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bitants under what form of government he thought 
best; that he might have granted them what terms 
of capitulation, and have concluded what articles of 
peace with them he saw fit; and further, that the 
assurance to the inhabitants of Grenada, in the ar¬ 
ticles of capitulation, that they should enjoy their 
properties and privileges in like manner as the 
other his majesty’s subjects in the British Leeward 
Islands, necessarily implied, that they were bound 
to submit to the same consequences of their being 
subjects as were submitted to by the inhabitants of 
those islands; one of which was the payment of 
the duty in question. It was said therefore, that 
the demand of this duty was most reasonable, equi¬ 
table and political; for that it was only putting Gre¬ 
nada, as to duties, on the same footing with all the; 
British Leeward Islands. If Grenada paid more, 
it would be detrimental to her, if less, it would be 
detrimental to the other Leeward islands. 
On the other side, it was contended, that the 
letters patent were void on two points, the first 
was, “ that although they had been granted before 
the proclamation of the 7th of October 1763, yet 
the king could not exercise such a legislative pow¬ 
er over a conquered country.” The second point 
was, ec that although the king had sufficient power 
and authority, before the 7th of October 1763, to 
do such a legislative act, he had divested himself of 
such authority previous to the letters patent of the 
20th of July 1764.” 
