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Show f 49 l [48] The 'Writer on the Regulations lately made jufl and partial, to' a Tax which {liould be impofed with Refpeét to the Colonies, who is laid to have upon the Non-Elec‘tors, only in Britain; and, in been well izy'ormed, afl'erts a Fa&, which indifput- that very Inl'tance, proves, that a Tax upon the Non-Eleé‘tors in the Colonies, is more uniull: and partial, and yet undertakes to defend the Jul'tice of it; and the Writer on the Regulations of the ably proves, that the Impofitions mentioned, were only Regulations of Trade, and can, with no kind of Propriety, be confidered in any other Light. The Fact he alferts, is, that " the whole Remit" tance from all the Taxes in the Colonies, at an " " " " " " Average of Thirty Years, has not amounted to 19001. a Year, and in that Sum, 7 or 8001. per [17mm only, have been remitted from Nari/JAmeriea; and that the Ef'tablilhment of Officers, necel‘fary to colleét that Revenne, amounts to 73001. per Amzztm. Colonies declares, that it is in vain to call the Aé‘ts He has cited as Precedents, by the Name of mere Regulations, notwithltanding He hath irrefragably proved, that They are ridiculous, if confideer in any other Light. (See The Regalia/on; of the Colonies, &c. '* pag. 105-57, and The Claim of i1": Colonies, 85C. pag. 28, 29, go.) Though I conceive that the Difl‘iné‘tion which It would be ridiculous indeed to fiippofe, that the Parliament would raife :1 Revenue by Taxes in the Colonies to defray Part of the natio- nal Expence, the Colleétion of which Taxes would increafe that Expence to 21 Sum more than three Times the Amount of the Revenue; but, the Impolitions being confidered in their true Light, as Regulations of Trade, the Expence ariling from an Efiablifhment necell'ary to carry Them into Execution, is f0 far from being ridiculous, hath been fuggelled, is liltiiciently evident, and that the Argument from l'recedents hath been re- futed, yet, as there have been two or three In- fiances particularly enforced and relied upon, I mull: beg the Reader's Patience wlnllt I examine Them feparately, without undertaking the. Tall: to remove every Incougruity to be found in the. Writings of the Enemies of zlmi'zrim on this Oecafion; for it would require an Heron/e5 to cleanle the Stable. that it may be wilely incurred. The 5th Geo. ll. it is alledged, " abrogotesfl; The Author of the Claim of the Colonies, (it. mac/9 of the Common Law as relate; to D [871" gives (as hath been obferved) the Epithets of un- of Free/golds 2'72 America, takes from [be Son I/Je Rig/9i of Iii/Jeri/om'e 1772 the Load; (1‘: Crown bod my. granted to like I'll/liver, and his Heirs in ablolute M. Gronfng having formed a Defign, to prove the Right of the Northern Powers to a free Trade and Naviga tion, com- municated his Plan to and defired the Opinion of Baron P1117213);- a'orjfupon it, who oblerved that as the Qut-liion had not been fettled upon clear and undeniable Principles, and there was a. Mixtu re of Fact and Right, the Confederates might contend that They have a Right to dillrefs the Enemy, and, as the Means to attain that Purpose, to rellrain the 'l rade of the Powers, an Argument that with {uperior Force would Northern be con- clufive. jltfl .- A grave Ani‘wer to a little pert Pamphlet, calTed I}: 00%,; flow lotl>e"l‘;1xatioti, ESQ. would be too ludicrous. \‘. nen the Author talks of Orders to be obit-wed under Pains and Penal. ties, he ul‘es the awel‘ul Szyle of a Ld of F . , but it was too conl'trained for him to fupport, and he there-tore very naturally relzttiled into the Liharztt‘ter of a J:ile‘--[)'U(lfllng:‘ lie had very little Reaion to apprehend that LCCM" dung, or OED-'5'}, in'ould be called upon to pull ofiJhts-tap. 4 " Fee, |