Officers within this province," and my meer dint
of power, in violation of the Charter aforesaid,
established other and exorbitant Fees, for the
same Officers; any Law, of the province, to the
contrary notwithstanding.
5thly. Fleets and Armies have been intro-
duced to support these unconstitutional Officers
in collecting and managing this unconstitutional
Revenue; and Troops have been quartered in
this Metropolis for that purpose. Introducing
and quartering Standing Armies in a free
Country in times of Peace, without the con-
sent of the People either by themselves or by
their Representatives, is, and always has been
deemed, a violation of their Rights as Freemen;
and of the Charter or Compact made between
the King of Great Britain and the
People of
this Province, whereby all the Rights of British
Subjects are confirmed to us.
6thly. The Revenue arising from this Tax
unconstitutionally laid, and committed to the
management of Person arbitrarily appointed
and supported by an armed Force quartered in
a free City, has been in part applied to the
most destructive purposes. It is absolutely ne-
cessary in a mixt Government, like that of
this
Province, that a due proportion or balance of
Power should be established among the several
Branches of the Legislative. Our Ancestors