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Show Of the Gratitude 5f Avis/yin. 248 [A2 D.T.] every yearduring the war, requifitions(were made 249 trade, and repealed by the crown :) I fly while by the crown on the colonies for lill:;llg:lloly thefe circumi'lances and men; that accordingly .tncy mace z/rJ-Ili-L'ii‘t [i'zzm'n'z'mzry efforts, in proportion to‘tneir ahi nits, fubfif'ts the eftablifhcd method of royal requiti- than Braid/72 did; that they railed, paid and clothed, tiflciiiblics on every proper oecalion; Can it be iieceffary or prudent to diltrefs and vex them by taxes laid here, in a parliament wherein they have no reprefentative, and in a manner which they look upon to be unconfl'itutional and fubvertivc of their molt valuable rights; and are they to be thought unreafonable and ungrateful iftheyoppot'e for five or fix years, near 25,000 men, behdes providing for other" fervrces, (as burldmg fgcits, equipping guard-thips, paying 'tranlpot‘ts, C.) And that this was more thantheir fair proportion is not merely an opinion of mine, but was tnc WIN: ' "H r‘amygm Effects of cm Union. iudament of government here, in full knowledge Jof Hit the facts; for the then miniftry, to make the burthen more equal, recommended‘the cafe to parliament, and obtained a relmburlement to the Americans of about 200,000]. fterung every year; which amounted only to about'two fifths of their cxpenee ;--and great part of tne rel't llCS till aload of debt upon them; heavy taxes on all their cllates, real and perfonal, being laid l1y acts of their ati‘emblies, to difeharge it, ‘ano'yet will not difcharge it in many years.-Wlnle trren thefe burthens continue; while Britain reltrains the colonies in every branch ofeommerce and manufaétures, that {he thinks interferes with lierowir; while the drains the colonies by her trade wrtn them, of all the calh they can procure by evet'y‘art and indull'ry in any part of the world, and thus keeps them always in her debt: (for they can make no law to difeourage the importation Yof VQUI‘ to 1.65111 ruinous fuperfiuities, as you do tne iiipertluities of France; fince fueh a law woutdr immediately be reported againfl: by your boai't1{0i °‘ trace, tions, continue, and while there for railing money on them by their own fueh taxes ? VVherewith, they fay, {hall we thow our loyalty to our gracious king, if our money is to be given by others, without aflting our con- fent? And if the parliament has a right thus to take from us a penny in the pound, where is the line drawn that bounds that right, and what (hall hinder their calling whenever they pleaie for the other nineteen thilliugs and eleven pence? Have we then any thing that we can call our own P-It is more than probable that bringing reprefenta» tives from the colonies to fit and aét here as mem- bers of parliament, thus uniting and confolidating your dominions; would in a little time remove thefe objections and difficulties; and make the future government of the colonies eafy: But, till fome fuch thing is done, Iapprehend no taxes laid there by parliament here, will ever be colleéted, but fuch as mutt be Rained with blood: and, I am fure the profit of fuch taxes will never anfvver the expence of colleéting them, and that the refpeét and affection of the Americans to this country K k |
