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Show 310 _ 1 [A . D.T.J Sig/err): from Ilfr. S T R A It A N, > . ,1 . ,. 7.73/2 D1". 1 rangnn , 5 dry-wary. 3r 1 the agreements not to import would he diflblvetl - " propriety," no one " method" can pofiibly be COllllllCIlt with both. The heft will be, to let each enjoy their own opinions, without dif'tur- and the commerce llonrilh as neretofore ;-andI am confirmed in thir: tentiment by all the letters I have receiyetl from America, and by the opinions bing them, when they do not interfere with the of all the tennbi; people who have lately come common good. 6th. ‘ And if this method were actually al‘ lowed, do you not think it would encourage I'rotn thence, crown-olficers excepted. Iknow Indeed, that the pmple of Bolton are griev oufl , oflEnded by the quartering of troops amour? themy ‘ the violent and factions part of the colonitts --as they think, contrary to law,- and :re very: to aim at {till farther concefiions from the mother-country P' 14. I do not think it would. There may be a few among them that deferve the name of fac- angry with the Board of Commifiioners whoh ave calumntated them to government ; -but as I fuppofe the withdrawing of thofe troops may be tious and violent, as there are in all countries; a eonlequence of reconciliating meafures takina but thefe would have little influence, if the great majority of fober reafonable people were fatisfied. place; and that the commitlion alfo will be eitheci i diflblved if found ufelefs, or filled with more temperate and prudent men, if {till deemed ufeful If any colony {hould happen to think that fome of your regulations of trade are inconvenient to the general interef't of the empire, or prejudicial to them without being beneficial to you; they will ftate thefe matters to parliament in petitions as heretofore; but will, I believe, take no Vio- lent Preps to obtain what they may hope for in time from the wifdom ofgovernment here. I know of nothing elfe they can have in View: the notion that prevails here of their being defirous to fet up a kingdom or commonwealth of their own, i5, to my certain knowledge, entirely groundlefs. I therefore think, that on a total repeal of all du- ties, laid exprefsly for the purpofe of railing a revenue on the people of America, without their and necellary; I do not imagine thefe particulars would prevent a return of the harmony to much to be withed *1 a ‘Theo . ._n , .. . ., rfiIi:Plt<l, ‘Lord[Chette Ieall tll li'étht-‘ V.]fiL:0:il-e[l2 t J }Slilfgli . a: ‘4,n ifffélmfl ll‘"10"] n 'Y ca treat, {"3 but ‘ em to en me't ures , not lets tn..n [w d'mgmzadti; and to have the tax collefted by the troops we have there. For my part ‘ I never {aw a tmward child mended by \\ hi pine: and I would not ‘ havethe mother become a ltep-mother.' Lettei, No. 350. e ‘ Is-it a'certain maxim,' pleads Mr. Burke, ‘ that the fewer caufes 4 c l I alartntrom the (lifeontents which are to arife from putting peo It: at their safe. Nor do I apprehend the deftruélion ofthis empii‘le from gtvmg, by an act of free grace and indulgence, to two mil: iltlms of pry fellow-citizens, fonte [hare of thofe rights, z»; "I upon which of dillatistaetton are left by government, the more the fttbjeé‘t will ‘ be inclined to refill and rebel P ' ‘ I cenfefs I do not feel the leall: ( ‘ _ ~ , and 111;:51'ivafis1been taught to value myltlr. ~. . bpeechcs in 1774. confent, the prefent uneafmefs would fubfide; the 7th, |