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Show Intended Vindication and Ofl'erfiom 36o [A: D. T.] Cmgn'fr to Parliament, in 1 77 5. i-{s our infant fetrlements for a century aftefrourkfi W {in any 0 s force or s troop any ever were arrival oits any from 8" 301‘s . fwere to afiift us; nor E noGland r -', fent from t t f . r e our e fecur to built at her expence g foreign invaders; nor any {hips 0? war enfir b. & roteet our trade till many years a tcr our 36 I that {he rejected the plan we formed in the congrefs at Albany, in 1754, for our own defence, by an union of the colonies; an union {he was jealous of, and therefore chofe to fend her own forces; other-wife her aid, to protect us, was not wanted. And from our firft fettlement to that me an o je fettlement, when our commerce beca time, her military operations in our favour were fh melchanfts‘; of revenue or of advantage to Briti ._ t . to have a {"6 ' was thought necefiaiy it then and fmall, compared with the advantages {he drew from her exclufive commerce with us.- VVe are however willing to give full weight to this obli- , to‘ 51y Gate in fome of our ports, during peace bi 'oht to the authority of cuflom-houie othceis, gation; bCilL whdD were to reflrarn that commerce for thc Our own arms, With our polylerlty, and our afliftance to her becomes of more impo rtance, we fhould with pleafure embrace the lirft n. "rea , tus_ ‘, "L . ‘ ' dence ' . provr ' ‘e .ofa kind - bi clue and the opportunity of {hewing our gratitude by returning neglelét" time our only protection ; while we were the favour in kind-But when Britain values herfelfas affording us protection, we defir e it may be confidered that we have followed [W in all Igor "Wars, and joined with her at our own expence againft all {he thought fit to quarrel with. This {he has required of us; and would never perm it us to keep peace with any power {he declared her WC] ‘ tit of Enol'lnd ‘ . x - x - I ' I) )- whic_ h ato10:11 rnment;l ed by the Englilh gove . . g. differ no g ent f iavm or care, its 'th ‘ us not wor thought . . t _ Y. our 0 . nt ' accou on , ofus i tome to ' Will fentimcnts in religion and politics, "asmdifferflnc 1 1 w hat became of us.--On _the other ham, colonies have not been wanting toldo what $512)} then cond htie. .nenen a v war‘ for anno‘ying ' every could in 1 e1 e aflif't rly ‘he forme '~ 16 . e laft thlcy . . war befor o Ndva gcotia . In the B7ueZifmf 300k Louifbourg, and put 1t into her hands.b Se made her peace with that ftrong fortrefs, yt r . men and detrifleet . . their ' to France , gready to ' g it fiorrn '11 In the laf't war it is true Britam {cut a 1 did ougs, of army ' an equal army, who aéted With the reduction of Canada ; and perhaps there -Sy11ad more for us, than we in the preceding war er, ' be remembe red , howevthat done for hen-Let Lt and as we are daily growing fironger, enemy; though by feparate treaties we might well have done it. Under fuch circumftan ces, when. at her inftance we made nations our enemies, Whom we might otherwife have retained our friends; we fubmit it to the common fenfe of mankind, whether her proteétion of us in thefe wars was not our jufl due, and to be Clai med of rig/2t, inflead of being received as afavour 5' And whether, when all the parts of an empi re exert themfelves to the utmoft in their common defence, and in annoying the common enemy; it is not as A a a well |
