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Show (new; L, 1" ‘ inflamguo? The obvious Anfwer to which (lueltions is this,---*That it is not the Mother- Country which meddles with the Colonies, but the Colonies which meddle with the Mother-Country: For they will not permit her " of the Quantum to be railed, or the Mode " of raifing it, and of the Manner of its Ap~ " plication." But here lies the Difficulty, which remains yet to be {olvetl : For if the Co- lonies are to be allowed to be the [ale j'zaig'es in thefe Matters, the Sovereignty of the F‘m'tzflz to govern in the Manner lhe ought to do, and according to the original Terms of the Confirmtion; but are making Encroachments on her Legiflature is entirely at an End ; and thefe Co- Moreover as they in- Hanover, or Hammer of us ;---only indeed with Authority every Day. creafe in Riches, Strength, and Numbers, their civil and military El'tablilhments mull necellarily increafe likewile ; and feeing that this Circuml'tance is unavoidable, who is to defray the growing Expences of thele increaling and thriving Colonies ?---" The Colonies theml'elves lonies become in Fact, as much independent of their Mother-Country, as we are independent of this Difference (which an flmerz‘mn always chufes to forget) That whereas we lay a Dirty on all raw Malaria/5 coming from the Electoral Do- minions, we give a Bounty on tnofe which are imported from the Colonies. Belides, many will be apt to aflt, Could not this Matter be " you will naturally fay, becaufe none are f0 fit, compromide in fome Degree? And will nothing " and none f0 able 2" lefs content the Colonies than a total Revolt And perhaps tome 147723- riam Advocates will likewile add, " That the. * See the preceding letter from a Merchant in Lona/m to his Nephewinflmrim; wherein it is proved, to a Dcmonilra- tion, that the Powers, which the Colonies will not allow the Mother-Country new to exercife over them, are no other than what always belonged to her from the very firit'Perioi of their Settlements, and according to the original farm 0 their Conflitution. The (hieflion therefore is, Which 0f the two, the Colonies, or the MOther-Country, ufu1‘ps (Pill the legal Rights and conl‘titutional Privileges ofthe other. " Colonies from under the Jtirifdiction of the Mother- Country P-Some well-meaning Perfons have propofed, that each Colony, like each County here in England, fhould be allowed to raife Taxes for its own internal Ufes, whillt the Erin/71 Parliament, the fovereign Council of the Britzfi Empire, {hould prelide over the whole; and therefore {hould en act fuch Laws for the levying 0f thofe general Taxes,which are to be applied for the common Proteftion, the Good, and Benefit X of ' v, 4 JL WV‘HIJUI UH at all? And Why not fquer Things to remain an"'4‘1!‘5",!»'4 ‘8‘ wig-r Emile " V5 BUT here perhaps fome may be inclined to ai'k, Why would you meddle with the Colonies [ 161 I " Colonies do not reftife to defray thefe Err:" pences, provided they fhall be the fole 7zza'ger .uy'ifl ' Via, [ I60 1 |