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Show 362 Intended Vindication and Offer/910m well the part: that proteét the twin/r, as the who}: that protects the part: .9 The protection then has been proportionably mutual.--And whenever the time {hall come, that our abilities may as far exceed hers, as hers have exceeded ours; we hope we thall be reafonable enough to reft fatisfied with her proportionable exertions, and not think we do too much for a part of the empire, when that part does as much as it can for the whole. The charge againf'c us, that we rtflyé to contribute to our own proteflion, appears from the above to be groundlefs: But we farther declare it to be abfolutely falle; for it is well known that we ever held it as our duty to grant aids to the crown upon rcquifition, towards carrying on its wars; which duty we have cheerfully complied with, to the utmof't of our abilities; infomuch that frequent and grateful acknowledgments thereof by king and parliament appear on their records *1 But as Britain has enjoyed a mof't gainful mono- poly of our commerce; the fame, with our main- taining the dignity of the king's reprefentative in each colony, and all our own feparate eftablifh- ments of government, civil and military; has ever hitherto been deemed an equivalent for fuch aids as might otherwife be expected from us in time of peace-And we hereby declare, that on " [Suppofed to allude to certain paffages in the Journals of the Houfe of Commons on the 4th oprril, 174,8; 28thJanuary, 1756; 3d February, 1756; 16th and 19th ofMay, 1757; ill ofJune, I753 5 28111 of and 30th 0f AW": ‘7595 26th and 31R ofMarch and 26th 1700; 91h and 20th January, 1761 ; 22d and 25th January, April, [A. D. 1.] Cal/311.}! to Pm'I/(z/izcnt, m 17-,- / 3‘ r o ' ‘ r I . 0 1 i" ' . a 't-i 3" a reconciliation with Britain, we (hall 71"! , /., continue to gnmt (zit/r in time "rear, as unit» i u,J but, whenever the {hall think fit to abolith h monopoly, and give us the finne privilegem bi trade as Scotland received at the union andbilio r us a free commerce with all the ref": ofth e world"- we {hall willingly agree (and we doubt not it wili be ratificd by our conf'tituenls) to are» (2;er 12 into the linking fund [100,oool.Jut‘tevrlir'<r 1:0, annum for the term ofone hundred years ' Avivhicdl duly, faithfully, and inviolably aphlied 'to t'iif purpofe, is demonltrably more thafi fuflici entl to cartingunh all [731‘ prtjfi'm‘ national debt- fince 't Will in that time amount, at lerral Britifli interefi' to more than [23o,ooo,oool.] 93‘. ' But if Britain does not think fit to accept this propofition, we, in order to remo ve her aroundlefs Jealoufies, t/Jat we aim at indtpt 'lzr/eza' am! an aéotztzon of the navigation at}, (which hafh in truth never been our intention) and to avoid all future difputes about the right of making that and other acts for regulating our commerce ~ Do here- by declare ourfelves ready and willing to enter into a Covenant wit/5 Britain, that the {hall full poflefs, enjoy, and exercife that right, for an bun): dred years to come; the fame being 50m? fiz/r ufed for the common benefit; And in cafe offuch agree ment, that every affembly be advifed by us tobco nfirm 1t folemnly by laws of their own, whic h once made cannot be repealed without the affent of the crown. 1362.; and. 14th and 17th March, x763.1 a recon- I {See Dr. Price': flfpml on t/ae national (Mt. 13-] A aa 2 The |