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Show 118 POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL chofe, and for whom he had no Vote to give, SUBJECTS. "9 more balmy/tr! to you flizierirarx, than they have and againlt whom perhaps he had particular been to their own [Shir/7; Voters, whom thCY Exceptions, have neverthelels a Right of taxing him becaufe he makes a Part of the Body Politic iiizplz'ei in, and concluded by the refi,--- you cannot fay this, ecaule the DoCTRINE of reprefent by Nairizz'umz'mz ? And, What if even this Argument, to full of Sorrow and Lamentation, {hould at lafi‘ be retorted upon you, and IMPLICATION is the very Thing to which you verfe of what you intended ? This, I believe, is objecl, and againt'l which you have railed to many Batteries of popular Noife and Clamour. Nay, as the Objection is entirely of your own making, it muf't go {lill further: For if your what you little expected : But neverthelels, this is the Cafe: For if there be any l'artiality to he complained of in the Condur‘l of the Britiflz Parliament, it will appear to be a Partiality in Argument is good for any thing, it is as good Favour of the Colonies, and againf‘t the Mother for North-flmerim as it is for CreatBritaz'n; and Country. Do you demand my Authority for this Allertion ? I will give it you :---The Sta- conlcquently you mutt maintain, that all thole in your feveral Provinces who have no Votes (and many Thoufands of fuch there are) and alfo uh thofe Voters, whole Reprefentarives did not expresfly confent to the Act of your Allent- made to conclude, like all the PR, the very Re- tutes of the Realm are my Authority; and 'furer you cannot demand a better. By thele then it will appear, that a Colonilt, who is con~ own Principles, fairly, clearly, and evidently fequently fubordinate to the Mether Country in the very Nature of Things, is neverthelefs ptit upon a better Footing, in many Rqflarflr, than an Inhabitant ofGreat-Brz'miiz. By thefe itwill appear, that the Parliament, like an over indul- deduced: Will you abide by them 9 gent Parent of his favourite, froward Child, blies for railing any of your own provincial Taxes,---ought nor to be compelled to pay them. Thefe now are the happy Confequences of your BUT however, not to pufh you into more Abfurdities of this Kind, let us wave the preientPoint, and come to another. For, afterall your doleful Complaints, what if it lhould appear, that thefe Five Hundred and Fifty-eight Parliamentary Guardians, who reprefent you only by Inga/imiz'on, have, in fact, been kinder and mor hath been continually heaping Favours upon you, of which we are not permitted to tafie. Thus, for Example, you have your Chorce, whether you will accept of my Price for your Tobacco,---or after bringing it here, whether you will carry it away, and try your Fortune at another Market: But I have no AliemaiiVC H4 allowed - \\\ Mill." .1 |
