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Show 9° [A : B. T.] ALBANY PAPERS. lands ; or are lef: expafla', being covered by others, as New Jerfey, Rhode Ifland, Connecticut, Maryland; or have particular rLiv/aims and prejudice: againfl: warlike meafures in general, as Penfylvania, where the (makers predominate; fuch colonies would have more weight in a partial union, and be better able to oppofe and obfiruét the meafures neceiTary for the general good, than where they are fwallowed up in the general union. 4. The Indian trade would be better regulated by the union of the whole than by partial unions. And as Canada is chiefly fupported by Of Me Plan a)" Union. 91 dent fiates, but as members of the fame bod and thence be more ready to afi‘ord aflift ance aiid {upport to each other, and to make divcr lions in hrvonncvcn of the molt dif'rant, and to loin cordially 111 any expedition for the benefi t of] all agamfi the common enemy. ‘ Thele'were the principal reafons and motiv es for forming the plan of union as it Itand s. To which may be added this, that as the unio n of the T/Je rennznnler of tllir article is [0]} that trade, if it could be drawn into the hands III. Plan . of a propo ‘ feel Union 0 #5 e er) ~ of the Eng/fl, (as it might be if the Indians were fupplied on moderate terms, and by honeft traders appointed by and acting for the pub- ral Colonies of M21Hacl111flett'sgay, {\lefzv Hampfhire, Connecticut, Rhode Ifland New York, New Jerfey, Penfylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina for Meir mutual Defence lie) that alone would contribute greatly to the Weakening of our enemies. 5. The ef'tablifhing of new colonies wef'tward on the Obie and the lakes, (a matter of confi- derable importance to the increafe of Brit/fly trade and power, to the breaking that of the Franc/J, and to the proteétion and fecurity of our prefent colonies,) would belt be carried on by and Secarizjy, andfor extending tlwe Britlfll Settlement: in North America, witfi tlve Rea/on: anilMoz‘z'verfar eacaflrticle qf tee Plan [asfar a: could ae‘renzeinaeredd a Jomt union. 6. It was alfo thought, that by the frequent meetings-together of commiflioners or repre- fi‘mtatives from all the colonies, the circumfi‘ances of the whole would be better known, and the good of the whole better provided for; and that the colonies would by this conne€tion learn to confider themfelves, not as to many indepen- an": . It is propofed.-That humble appli- cation be made for an aét of parliament of Great Britain, by virtue of which one general government may be formed in N 2 America 1 |