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Show 288 Examination qur. Franklin égfbre t/Jc (A: D.T.] Holt/é quommomz'n 1766. 289 A. I do think they would, as far as their cir- cumf'tances would permit. They confider them- felves as a part of the Bl'itlfll‘CInPll‘C, and as having one common intereft With it: they may feized the traders and their goods, which were your manufaétures; they took a fort which a company of your merchants, and their faétors be looked on here as foreigners, but they do not and correfpondents, had erected there, to fecure that trade. Braddock was fent with an army confider themfelves as fuch. They are zealous for the honour and profperity of this nation; and, while they are well uteri, will ‘always be ready to fupport it, as far as tllCIl‘ little power goes.-In 1739 they were called upon to mini in the expedition againft szrtbzzgriza, and they fent three thoufand men to join your army "'2 It is true Carthagena is in America, but as remote from the northern colonies, as if it had been in Europe. They make no diilinc‘tion of wars, as to their duty of aflifling in them.--I know the by} war is commonly {poke of here as en« tered into for the defence, or for the fakcof the people in America. I think it is quite mifunderftood. It began about the limits between Canada and Nova Scotia; about territories to which the crow): indeed laid claim, but [which] were not claimed by any Britifh colony; None of the lands had been granted to any colonif't; we had therefore no particular concern or interef‘t in that difpute.--As to the O/Jz'o, the contei't there began about your right of trading in the Indian country, to re-take that fort (which was looked on here as another incroachment on the King's territory) and to protect your trade. It was not till after his defeat that the colonies were attacked '4‘". They were before in perfect peace with both French and Indians; the troops were not therefore fent for their defence-The trade with the Indians, though carried on in America, is not an American z'ntcrcfl. The people of America are chiefly farmers and planters ; fcarce any thing that they raife or produce is an article of commerce with the Indians. The Indian trade is a Briffl {fling/Z; it is carried on withBritifl1 manufaétures, for the profit of Britifli merchants and manufac- turers; therefore the war, as it. commenced for the defence of territories of the crown (the pro- perty of no American) and for the defence ofa trade purely Britifh, was really a Britiih war-- and yet the people ofAmerica made no fcruple of contributing their utmoft towards carrying it on, and bringing it to a happy conclufion. a right you had by the treaty of Utrecht, which the French infringed; they " [When this army was in the ntmoft diilrefs from the want of \vnggons, &c. our author and his {on voluntarily [rave-rf'cd the U‘)', in order to collect a {uflicient quantity; and duty [* Admiral Vernon and General Wentworth commanded thh expedition ; with what fueccfs, is well known. 11).] feized ‘ and addrefs enough to effect their piirpoie, upon pledging (elves, to the amount of many thou ‘ 1d pound; was butjuit before Dr. Franklin's~ 1 turn r,» accounts in this tranfaflion were paii'etl at h mic. 1' p ‘ r v -' |