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Show r!_!!jlll.lll 10.: 41 ~' [ I56 l [ I57 1 not refirain them from breaking through thofe Rules and Regulations of exclufive Trade; for the Sake of which all Colonies feemed to have been originally founded. What then (hall we fay in Regard to fuch Colonies as are the Offfpring of a free Com'titution? And after what in, To fufl'er Things to go on for aWhile, as they have lately done, in Hopes that fome favourable Opportunity may offer for recovering 2dly, To attempt to perfuade the Colonies to fend over a certain Number of Deputies, or Reprefentatives, to fit and vote in the BriIi/lz Parliament; in order to incorporate America and Great-Britain into one common Empire.--Or if this Pi‘opofal fhould be found impracticable, whether on Account of the Difficulties attending it on this Side of the Atlantic, or be- caufe that the flmerz‘ram themfelves would not own in particular to be governed, without ufing any Force or Compullion, or purfuing any Nleafure repugnant to their own Ideas of civil or religious Liberty 9 In fhort, and to fum up concur in fuch a Meafure ;---then, all, in one Word, How {hall we be able to ren- 3dly, To declare open War againf't them as Rebels and Revolters; and after having made a perfe€t Conquel't of the Country, then to govern it by military Force and defpotic Sway.---Or if this Scheme fhould be judged (as it mtg/2t to :98) the molt defirué‘tive, and the leaf't eligible of any ;---then, vernment of the Mother-Country, than they voluntarily c/zufe to be ? After having pondered and revolved the Affair over and over, I confefs, there feems to me to be but the five follow- 4thly, To propofe to confent that flmerz'm fhould become the general Seat of Empire; and that Great-Britain and Ireland lhould be ing PrOPOf'dlS: which can poflibly be made, viz- governed by Vice-Rays fent over from the 1ft, U3 Court ICE. it ;---then, Manner, or according to what Rule, are our der thefe Colonies more {ubfervient to the Intereils, and more obedient to the Laws and G0- 3' \ her Colonies, and for maintaining the Authority of the Mother~Country.---Or if thefe temporifing Meafures fhould be found to firengthen and confirm the Evil, infiead of removing Mam}. .i .u the Jurifdiftion of the Britzflz Legiflature over r SALEM! for accommodating thefe finugglz'iz‘g‘ Colonifis to trade with the Subjects of Great-Britain, in Difobedience to the Injunction of their MotherCountries. ENOUGH furely has been faid on this Subject; and the Upfhot of the whole Matter is plainly this,---That even the arbitrary and defpotic Governments of France and Spain (arbitraryl fay, both in Temporal; and in Spirituals) maintain their Authority over their American Colonies but very imperfectly; in as much as they can‘ |