...January, 168Q, vis. " That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of this kingdom, by breaking the original contract between...and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom, hath abdicated the government," &c.— makes this observation upon it: '' The word abdicated relates...

...if.it had any fault, rather too guarded, and too circumstantial.* But • " That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of...Jesuits and -other wicked persons, having violated 'he fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself all this guard, and all this accumulation of circumstances,...

...the law itself. The lords and commons, solemnly assembled, declared, that " king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of...the original contract between king and people, and having violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn himself, had abdicated the government ; and that...

...regency ; at length the Commons passed by a great majority, the vote of abdications, *' That King James having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of...Kingdom, by breaking the original contract between are ready to return (when safely we can) and to redress all the disorders of our kingdoms, in a free...

...emergency. The Commons had no difficulty in coming to the resolution, that " King James, having broken the original contract between king and people, and, by the advice of wicked persons, violated the laws, and withdrawn himself from the kingdom, hath abdicated the government,...

...only one idea thus variously represented. "Resolved, That king James the second having endeavareil to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking...persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and ¡мг-ing vithdrhvn himtrlf out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne...

...considerable discussion passed two resolutions, not second in importance to any ever voted. The first was, — "That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert...the original contract between King and people, and having by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn...

...representative, immediately or by consequence affecting this colony. The first f«ct is, the hiving endeavored to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract. The violation of the fundamental laws is the second fact; and in support of these two charges, the...

...their being convoked by the king. The commons declared, that a James, having attempted to overturn the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people, having violated the fundamental laws, by the advice of Jesuits and other pernicious counsellors, and...

...evident that the whig party chiefly prevailed, and the com,Af 8q' mons sent up a vote to the peers, " That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert...kingdom, by breaking the original contract between the king and the people ; and having, by the advice of jesuits and other wicked persons, violated the...