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Show [ 197 ] Nay, I ought to have excepted only Rice ', for as to Tobacco, quef't, and for their own Sakes ;---the Colonies, I fay, will trade even with them, provided they tho' great Quantities of it are re-exported into Why then Frame, yet it is well known, that the French might raife it at Home, if they would, much {hould any Man fuppole, that the fame Self- cheaper than they can import it from our Co- Interelt will not induce them to trade with us? lonies. With us, I fay, who are to commit no Hof'tilities bacco is one of the great five Farms, which make up the chief Part of the Royal Revenue, {hall find it their lntereft [0 to do. A" Great-Britain and Ireland. and a \Var undertaken at their own earnei‘t Re? y A WWW run=1,ii"); i tereft Enemies, during the hottefi' of a War, againf't them, but on the contrary, are fiill to remain, if they pleafe, their Guardians and Protectors .9 , GRANTING, therefore, that Nbrtfi-flmerz'ra was to become independent of us, and we of them, the Qiefiion now before us will turn on this tingle Point,»--Can the Colonilts, in a general ‘Way, trade with any other European State to The Faft is this,---The Farm of To- and therefore the Farmers General, for ByeEnds of their own, have hitherto had Interel't enough with the Court to prohibit the Cultivation of it in ale Old Frame, under the feveref't Pe- nalties. But neverthelefs the real Frent/z Pa- triots, and particularly the Marquis de JlfirriZ/mu, have fully demonl'trated, that it is the Interefi; greater Advantage than they can with Great.Brz'mz'ri .9 If they can, they certainly will ; but of the Pram/i Government to encourage the C ul- tivation of it -, and have pointed out a fure and if they cannot, we lhall {till retain their Cultom, eafy Method for collecting the Duties -,---which notwithltanding we have parted with every was the {ole Pretence of the Farmers General for Claim of Authority and Jurifdiétion over them. foliciting a Prohibition. Now, the native Commodities and Merchandize of Norm-America, which are the molt {ale- hended, that the French Government will at So that it is appre- able at an European; Market, are chiefly Lumber, Ships, Iron, Train-Oil, Flax-Seed, Skins, Furs, ' Great @antities ofTobacco are permitted to be raifcd in Frendi-F/a/m'rrr, flZ/Ezrr, and all the l'a‘is conquifes, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, Pearl~Afhes, Indigo, i. e. the newly cmuyuerrd Fran/mm: ; becaufe the Inhabitants Tobacco, and Rice. of thefe Countries are indulged in many Liberties, which are denied to the Provinces of" Old Frame. But the Farmers General keep a drift Watch, that none of this» Tobacco {hall be permitted to be carried into Old Framc, CXCSPt by themfelves or their Agents. And the Penalty And I do aver, that, 6)" ceptmg, Rice and Tobacco, there is hardly one of thele Articles, for which an flmerz‘mn could get f0 good a Price any where elfe, as he can in, Great- Againll Smuggling in this Cafe is very cruel and fevere. lafl' i3.1"! UK a i'. I96 1 |