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Show [ as '1 I 21 l which the Exertion of the Colonies may be necefL fary, or, if there lhould, that it willbring with it an Oblivion of all former Indireétion? But this is a Subieét fitter for filent Meditation, than public Difculiion. There was a Time when Meafiires of Preven- tion might have been taken by the Colonies.--There may be a 'l‘im‘. when Redrcls may be obtained-Till then, l'rudencc, as well as Duty, requires Submiliion. it is prefumed that it was a notable Service done by N w 132ghad, when the Militia of that Colony reduced Cape Breton, lincc it enabled the Erin/,5 At'iaiflrra to make a Peace leis difadvanta- geous and inglorious than They otherwife mufi‘ have been conltrained to fubmit to, in the humble t tate to which they were then reduced-That the general Fxcrtion of :hc Colonies in North America, during the hit War, not only facilitated, but was indilitenfiibly requilite to the Succefs of thofi: Operations by which lb many glorious Conquef‘ts were atchicved, and that thoie Conquel'ts have put it in the Power of the preterit illui'trious Minilicis to make a fence upon Terms of {0 much Glory and Advantage, as to afford an inexhaullible Subject during their Adminil'tration, and the 'i‘riumph of Toryilin, at lealt, for their ingeniou s Panegyrilis to celebrate. the lntereits, but even necefi'ary to the Defence of' Great Britain herfelf, becaufe he may have Reafon to imagine that Great Britain could not long fubc fift as an independent Kingdom after the Lofs of her Colonies-He may, without Arrogance, be inclined to claim fome Merit from the Exertion of the Colonies, fince it enabled Great Britain ultimately to defend herl'elt‘; I mean that Kind of Merit which arifes from Benefits done to others, by the Operation'of Meafures taken for our own Suites-a Merit mol't illuflrioufly dilplayed in the Generolity of Great Britain, when, with their (So-operation, {be protected the Colonies to preferve leer/elf. ‘ When an Home is in Flames, and the neitt Neighbour is extremely active, and exerts his Endeavours to extinguifli the Fire, which, if not conquered, would catch, and confume his own Dwelling, [do not fay, that if the Owner of the Home which had been in Flames, fhould, after the hire was l'ubdued, complaifantly thank his Neighbour generally for his Services, he would be abliirdly ceremonious; but, if the Afiil'cant Ihould afterwards boai't of his great Generofity, and claim a Right to the Furniture of the Home which he had aliiited in Saving, upon the Merit of his Zeal and Activity, he would deferve to be put in Mind of the Motive of his Service. If the Advantages gained by the late 7770/} glorious mid firmftful lI/ar have been fecured by an ode/172mm Peace-If the Sticcefies that attended the military Operations of the Britifla Arms, were the Etna of the conjunct Efibrts of the Brit/fly Na- tion and her Cofwiies, rouiEd by the Spirit, excited by the Virtue, animated by the Vigour, and con- An A'mcrirmi, withoutjufily incurring putatlon of Ingratitut.e, may doubt, the lm; whether ionic other Motive, belides pure Gen erofity, did nocprompt the Britt/r3 Nation to eng age in the Defence of the Colonies-He may be induced to think that the Meal‘ures taken for the ot the Plantations, were not only con Proteéiion nected with dut‘led by the Vi'ildom of the ablel't Minil'ter that the ever |