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Show [37] [ 36 ] The Produce of their Lands, the The Right of Exemption from all Taxes wit/J- Earnings of their Induiti‘y, and the Gains of their Commerce centre in Great Britain, fupport the Artificers, the Manufac‘tories, and Navigation of out t/ycz'r Confent, the Colonies claim as Britt/b Subjects. They derive this Right from the common the Nation, and with Them the Brit/fl; Land- confirmed, and They conceive that when firipped of this Right, whether by Prerogative or by any and Lenity. holders too. Law, which their Charters have declared and other Power, they are at the fame Time deprived Great Britain had ALL before, and therefore can have no more from the Colonies; but the hiiniiicr, in the purlnit ol' ;1 " well-digelled, con" filieiit, wile and lalutary Plan of Colonization " and Government, a Plan founded upon the " Principles of Policy, Commerce and Finance," clinics to demolilli at one lilow, all their Privilegrfi as they have underliood Them, that he may raile in xiii/CF/r‘t.', a Partof what was before paid in (great Britain. But it the lilxccution of it, inl'tead of improving the Advantages already })ofle1Tecl, confirming the Blcliings already enjoyed, and promoting the public Welfare, {hould happen to di~ llrels the Trade, reduce the Navigation, impoverilh the Manufacturers, and diminifii the Value of the Lands in Grant Brita/7n; fliould it drive the Britiflz Mechanics and Manufacturers to zlnzcrz'm, by depriving Them of their belt Cultomers at Home, and force the Colonies upon Manufafiures they are difabled from purchaling, other Topics of Eulogy mul't be difcovered by his ingenious llncomialts, than his Wifdom or his political At» chicvcments. Upon fuch an Event, an A'nzerimn will have very little Reafon to exclaim of every Privilege dif'cinguifhing Free-Men from Slaves. On the other Hand, They acknowledge Themfelves to be fubordinate to the Mother Country, and that the Authority vefled in the fupremc Council of the Nation, may be jui‘tly exercifed to fupport and pi‘elerve that Subordination. Great and juft Encomiums have been bellowed upon the Confiitution of England, and their Reprefentative is defervedly the Favourite of the Inhabitants in Britain. But it is not becaufe the fupreme Council is called Parliament, that They boaf't of their Confiitution of Government; for there is no particular magical Influence from the Combination of the Letters which form the Word ; it is becaufe They have a Share in that Council, that They appoint the Members who confiitute one Branch of it, whole Duty and Interel't it is to confult their Benefit, and to afl'ert their Rights, and who are veiled with an Authority, to prevent any Meafures taking Effect dangerous to their Liberties, or injurious to their Properties. But the Inhabitants in the Colonies have no O ! me z'nfclz'ccm, gm' nnnc .rlmnnm intel/z'ga Ut z'Z/(z mi/az' profzterint gaze definexeram, Lt zlla, qua: lauddram, quantum Luflzis lménerint! The Share in this great Council. None of the Mem- bers of it are, or can be of their Appointment, or in any Relpec‘t dependant upon Them. There is no immediate Connection; on the contrary, there |
