This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... the ancient Laws and Constitution a right to choose their own representatives at the making of any new laws." After stating this, they went on to show the unconstitutional character of the self-election of the Keys. (Lib. Cancell., April 18, 1727; Keble, pp. 697-702.) At the sarne time they forwarded ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... the ancient Laws and Constitution a right to choose their own representatives at the making of any new laws." After stating this, they went on to show the unconstitutional character of the self-election of the Keys. (Lib. Cancell., April 18, 1727; Keble, pp. 697-702.) At the sarne time they forwarded an address of "the principall inhabitants of the Isle of Man" against the petition of the Keys which the address described as "a libel... called the grievances of your people, who with hearts full of joy thank heaven they are only devised by them (the Keys), and are not yet felt nor can be feared by us whilst you employ our present excellent Governor Horton" (Knowsley Muniments, 1723). There is, however, good reason for supposing that the Keys really represented the feelings of the people and that the petition just quoted was only signed by those who were compelled to do so. this. The Keys then forwarded their petition to the king, by whom it was referred to the earl, who asked the governor, officers, and deemsters to report upon it. In doing so they dwelt upon the benefits which the island had received by the Act of Settlement, and remarked that, instead of tbe people being duly grateful, they, encouraged by the clergy, considered themselves "independent of the said Earl as to their estates." t They ridiculed the claim of the Keys to be called the "Representatives of the people," since they had "been called together and dismissed, placed and displaced by the Lord of the Isle or his Lieutenant as they saw cause." t This report, however, does not appear to have been presented to the Privy Council, and nothing more was heard of the Key's petition. We only Its preamble ran as follows: ...
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