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Show 11o ADDRESS AND APPEAL nro THE LANDED INTEREST. l1atl11t prodwed, in iegard to the Sum Total of mfg, the Irem/z, the 311111147115, Portugmfe,112222"am, Ste. &C. for the fame Reafons, and on the fame Account. A Propofition this, whichis too big with Nonfenfe and Abfurclity, to be ferioufly maintained. I will therefore difmifs the prefem: Remark, with putting my Reader again in Mind, that let the Trade to North-A'nierz'm be what it may, can: 1 sun 1:1 V ;u .1. 2W5 ‘1' 0111 own Revenue 1" And vvhatIS the Amount of . l. mum-m. [gr-11111111111 r " a " ' ‘ , the whole Duty on Tobacco? Is it equal to the Duties paid on the limple Article of Tea,-~or of \Vines and Brandies ;---or in lhort of mere Fruit for our Mince-Pies, and Plumb-Puddings, for our Tables and Delerts? No, by no Means, it is not equal to any one ofthele gezzemlArticles: For the Duty paid on the Importation of Fruit alone greatly {tirpalles it. And yet we have granted no Monopolies, no Premiums, and no Bounties either to China, or to France, to Spain, Portugal, Italy, &c. &c. nor are thefe Countries, 61 of little Importance, or otherwife; it is a mere begging the @efiion, and a niof't drflngemiam to which we have lo valt :1 Trade, and from which we draw {0 great :1 Revenue, ENGLISH A'rtifire to infinuate (as all the Advotatesfor flimrim now do) that this Trade will be loft, if a Separation from the Colonies fhould enfue. On the contrary, it is much more probable, that, when all Parties {hall be left at full Liberty to Conomts. do as they pleafe, our Nort/z-Abmrz'mn Trade BUT neverthelefs, Iwill now fuppole, contrary to, all Proof and Matters of Fact, that the Revenue of the taxable Objefts imported from .vill rather be encrealed, i than diminifheda-‘by inch :1 Meafure. Becaufe it is Freedom, and not Confinement, or Monopoly, which encreafes Trade. I‘And lure I am that, - on this Subjet‘t, Nort/z-A'merim, was the greatell of all others -,--what Inference is to be drawn from this Con- l-lillory and pal‘r Experience, as wellas Realm cellioniAnd doth it at all follow from {nth 31nd Argument, are clearly on-my Side}? Premili's, that the Nort/z- Americans muff, or ought to enjoy all the Privileges of Emir/111111111, without contributing any Thing towards the general Support, merely becaufe we carry on an. advantageous Trade with them, or have railed 41 Tax on their Commodities ? Surely no: For by the lame Rule, we rnui't unite and incorpo- rate with, wemutt proteétand defend, the 011'j" ,5: . "ti/.6, REMARK |