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Show APPENDIX. 554 [A: D.T.] Proézzéilz'oi of a fup aratiau. 555 be 33 fearce be credited in Britain that men 1Elan diligent with us from zeal for the pu lg g?! the as with you for thoufands per annum.-- the difference betWeen uncorrupted new 15 ates, To come 2'}: qfler p. 366. u ted old ones. magi: fiugality and great induftry are now/3(1)::- come faihionable here: Gentlemen who u 1: to entertain with two or three courfes, pride t ens- felves now in treating wrth fimple beef and fpu ding. By thefe means, and. the flopprltlglt: ob ptu: confumptive trade Wltl'l Britain, we {ha 1‘ C et ef able to pay our voluntary taxes for the uppor 3 our troops. Our favmgs in the article 0 tra e amount to near five million fierlmg per annum: I {hall communicate your letter to Mr. IYVLnthrop, but the camp is at Cambridge, and 9flea" a: as little leifure for philofophy as myfelf. Believe me ever, with fincere efleem, my dear friend, Yours moft affectionately i 1 [The two preceding letters are to the fame perfon ; the follow- it: one is to a different correfpondent. E.] Pbi/adelpbz'g, Off. 3, I77 5 i. I Wifh as ardently as you can do for peace, {h ould rejoice exceedingly in co-opera and ting with you to that end. But every {hip fro m Britain brings fome intelligence of new meafures that tend more and more to exafpera te; and it feems to me that until you have found by dear experience the reducing us by force impr acticable, you will think of nothing fair and reafonab le.We have as yet refolved only on defenfive mea-fures. If you would recall your forces and Rayat home, we Ihould meditate nothing to injure you. A little time fo given for cooling on both fides would have excellent effects. But you will goad and provoke usr You defpife us too much; and you are infenfible of the italian adage, that were 2'; no fill/e enemy-I am perfuaded the body of the Britiih people are our friends; but they are changeable, and by your lying Gazettes may foon be made our enemies. Our refpeét for them will proportionally diminifh; and I fee Clearly we are on the high road to mutual enmity, hatred, and deteflation. A feparation will of courfe be in-' evitable.-'Tis a million of pities f0 fair a plan , 'il {Ste/theme": to p. 550. 13.] 4. B 2 |