RESOLUTION I.—That in every civil Community, the legitimate authority of the Governors, can only be derived from the consent of the Governed.
II. That the happiness of the people governed ought to the sole end and aim of all civil government.
III. That public honours and emoluments can only be due for services conferred on the State.
IV. That every person, from the highest to the lowest, appointed to and accepting of any office or trust for the benefit of the Community, is ultimately responsible to the people for the complete discharge of the duties of it.
V. That Actions only, and not Opinions, are the proper objects of civil jurisdiction.
VI. That no Law or Statute can be fairly made, which is not enacted by and with the consent of a majority of the people, given either expressly by themselves, or by means of a full, fair and adequate Representation.
VII. That the People of Great Britain are not fully, fairly, and adequately represented in Parliament; and that the defective state of the Representation of this country, and the extended duration of Parliaments, require a speedy and effectual reform, and are objects to which the attention of this Society ought to be particularly directed.