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358 Intended Vindication and Ot‘ferfi'om [Az D.T.] (70/2ng to Parliament, 2'22 177 5. With regard to the firll, rpm: [be oo/omur were 3 59 colony in the founding of which England can pre- fettled of HM expcnce of Britain, 1t 15 a_l\now.n tend to have been at any expence; and that was faEt, that none of the twelve united COlOHiCS weref commiflion to Sebaftlan Cabot, a l enetian, an his tons; to fail into the weltern feas for the (hf-- covery of new countries; but it was to 'be fie: only the charge of a finall armament to take it from the Dutch, who planted it. But to retain this colony at the peace, amther at that time full as valuable, planted by private countryan of ours, was given up by the cmwn to the Dutch at their in exchange, Viz. Surinam, new a wealthy fugar- men colts and charges *5. They dilcovered, but foon (lighted and neglected, thefe northern [Cll'ltories; which were after more than a hundred ears derelic‘tion purchafed of the natives, and fet- tled at the charge and by the labour of private men and bodies of men, out anceflors, who came colony in Guiana, and which but for that cellio n might {till have remained in our poileflion.--Of late, indeed, Britain has been at fome expen cein fettled, or even difcovcred, at the expcncelo England-Henry the Vlith indeed granter 3 " eorum propriis fumptibus et expenlis, planting two colonies, Georgia 1* and Nova Soofirz; but tome are not in our confederacy; and the ex- have never been able to produce any record, that pencc {he has been at in their name, has chiefl y been in grants of {unis unneceflhrily large, by way of talaries to officers fcnt from England, and ever the forlizzmmz‘ or government of England in jobs to friends, was at the fmallel't expence on thefe accounts; be provided for; thole exceiiive grants not being on the contrary, there cxif'ts on .the Journals of parliament a folemn declaration in 1642, (only twenty-two years after the firlt fettlement of the Mafliichufetts, when, if fuch expence had ever been incurred, fume of the members mul't have the colonies; Which good government (as expe- rience in many inf'tances of other colonies has taught us) may be much more frugally, and full as effeé'tually, provided for and fupported. known and remembered it,) " That thefe colonies With regard to the fecond aflertion, Toot l/Jrjé colonies were proteéted in their fig/2172: flare [2y over hither for that purpole.-But our adverfaries " had been planted and ef'tablifhed amt/gout (my , only ‘ ‘ expeme to z‘lJe/Zote I ."---New-2"or,é is the colony whereby dependants might requilite to the welfare and good government of Eng/and; it is a notorious fact that in none of the many wars with the Indian natives, fuftained by ' See the Commiflion in the Appendix to Pownall's Adminifiras no;1 (itfth Veenefis, ' C lon'es. Edit. 164/25. 17" . Whereas . , io March, the plantations 1ndN22/d " England have, by the blefling of the Almighty, had goo , . , - . and are ‘f profpeiousfuccefs, amt/you! any pair/u (large WWI/17"", " now A: u u {low likely to prove very happy for thepropagation of the gofpel m thote parts, and very bcneticial and commodious to this kingdom and nation: The commons now affi‘mbled in parliament, " &c. Sac. Soc." [Sec Governor Hutchinfon's Hiltory. t Georgia has fince acceded, July 1775 ' E.] |
