Note 9 — Chapter I

"Why may not an American plead for the just prerogatives of the crown?" (Works, iv. 218.) "The sovereignty of the crown I understand. The sovereignty of the British legislature out of Britain I do not understand" (Ibid., 208). "Our former kings governed their colonies as they had governed their dominions in France, without the participation of British Parliaments" (Ibid., 262). "America is not part of the dominions of England, but of the king's dominions" (Ibid., 284). This theory he carried to the farthest extent, and wrote that "when money is wanted of the colonies for any public service, in which they ought to bear a part, call upon them by requisitional letters from the crown (according to the long-established custom) to grant such aids as their loyalty shall dictate and their abilities permit" (Ibid., 156).