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$On the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament$ $James Wilson$ $Philadelphia?, August 1774$ $From "The Selected Political Essays of James Wilson, edited by Randolph Adams$ $Footnotes in square brackets, italics in curly brackets$ $A.C.D.$ ON THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT No question can be more important to Great Britain, and to the colonies, than this - does the legislative authority of the British parliament extend over them? On the resolution of this question, and on the measures which a resolution of it will direct, it will depend, whether the Parent Country, like a happy Mother, shall behold her Children flourishing around her, and receive the most grateful returns for her protection and love; or whether, like a step-dame, rendered miserable by her own unkind conduct, she shall see their affections alienated, and herself deprived of those advantages which a milder treatment would have ensured to her. The British nation are generous: they love . . .
