authority of this country over...colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be assigned and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. 1Among others, Priestley;...