Laws, and authorized independent Judges;"
that is, Independent as far as possible, of Prince
and People. "There should be one Rule of
Justice for Rich and Poor; for the Favourite
at Court, and the Countryman at the Plough."*[asterisk
reference mark indicates that there is a note below]
Thirdly, The Supreme Power cannot justly
take from the Man, any Part of his Property
without his Consent, in Person or by his Re-
presentative.
These are some of the first Principles of na-
tural Law and Justice, and the great Barriers of
all Free States, and of the British Constitution
in particular. It is utterly irreconcileable to
these Principles, and to many other fundamen-
tal Maxims of the common Law, common
Sense and Reason, that a British House of Com-
mons, should have a Right, at Pleasure, to
give and grant the Property of the Colonists.
That these Colonists are well entitled to all
the essential Rights, Liberties and Privileges of
the Men and Freemen, born in
Britain, is manifest,
not only from the Colony Charters in general,
but Acts of the British Parliament. The Sta-
tute of the 13th of Geo.2.c.7. naturalizes even
Foreigners after seven Years Residence. The
Words of the
Massachusetts Charter are these,
"And further our Will and Pleasure is, and
we do hereby for Us, our Heirs and Succes-
sors, grant, establish and ordain, that all and
[asterisk reference mark:]*Locke.