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Show [126] "to fubmit or not Fubmit as they think proper,c an. not confifl with a State of Govern ment and muff work the Dillolution ofit. Whi llt thefe Princi- ples had their due Infl uence we enjoyed all that " Freedom and all thofe other Blef lings which a State of Government will admit of. Our Con- neétion with our Parent State fecu red thefeBleil {ings to us, and by Means of'a nominal Depen- dence we poiléfléd as great a Share of real Freedom as the Parent State itfelf upon which we are [aid to depend. I have laid before you, Gentlemen, what appeared to me to be the true Conflitution of the Provin ce, and recommended an Adhere nce to it becaufe I believed it would refl ore us to and contin ue us in that happy State in whi riflted fo long a Courfe of Years. ch we flou- Certainly it is ofthe utmofi Importanc e to you that thefe Points Ihould be fettle d, for I know of no Maxim in the Law of gre ater Truth than this. [V/Jcre [be Conflimtian i5 con tefled and 117: Law: are vague and uncertain, the re, will Ive tl'e grea/efl Slavery. M ERR‘ATA. ACE 30, Line 3t, For Gov ernor. read Govern-v ment.--p. 42, l. 19, F. fati sfied, r. fant‘tified.-- l. 20, f. Reputation, 2‘. Rep etition.--p. 52, l. :, f~ it, r. its.~-p. 57, l. 3, f. Affe cts, r. ElTuCtsiw-p. 80. J. 24, f. Cape Aod, r. Cape-Cod. ------ /rz mm cf I/‘t‘ (Llopm, P. 110. l. 15. f. thereof, r. therefore-and l'» :18. l. 31 f. Fac'tion, r. Fift ion. |