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Show ..,._4(§-:4-.« . "IMMWI _ ( 102 } ( I03 E rent Purpofes; or on the other? thtt Great Brim $.2in is to contribute nething to theie: The very ‘Nords of the Aft of Parliament and of the Reioluzion of the Home of Commons imply, that the whole of the Expence is not. to be charged upon the Colonies : They are under no Obligdw tion to provide for this or any other Ptil'thUidl' national iixpence; neither can they claim any iiix't'mption from general Burthens; but being it put of the Brit/Z?» Dorriinions, are to i'hitre all necefiln} SL‘iVlCCS with the rcil‘. This in Amema (Leis ini‘it‘ed iirll' claim their Attention : 'Eiizey are izi'iniediziti‘ly, they are principaily ronn 1 2:; it; and the Inhabitimts of their Mor- "wfozitzzry would‘iuitly and loudly complain, ' ; )l'c‘l' all their iffi'bi‘tS for the Benefit of the 33, when every Point is gained, and eves ¢.::"t1;>zi'iphihed, they, and they alone ' 3 cailed upon hill to anlwer every ad» 1" mind, that the Prelervation otthere , and the "roteftion of the Colonies l .I. . Dangers, natty occahon : Gran! [iri- Icrri has .i Right at ah Times, {he is under it Wrosiiirjyy \IEJUTL this Oeeafion, to demand their .r‘Tzilliince; bitiiiii The requires it in the Mime 11:2" mofi‘ itiitabie to their Circunilizinces -, for by appropriating this Revenue towsrds the Defence c. Security of the Provinces where it is raiied, "‘ Produce 017i: is kept in the Country, the "'1‘? are not deprived of the Circulation of C13) they have em nglt thenult-lves, and ‘ by the levereftOpprefiion ofanAriurrtdflith, hit oftlriiining the t'iantations of Money which they can ii": ill fpsre, i3 avoided. "vi/'hzit Part they ought to hear of the ugtiozmi Expense, that is tamnTary for their Protec‘tion, mutt depend up‘on their Ability, wincn is not yet li.:ffieiently renown 2I to thelwhme they are certainly un- etitiull, that won‘ti include all the military ~and ali‘ttl'f. naval ithzihiilhment, all Fortifications which it may be thought proper to erect, the the Ordnance and Stores that mui‘t be l‘urnifhed, and the Provilions which it is neceiihry to fupply; but. furely a Part of this great DifburiEment, a large. Proportion at lead of ibme particular Branches of it, cannot be an intolerable Bur- tht‘n upon inch 21 Number of Subjects, upon a Territory i‘o extenfive, and upon the Wealth which they coile€:iveiy pori‘eis. As to the Qiota which each Individual merit pey, it will be difli~ cult to perfiiade the Inhabitants ofthis Country, where the neediel‘t Cottager pays out of his Pit~ tanee, however feanty, and how hardly foever earned, our high Duties ofCuitoms and Exeiie in the Price of all his Confiimption; it will be difficult I thy, to perfuade thoie who fee, who tinder, or who relieve inch Oppreflion 3 that the [lift Ind/air: out of his Opulence, and the Nari/'3 xfmericmz out of his Competency, can contribute no more than it is now pretended they can afford towards the Expence of Services, the Bene- fit. of which, as a Pnrt of this Nation they finite, and as Colonills they peculiarly enjoy. They have indeed their own civil Governments befides to l‘upport; but Great Britain has her civil Go- vernment too ; {he has al o a large Peace Ettablilhment to maintain; and the national Debt, tho" 1?.) great a Part, and that the heavieft Part 0f it has been incurred by Li ‘iVar undertaken to: he c t flh ry |