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[Az B.T.] Letter; [0 G. Shirley on Titration. I 2 r where they have no reprefcntati on. It is vcr :pofiible, that A i n A N Y P A r r n s cwztizmca'. this general government might be as well and faithfully adminifle rcd without the l r T 'r r r :0 Gave 7207' Shirley, concerning My Imps/mm ofdgrsé? Tam: upon the C010mm, sail/Jozef 11161)" Corg/£271; *1 1.) ‘, 4 x people, as with them; but whe re heavy U burdens are to be laid upon them, it has bee n found ufe- ful to make it, as much as poflible, their own aét; for they bear better, when they have, or thi nk they have fomc lime in the dire SIR when any public meafures are gene ction; and rally grievous or even dil'taf'teful, to the people, the wheels of government move more heavily. Tutfday Morning. I return you the loofe {heets of the plan, with thanks to your Excellency for com. . , inunicating tnein. IApprehend, that excluding the prop/e of the colonies from all (hare in the choice of the ' Wlll ' give " ' ‘ 7 tisfaétion ,grand councrl, extreme difla as where ' well as the taxmg ' them by act of parliament, ' * h f letters to Governor Shirley firlt appears d in ' the L0}!don (ibTravfircie for Feb. 6-8, 1766, .w1th an introduéé‘tiotr;1e flange: 1! Lower rfBi-z'mi/z. In the bgginning offllpe griparaagfiénal yprefa_ ' ' ' ' W1 tory TCPUbllflled piece, under m [fl/"l0" the frgnature I Rem"?! mfmzfrlllaurner o . orverd5our of Calamitim.- one of thefe l ' the fub eét of them in the wor \Ivriiitlgii . 6X13 2:21";.1975";th . ofUm‘on . was {em "()1 thgngllihrltinfligd a ‘ here for approbation: had it been approve _ flf fuf- c by authority from hence, Englzjl: . h t other ' America thought aififlance; rte ' ficiently able to cope w1th the Franc/7, _w1t ou ‘ I ‘ ' I l f the colonies havmg alone, in former wa rs withflood , - {fizeijholie power of the enemy, unaflifled not only by thelrnotlI-i; country, but by any of the neighbouring prov1nces.--T gained, however, was not approved here; but a New ‘o‘nehwas vernors inflead of it; by which it was propofed, that the go0t their " of all the colonies, attended by one or two mem ers " draw on the treafury here for the fums that {hould be wanted, " and the treafury to be reimb by a tax laid on 162 calorie: " IE}: 42‘? ofparlz'ameat."--This urfcd Nrwplm being communicated by ‘ Governor Shirley to a gentlema n of Philadelphia, (Dr. Fran/Hi") ‘ then in Bolton (who hath very eminently diilinguithed himfelf, ‘ before and fince that time, in the literary world, and whof e ‘ judgment, penetration and cando r, as well as his readinefs and ‘ ability to fuggelt, forward, or carry into execution, every ‘ fcheme ofpublic utility, hath mol‘t ‘ only to our fellow-fubjefls throu defervedly endeared him, not ghout the continent of North America, but to his numberlefs friends on this fide the Atlantic) occalioned the following remar ks from him, which perhaps may contribute in fome degree to its being laid afide. As they very particularly {hew the then fentiments of the Americans On the fubjcfl of a parliamentary tax, hfbre the Franz/J power in that country was fubjcéted, and hfm' the late reflraints on their commerce; they fatisfy me, and I hope they will convince your readers (contrary to what has been advanced by fome of yOur correfpondents) V""'""""""‘\'~nn- «w .‘c‘ Li ‘l 'T '"Wl‘"l""*' " the defence of the whole, erect forts wher e they judged proper, "" and raife what troops they thought neceflary, with power to that thofe parti in producing the prefent oppoiition toculars have had no (hate fuch a tax, nor in diitur- bances occafioned by it, which thefe papers indeed do almoi t prophetically foretel. For this ptirp fallen into my hands, they are comm oie, having accidentally unicated to you by one who '15, notpartz'all , but in 117: 7210/} Eli/(ugh! fl); 4, ‘ ALOVER ot'Bnrram.' E.] ' " refpeé‘tive councils, ihould aflcmblc, and concert meafurff for the R H. LET. |
