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"Patrick Henry Arguing the Parson's Cause at the Hanover County Courthouse," painted about 1834, 1965.2 Colonists subsidized the salaries of priests and were pleased when new laws reduced those salaries. When King George III issued a veto, clergy sued their communities for back pay. Patrick Henry, defending Hanover County, asserted that a king who vetoed popular laws was a tyrant who should not be obeyed. |