| Benjamin Franklin [1766 
vania, which was the chief part of the war that af- 
fected the colonies. There were garrisons at Niagara, 
Fort Detroit, and those remote posts kept for the sake 
of your trade; I did not reckon them; but I believe, 
that on the whole the number of Americans, or pro- 
vincial troops, employed in the war was greater than 
that of the regulars. I am not certain, but I think 
SO. 
Q. Do you think the assemblies have a right to 
levy money on the subject there, to grant to the 
crown? 
A. [Icertainly think so; they have always done it. 
Q. Are they acquainted with the declaration of 
rights? And do they know, that, by that statute, 
money is not to be raised on the subject but by con- 
sent of Parliament? 
A. They are very well acquainted with it. 
Q. How then can they think they have a right 
to levy money for the crown, or for any other than 
local purposes? 
A. They understand that clause to relate to sub- 
jects only within the realm; that no money can be 
levied on them for the crown but by consent of Par- 
liament. The colonies are not supposed to be within 
the realm; they have assemblies of their own, which 
are their parliaments, and they are, in that respect, 
in the same situation with Ireland. When money 
is to be raised for the crown upon the subject in 
Ireland, or in the colonies, the consent is given in the 
Parliament of Ireland, or in the assemblies of the 
colonies. They think the Parliament of Great Brit- 
ain cannot properly give that consent, till it has 
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