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Show I 29 3 Hints may be thrown out at the fame Time, to cherifh the Hopes of the Nation, that there are the belt Grounds to expeé‘t '* the Meafure will be pro. duc‘tive of all that can be deftred or wifhed. out heavy Pains and grievous Penalties, without Opprefiion oftheinnocent, giving Countenance to Vexation, and Encouragement to profligate In- formers, without the Eltablilhment of arbitrary and dzflzmt Courts of * Admiralty. The frugal Repuélimm of Nortb-flmerz'm (if the Britifla Inhabitants there are to be dil'tinguiflied by a Nick-Name, becaufe it implies that They are Enemies to the Government of England, and ought therefore to be regarded with a jealous Eye) may be allowed, without derogating from the vaft and The national Debt is heavy, and it is a popular by their Sagacity, or refpeétable for their lnteority. Scheme to draw from the Colonies a Contribution towards the Relief of the Mother-Country.-The Manner of efi‘eéting it is not carefully attended to, or nicely regarded by thofe who expeét to receive the Benefit.-The End is f0 ardently delired, that, whether the Means might not be more moderate, is not fcrupuloufly examined by Men, who think Themfelves in no Danger of Injury or Oppremon from their Severity. ‘It is affirmed to thofe who cannot deteét the Fallacy of the Affertion, that Had Requilitions been made,and the Sum demabnded Millions have been expended foleéy in the Defence been equitable, and proportioned to their Circumfiances, They could have fallen upon Ways and Means lefs oppreflive than the Stamp Duties. They have frequently taxed Themfelves: They have tried various Methods of Taxation: They know by hxperience, the eafieft and leaft expenlive.--: The Meaning or Conliruétion of their Levy-A613 is iettled: They can be carried into Execution of flmerim. prodigious Knowledge of a Minilter, to be ac- quainted with their own internal Circumflances better than a Stranger, who muf't depend upon Information 3 and that too, mol't frequently, of Men not the molteminentfortheir Candour,diflinguilhed not only at a {mall Expence, without exhaufiino 5 conhderable Part of their Produce bv the Multiplication of Officers, and their Support; but with _" ,It IS afferted by the Author of TI}: Claim of My Colonic! ~' 5. that the Merchants trading to tie fevcral Colonies wave in an Ellnnate ofthe Debt due to Them from the Colonies ainounting to 4,000,000 I. It would have been a 116 had pomted out how this Debt i; to be real public 'Ser'dce if paid under the 0 ~ prellzon of new and heav y lmpofitions, or what will be the IE)yer Remedy if there flmuld be a Stop pave in the Pavmen‘t) of 4,000,000 I. a Stag nation of Commerce? and want oilEm lo - meat to the Brixi/f; hv'lanufafiurcrs. '3 p y out They believe it, and thence are eafily perfuaded that the Claim of a Contribution from the Colonies is jult and equitable, and that any Meafure neceffary to fecure it, is right and laud- able.----It is reprefented, that unlefs the Colonies are {tripped of the Trial é} 7m}, and Courts of Admiralty are efiablilhed, in which Judges from England, Strangers, without Conneétion or Interefi in America, removeable at Pleafure, and flipported by liberal Salaries, are to prefide; unlefs Informers are encouraged and favoured, and the accude moft rigoroufly dealt by, that the Tax will be eluded-and thefe Severities are excufed on Account of their fuppofed Necefiity. The Colo: nies are defcribed to be at numerous, flourifliing, ' It was formerly held to be a grievous Oppreflion, that. inhead of having juflice at Home, the Eng/{[5 Subject was drawn to Rome by APPEALS; but an Amerimn is to be drawn from Elaine, in the EXIST lusrAncE, as Well as by Appeals. d an |