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Show 238 [33: D.T.lJ Cay/2': of [/63 American That thus the people will be deprived of their molt eflhitial rights. That it being (as at prefent) a governor's interef‘t to cultivate the good-will, by promoting the welfare, ofthe people he governs, --can be attendedwith no prejudice to the mother- country; fince all the laws he may be prevailed on to give his allent to are fubjeet to revilion here, and if reported againft by the board of trade, are immediately repealed by the crown; not dare he pafs any law contrary to his inttruetions; as he holds his oflice during the pleafure of the crown, and his fecurities are liable for the penalties of their bonds if he contravenes thofe inflruftions. This is what they fay as to governors. As to judge: they allege, that being appointed from hence, and holding their commitfions not during good behaviour, as in Britain, but during pleafure; all the weight of interefl: or influence would be thrown into one of the fcales (which ought to be held even) if the {alaries are alfo to be paid out of duties raifed upon the people without their content, and independent of their affemblies approbation or dilap- probation of the judges behaviour. That it is true, judges {hould be free from all influence; and therefore, whenever government here will grant commifiions to able and benefit judges during good behaviour, the aflbmblies will let- tle permanent and ample falaries on them during their commiflions; but, at preltnt, thry have no other means of getting rid of an ignorant or an D1, CCUZ‘L'HZ‘J' before 1768. 239 an unjuitjudge (and tome of fcandalous charac- ters have, they lay, been ibinetimes fent them) left, but by 'tarving them out. I do not fuppofe mute realhnings of theirs will appear here to have much weight. I do not produce them with an expeetation of convincing your readers. I relate them merely in pur- fuauee of the tad; l have impofed on myfelf, to be an impartial hiilorian of American {Jets and opinions. - -The colonif'rs being thus greatly alarmed, as I {aid before, by the news of the act for abolilhing the legillature of New York, and the impofition of thele new duties, profeflbdly for fueh difagreeable purpoles (accompanied by a new fet of reve- nue oflicers, with large appointments, which gave firong fufpicions, that more bufinefs of the fame kind was foon to be provided for them, that they might earn their falaries) ; began lerioufly to confider their lituation; and to revolve afrefh in their minds, grievances which from their refpet‘t and love for this country, they had long borne and feemed almof'c willing to forget-They refleéted how lightly the interelt of d// Amer/ca had been efiimated here, when the inter-eds of 211/210 of the inhabitants ofGrmz‘ Brz'mf/z happened to have the fmalleft competition with it. That the whole Allie/dim" people was forbidden the advantage of a direét importation of wine, oil, and fruit, from Portugal; but mull take them louded with all the expence of a voyage one thouland leagues round about, being to be landed firii: in Bag/Md, to be re-lhipped |