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Show [38] [ 39 ] This has firmly united the flrmgtb of the two iflands ; whereby reciprocal fuc- cour in time of need is inl'ured to both. This eflaolzflved example of the true confiitutional mode of connecting Britilh Dominions, that are otherwife feparated Im m: ' ‘VAET;42H. . ' ‘s‘. attending oat/J refpeétively, {hould unhappily draw down God's vengeance upon us! and perhaps our mutual punifhment is at this time impending in the prefent difi‘erences and ignorance of the Englifh Confiitution) : But how will by Nature, will enable us, by compari- the trunk or flock of the Britifh Vine appear, if we (hould entirely fcparate or fon, to difcern the illegality and injuf'rice lop off the branches ? -- The American! of Dr. 's five Propofitions. The fiately vine of Britilh Dominion (ifI may ufe that fcriptural type) has providentially extended its luxuriant branches to the moft dif'tant parts of the earth ! and will continue to {pread and increafe as long as yzflz'ce and Ilia Law: of Li- Branches are already (/cz‘ocfw', indeed, berty are duly maintained by thofe who maintenance and execution of the fame- are entrufied with the adminif'tration of government (unlefs the wickednefs of individuals, manifefted by the exercife of domrfl/c Slavery and Opprgflon in the Colonies, and of political Corruption and fem/My at home, with the grottviflg vices jufl: laws, the influence of which may, attending But (in point of difiance,) and widely fepa- rated from the Trunk, by a volt Ocean; but the imperial Crown of Great-Britain is, neverthelefs, a fuflicient band of union or connexion between them, it be- ing the legal enfign of authority for the by a due conf'titutional exertion of the regal Power, be circulated, like whole- fome fap, from the root to the molt diftant branches. |