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Show § 125 11 Relation of the Spaniih Voyage: all the homage and duty of Subjeé'ts, it would be un~ jail: to fubjeét 'em to fuch new Maiters as pretend to a right of exaéiing new Services of 'em. The Taxes that are impos'd on any Eftate fhould be pro- arzd Cruelties in the Well-Indies. 2 17 es; Indi the Soveraign, and univerfal Emperor of On the contrary, if there be any defeéts in their Pality, your Majelty's Government may fupply 'em, by which their Liberty will be render'd the more portionate to the Revenue that may be expeded compleat. from it; and there ought not to be more Homage and Service annex'd to it than is reafonable for the advantage of him that owns that Eftate. If in- rian Princefs, Queen Ifabclla, as appears by all the This was the defign of that molt Chrill Writings [he left about this Affair. A few days before her Death {he commanded General d'AIcantam, . than Governor of Hzfianiala, to treat all the Indians ought it to be 1'0 with Men, who deferve to be , as a free People. And in ageneral Allembly of as'd a little better? Since therefore your Majeily's Divines and Lawyers held at Burgor, his Catholic animate things have this privilege, how much more Government alone is fiifhcient for the welfare and advantage of the Ina'mm, to let other Lords over 'ern would be to act contrary to Juftice. For who tan deny it to be contrary to all the Laws of Equity, Majelly declar'd in Council, that the inhabitants of Amricd were free, and commanded they lhould be treated as fuch. The fame was done by your Maielly, after having confulted the molt learned Di- to fubjeét the Indians to the Spaniards, who mind no- 1 vmes'and/Canon-il'cs in the year 1323. thing but to raife Bilates by making a Prey of 'em? Now if it be an inconteitablc Principle that all An 'tis as oppoflt to Charity to add new Burdens to the Indians are free, and that all of 'em that have them that can fcarce bear fuch as are already im- . been, or {ball be difcover'd in time to come, can't be pos'd upon "em, and to increafe the Calamities of fubjeéted to any other Jurifdiétion but that of your fuch as are fhfliciently befet with Afiliétion, befides ; Wildly, and that they owe to your Majelly alone the pains they take for the fiibfillence of their Wives and Children' Charity teaches to do to others as that Homage and Obedience which free Cities and Nations are oblig7d to pay their lawful Soveraign, "we would have them do to us, to fecure 'em from i 'tis molt evident that no private Men can pretend all the Evil we can, and to relieve 'em in their luto the fame. Nay, they are more free in Irefpect digence when they addrefs themfelves to us, and 0f us than other Nations, becaufe .the Kings of Ihew us their Neceflities, becaufe we our l'clves are * Spam have no Title to 9em as their Sub)e€ts by defirohs of the Alliflance of others, when in dillrefs. ,: right of Inheritance, or that of Purchafe, or of The Laws of Chrilt are founded on fuch Maxims as , Conquelt, as they might have had, if they had there: Do to others what you mauld have others do to JWS and, 7790" [bait 10716 N?) Ncigbljour (:5 thy/61f} CH conquer'd in a lawful War, that had bin for; mally declar'd, for the revenge of fome great in which one word, St. Paul fays, the whole Law IS Since which the Indians might have cornmited contain‘d. He farther fays, Bear )6 we anotbc‘r'! agalnlt the Spaniards, or againft the umverl'al fiardem, and f0 fulfil the Law of Cbrifl. Church, or fome very confiderable Member of it, ll: is to be confider'd, that all the Inhabitants of i fof Which they had refus'd Satisfaction when de- the New World are born free: Nor do they 10ft3 minded: or if they had unjuftly retain'd any Lands this Liberty in recognizing your Majell'y for their 9' Goods of which they were unlawfully poffefsédi Sove- u |
