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Show had been fo many Sovereign States, or Indepen- will probably be refolved upon ,; And if it lhould be the firfl, I do not think that we have and formidable People ?'--Plain and evident it any Caufe to fear the Event, or to doubt of Succefs. is by the whole Tenor of your Conduct, that FOR though your Populace may rob and plunder the Naked and Defencelefs, this will For no Kind of Outrage, not do the Bufinefs when a regular Force is brought againft them, And a Britzfi Army, which performed {0 many brave Actions in Germany, will hardly fly before an American of its Subjects; and you do not feem at all dif» poled to leave Room for an Accommodation. Mob; not to mention that our Officers and In fltort, the Sword is the only Choice, which your Provincials in America, faw nothing either you‘will permit us to make; unlefs we will chufe to give you entirely up, and fubfcribe a Recantation. Upon thofe Terms indeed, you will deign to acknowledge the Power and Authority of a Britifli Parliament -,---that is, you in their Conduct, or their Courage, whiCh could infpire them with a Dread of feeing the Pro- vincials a fecond Time-Neither {hould we will allow, that we have a Right and a Power to give you Bounties, and to pay your ExpenCCS; but noother. A l'trange Kind of Allegiance this ! And the firfi that has ever yet appeared in the Hifiory of Mankind l Howavnn, this being the Cafe, {hall we now compel YOU, by Force of Arms, to do you-1‘ Duty P---Shall we procral'tinate your Compulfiion ?---Or {hall we entirely give you up, and have Soldiers, who paired feveral Campaigns with have the leaf}: Caufe to fufpeé‘t the Fideiity of our Troops, any more than their Bravery,»notwithf'tanding the bafe Infinuations of fome of your Friends here (if indeed fuch Perfons deferve to be called your Friends, who are in reality your greatel't Foes, and whom you will find to be f0 at the laf't) ; notwithf'randing, Ifay, their Infinuations of the Feafibil-ity of corrupting his Malefiy's Forces, when fent over, by Means of large Bribes, or double Pay. This is a Surmife, as weak as it is wicked: For the Honour of the R 2 Brita/[z "QM or Infult, is omitted on your Part, that can irritate‘ Individuals, or'provoke a Government to chal'tife the Infolence, not to fay the Rebellion .- you endeavour, with all your Might, to drive Us to Extremities. {Egan/Mgr: dent Kingdoms? One or other of thefe three i / VCM‘CQI _ the Project. IN the mean Time, the great Qleflion is, What Courfe are we to take? And what are we to do with you, before you become this great mun" gymnatiiéétwm315?"; ; 5 have no other Connections with you, than if you when you lhall find yourfelves able to execute 34 [ '13I ] [ 130 l- |