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Show . teétion and 'Afliltance, which you now exclaim Republics mull; necelTal‘ily undergo many Shocks, if not Revolutions. Nor isit at all improbable, but that during thefe: Convulfions, fome of you (the prefent Demagogues) will not be in the molt delirable Situations. Perhaps you will not find whichiyou now expert}. But as the prefent Scene prefents you with more flattering Ideas, 1am content that you lhould dei‘pife and laugh at thefe Predictions as the foolilh Reveries of an old Man. And indeed if you fhould, this will TRAC THE Refpeéfive Pleas and Arguments OF THE not: be the firfi Time, that my Declarations eon- l y l eerning .what would happen in flma‘im, have been, or {hall be treated as an idle Dream. I foretold before the ~War broke out, that you would certainly fetupfor an Independency, if MOTHER COUNTRY, AND OF THE ' we fhould befo unfortunate, as to drive the Frank COLONIES ' from . your: back Settlements. The Event has ihewn thatmyConjec‘lures were not {0 abfurd, and . . extravagant as then they were generally thought DISTINCTLY SET FORTH, 85c, :. to be. 'Iflowever, l‘did not then bowthe Knee to the fiiz'mflm'ai Baa}: ; but here m y Tefiimonl' V againfi their Proceedings, as for as I was able: Nor. am Lnow moredi-ipofed to do Obeifance t0 , the BaaIStof Popularity. WNith thefe Sentiments, lhave the Honour to be, Gentlemen, -. Your ij/lflzzit/gfiyl ham/216 Servant, GLOCESTER, - » J T U C K'E R- .7"ajz, 20, 1717i: t .J ‘1‘ R A, C T VERY Event fince the Publication of ' my Scheme for a total Separation from the Northern Colonies, has ferved to prove, that fuch a Meafure is the only eligible one for the Mother Country to purfue. Confequently, however fiartled Peaple were at firft at the Novelty and Boldnefs or? the Propofition, yet, upon fecond Thoughts 13 and. . 1511 inf‘n,mn" ‘ ' ' again": in Terms of Bitternefs and Reproach. BUT before that Period can arrive, your new thofe Sweets and Profits, or even thofe Honours mat-1mm" mu uranium-st , EPISTLE,E§'C. r'v'_ A ivzietriizrinvrnm ' Xvi |
