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322 323 ] A PRUSSIAN EDICT, 8c. Some take this ediét to be merely one of the King's jeux d'E/prz't : others f'uppofe it ferious, and that he means a quarrel With England: but all here think the alliartion it concludes with, ‘ that thefe regulations are copied from acts of; ‘ the Eng/2]]: parliament refpeéting their colonies, PREFACE by t/Jc'BRITISI-I EDITOR [Dr. Franklin] to ‘ T/Je voter and praceedzhgr qf Mefreelzo/derr, ‘ and other inbaéz'tzmtr of #36 town of Brflm, ‘ in town - mrez‘ing q/éizzé/ed according to law ‘ [pad/flied éy order qftéc town], 59°C *.' a very injurious one; It being impoflibleto be- lieve, that a of liberty; fentiments, neighbours; people dif'tingmfhed for their love a nation fo wife, f0 liberal in its fo juft and equitable towards. its fhould, from mean and antldlClOLlS LL accounts of the difcontent {0 general in our colonies, have of late years been indul'tri- views of petty immediate profit, treat its own oufly fmothered and concealed here; it feemin to fuit the views of the American minifter i to have it underliood, that by his great abilities, all children in a manner fo arbitrary and tyrannical ! faction was fubdued, all oppofition fuppreiled, and the whole country quieted. That the true {late of afl‘airs there may be known, and the true caufes of that difcontent well underflood; the following "‘ [' Bolton printed: London reprinted, and {old by J. Wilkie, ‘ in St. Paul's Church-yard. 17733-1 have given the reader my 1115 preface. It is fuid, that this little piece very much irritated the minifiry. It was their determination, that the Americans {hould receive teas only from Great Britain. And accordingly the Eaft India company fent out large cargoes under their protection. The colonills every where refufed, either entrance, or elfe permiflion of falc; except at Bollon ; wherey the force of government preventing more moderate meafures, certain perfons in difguife threw it into the {ea. The preamble of the {lamp aé‘t produced the tea aft; the tea aé‘t produced violence; violence, afls ofparliament; aéts of parliament, a revolt. ‘ A little negleét,' fays poor Rfdmrd, ‘ may breed great ‘ mifchief; for want ofa nail the {hoe was loll; ; {or want of a thoe ‘ the horfe was loll; for want Ufa horfe the rider was lofl; being ‘ overtaken and flain by the trim}; all for want ofa little care about ‘ a horfe-{hoe nail.' E.] I [Lord Hilfborough.--This nobleman, already firlt Lord oftrade, PREFACE was introduced in 1768 into the new-rider! (ficr of Secretary of [fate for the colonies. ‘I'hefe pofls have fince gone together. E] T t 2 piece |
