Treatise Calm Address To American Colonies
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | None |
| Passage ID | jw-treatise-calm-address-to-american-colonies-011 |
| Words | 124 |
And to which of his successors did the people of
England (six or seven millions) give the sovereign power? This is mere political cant; words without meaning. I know
but one instance in all history wherein the people gave the
sovereign power to any one: That was to Massaniello of
Naples. And I desire any man living to produce another
instance in the history of all nations. Ten times over, in different words, you “profess yourselves
to be contending for liberty.” But it is a vain, empty
profession; unless you mean by that threadbare word, a liberty
from obeying your rightful Sovereign, and from keeping the
fundamental laws of your country. And this undoubtedly it
is, which the confederated colonies are now contending for,