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Show Will never make any iuch Rennnciation. Indeed they fay, they cannot: And they lay truly on their Principles. For if luch a Rivht ht: rounded, as they exprefsly declare it is,bin the wuminfle Later [f Elf/£17171, if it be aim/iczzal'lr wmlrerdlzle, and Linda/54,5515.» it is impolhble to, renountt ‘11:: And every Attempt of this Sort mutt be Judged foolilh and prcpof'terous, null and vord. Nay, the utmolt which can be ex- pedzed from them, according to this Hypothefis, is what they declare in their 4th (Relolve, Page 35, they are ready to do, viz. " T/zaz‘fmtt Or not -,---but which you had from the Begim ning very injurioufly attempted to rob them of, Whereas, were they to allow you the Privilege of making Acts to regulate their Commerce either by Land or Sea, they would thereby grant you a Favour, to which of your-[elves you had not the lealt Claim or Pretenfion. And confequently as this Permiflion would always remain a mere Act ofGrace and Favour on their Part, there would likewife always exilt an unalienable Right of limiting, circumferihing, and of interpreting it, in what Manner they thought proper ~,---and at lalt of totally withdrawing it, " t/ze Nmflry of #16 Cafe, and a Regard to the " mutual lnterefls of both Countries, they will " cheerfully CONSENT to the Operation of fuch ‘f {hots of Parliament, as are Zomz fizzle re- when they believed it to be abufed, or perverted to their Prejudice. MOREOVER, 3dly. Granting even that Great» Britain was {0 ill advifed, as to enter into a Compact With the Colonies, on thefe difhonour- "'*I/1;‘m‘;md in 1/13 Regulator: of i/zeir external ‘f Caiimzrrrc." So that here you plainly {66, able and difadvantageous Terms; granting, I fay, that we trolled to a Treaty, which the Amy» they ilill maintain their Right, and the In- Hams themfelves declare aforehand to be bind- terpretation of that Right ~,---only confenting t0 ing only during Will and Pleafure; and which lufixend the Exercile of it for the prefent,---0li ‘jAEfiLlll'lOll neverthelels, that fuch an Uie {hall we made of this Concefllon as they lhall ap- it is CilImOt poffibly bind their P0llerity,---fiill prove of. in fliort, it is evident according to theirvldeas, that were you to allow them thC iole Right of taxing themfelves, you WOU1d gi‘ant‘thcm-~N0thing: Nothing, but to what they nad a ‘prior, and even an INDEFEASIBLE mgnt to enjoy, whether you granted it [them m to be enquired, what Effects would this framing Compromife have upon the Colonies? Would cordial it rel'tore Peace? Would it produce a Reconciliation? No, by no Means. I allert this with the leis Hefitation, becaufe I have IV.] proved already [fee Page 1 5 1-4 57 of Trad; and can prove fiill more abundantly, that the F 2; Aft 'g'V'W‘l Commerce? No, by no Means: The 4/19736'72'6435 4., A, minutiae ii'ehTFFh95f17fir: PLEAS AND ARGUIVIENTS, gt} A 5 stsi i"LEAS AND ARC-U MENTS. 4,2 |