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Show 276 Acrs RELATING Part II. 3662. XI. To THE COLONIEs; 277 " ces arofe from the account which had" " been received in America of the change " of the minifiry."--" But it does fo " happen that the falfity of this circula" tion is (like the reft) demonftrated by " indifputable dates and records."-" So " little was the change known in America, " that the letters of the governors, giving " an account of thefe diflurbances, long " after they had arrived at their highefl: " pitch, were all direé'ted to the old mi- made : no man could fuppofe the difiurbances committed in April and May, could originate from the certain knowledge of a, change, which did not happen till July. Though Dr. Johnfon is willing to {uppofe the Highlanders may be gifted with a fecond fight, no man is inclined to think the Americans are {0 highly favoured. But a firong cxpcélaz‘z'an of a change, foon likely to happen, will fometimes produce nearly the fame efi'eé't as the account of a " niltry.*" change already nappcnccz'. Now the down- It would be too much to expeél: that fal of the then minif'try was mofi certain- any one man fliould unite every excellence. It is wonderful enough that to fo impetuous a genius this great man {hould unite a degree of coolnefs fnflicient to keep to chronological order; to fuperadd exaétnefs in relation would be too much for mortal man to do. The fail is, no man ever fuppofed that the difiurbances arofe from the account of :1 00117736 {16721411} it" Burke's Speech, p. 72, 73, made : .ly expedited, {trongly exppefied, by many people in England, long before thefe dill turbances began; long before the aé‘r, which gave birth to them, was pail. The addrefs of the letters from our governors, ii) much inlified on by our orator, 'do not, ll fuppofc, difprove the cxif'tence of this opinion. And it feems very probable, that .this opinion and expectation did augment and prolong the dillurbance‘s. ConT 3 |