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Show 276 Lima/[nation ofDr. Franklin éq/are Me [A: D.T.] A. I do not fee how a military lbrce can be applied to that purpofe. _ _ ‘ Q, \Vhy may it not? America, llltO lent force military a A. Suppofe of falhion ; purchafed and confumed they will find nobody in arms; what are they then to do? They cannot force a man to take {lamps who chool‘es to do without them. They as un- 52; Is it their interef't to make cloth at home P A. I.th_ink they may at prefent get it cheap er from Britain, A. A total lofs of the refpeét and afiefiiori the people of America bear to this country ; and becauf of aligoodiifafhionable in mournings; ,and man{fimb t la oulan p ounds wort ‘ h are ' fent back . ' Q; If the act is not repealed, what do you think will be the confequences ? 277 the falhion in a refpeé'red country; but, will not; be detelled and rejec‘ted. The people have already firuck of}, by general agreement the ufe will mot find-,a rebellion :' they may indeed make one. Han/é quommam in 1766. I mean of the fame finenefs and neatiiefs of Workmanfhip; but when one confiders other circumftances, the refiraints on their trade, [and the difficulty of making remittances it 13 their intereft to make every thing. ' of all the commerce that depends on that refpeé't Q; Suppofe an aét of internal reoulation s copneéted with a tax, how would the; recei ve and affection. " . How can the commerce be afi‘eéted? A. You will find, that if the aft is not re- pealed, they will take very little of your manu- it. A. I;31ka it would be objected to. "1% '."thento?no reg ul ation ' ' With a tax would be factures in a {hort time. Q. Is it in their power to do without them? A. I think they may very well do without them. Q. Is it their interefi not to take them P A. The goods they take from Britain are either neceffaries, mere conveniences, or fuper-= fluities. The firf‘c, as cloth, &c. with a little indui'try they can make at home; the fecond A. Their opinion is, that when aids to the crown are‘ wanted, they are to be aiked of the feveral aflemblies, according to the old ei'tabhlhed ufage; who will, as they always have done, grant them. freely. And that their money ought not to be given away, without their confent, by perfons at a dilhnce, unacquainted with they can do without, till they are able to pro- their lcn'cumttances .and abilities. vide them among themfelves; and the laft, ing aids to the crown, is the only means they which arr. much the greatefi: part, they will They are mere articles have of recommending themfelves to their {0verelgn 5 and they think it extremely hard and of unjuft, {trike of immediately. The grant- |
