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Show [4": D. T.] 290 Jim 2) ch'o/zz,armzr {/1 I766. 29: Ex.r.tr172m‘zaxz‘ of Dr. Franuhn z»; are Mr! their defence from thofc diminifhed Indian tribes, Q Do you think then that the taking poll‘cfiion when the colonies are become to populous, and of the King's territorial rights, and /}/‘u213'[/.'1¢‘ni/ig' f0 Itrong? There is not thelealt occafion for it; they are very able to defend themfelves. Q) Do you fay there were no more than three it'd [ll'fii'i'f.'l‘i'.1‘, is not an American intertll? A. hot particularly; but conjointly a Britifh and an American interci'r. hundred regular troops employed in the late In~ Q. You will not deny that the preceding war, the 'Z-L'fli" 7322/) Spar/2, was entered into for me fake ofAmerica; was it not out! zit/2rd 5y raft/1'35 made in My Amer/can feas .F A. Yes; captures of {hips carrying on tne Britith trade there with Britilh manutiieturcs. 2, Was not the [air war Toff/J t/fiu Imliansh/Y/zrc' [be peace witb Frame, a war for America only P A. Yes; it was more particularly for America than the former; but it was rather a confequence or remains of the former war, the Indians not having been thoroughly pacified 5 And the Americans bore by much the greatell {hare of the expence. It was put an end to by the army under General Bouquet; there were not above three hundred regulars in that army, and above one thoufand Penfylvanians. dian war? A. \Tot on the Ohio, or the frontiers of Pen- fylvania, which was the chief part of the war that atfeéted the colonies. There were garrifons at Niagara, Fort Detroit, and thofe remote pofis kept for the fake of your trade,- I did not reckon them; but I believe that on the whole the number of Americans, or provincial troops, employed in the war, was greater than that of the regulars. I am not certain, but I think f0. % Do you think the allémblies have a right to levy money on the fubjeét there, to grant to z‘Zze crown .? A. I certainly think {0 ; they have always done it. They continually gained ground, and have driven Q; Are they acquainted with the declaration of rights? And do they know that, by that nature, money is not to be raifed on the fubjeét but by confent ofparliament? A. They are very well acquainted with it. 523 How then can they think they have a right to levy money for the crown, or for any othervthan local purpofes P the Indians over the mountains, without any trOOpS lent to their aflil‘tance from this country. And fubjeéls only within the realm,- that no monry can it be thought necelfary now to fend troops for , .91.? Is it not necefl'ary to fend troops to America, to defend the Americans againt't the Indians 5" A. No, by no means; it never was neceflhry. They defended themfelves when they were but an handful, and the Indians much more numerous. their A. "They underfland that elaufe to relate to I P p 2 can |