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Show 486 PLANOF RECONCILIATION. odium of feverity, without one of its advantages. At the time thefe impraéticable threats were thrown out, afl‘urances of concefiions in fome points were given in a manner, that even a lefs haughty people might 487 there were no common fundamentals be- tween us at all; and as parliament had crudely allerted its own fupreme power over the colonies in all cafes, they came at lal': as fully and flatly to deny it *. have attributed to fear. Concefiions were actually made, by which the greater part Then it was indeed that parliament awoke, and for a time put on the appearance at lealt of vigour. But from the of the profits of the obnoxious meafures were abandoned, at the fame time that review we have taken of the aéts of this all the odium of them was retained. A redrefs ofgrievances was promifed, which, 'laft fellion of it, two only appear to have been intended as parts of a regular plan, or permanent fyfiem; the other two are when the time came, they could not bear mere temporary expedients, let on foot to look into: parliament" teeming all along as much afraid of entering into the upon the queltion of American grievances, or of its rather than remedy fudden and unexpected evils. own rights, as a zealous catholic is afraid of examining the foundation of the power of the church. \Vhat was the conibquence i' \Vhillt parliament was f0 cautious of rea- lbning about fundamental confiitutions, fpur of neceflity, to check In neither of thefe temporary laws however, does it appear that parliament has exerted any nnconfiitutional powers. The l :1st indeed have been branded with every ignominious title, but furely they qre. u the Americans reafoned ft) long, and to fully jufiihed by the mifchiei‘s that called wildly, that at length they found out, i 1C1'C '7‘ See Tucker's Fifth Traft, p. 47. I i 4}. {Or |