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Show l" U" u‘ fiz-Wnrxwramawwuseff' ' "Infill! "(Pr ma LANDED INTEREST. 4 5,. ADDRESS AND APPEAL To UPON this Subject, he waves the Confid'era. tion of every Thing, which might have a Ten- To refign or relinquilh the Power of the Britiflz dency to keep the prefent (luel'tion out of Parliament over the Colonies, and to erect each, MR. BURKE'S is, [tho' not in exprefs lVordr] Provincial Affembly into an independent Amea Sight. Great-Britain and herCOlonies are'now at open War. THIS IS THE FACT. Butif it ihould be allied, How theft: Things came to- riam Parliament -,---fubjeét neverthelefs to the King of Great-Britain, with his ufual Preroga- elves :---For which Favour of acknowledging the fame Sovereign, the Colonil‘ts are to be compl‘imented with the molt precious Rights, Privileges, and Advantages of Briti/lz Subjects :--Ifay, complimented, and complimented even gm- tuiioufly :---For as to their contributing any Pro‘ pafs P From what Caufes did they fpring? Which are the real, and whichare the apparent MOtives in this Controverfy? Moreover, who were originally and principally to blame P And what Methods ought to have been taken at firl't, in order to have prevented Matters from coming to their prefent Height ? «- The Author having already given his Sentiments on each of thefe Heads in his 3d, 4th, and 5th preceding , Tracts, and alfo in his Letter to Mr. BURKE, will not here repeat the fame Things.»The grand Object now before him is fimply- the portion, either of Men or Money, towards Fapublic Expence, and in Return for thofe their vours~--All this is to be entirely left to dojult to own innate Goodnefs and Generofity, as they pleafe. his lafi: MY Scheme [which Mr. BURKE, in to term Speech- of Mort/z 22, 1775, is pleafed the from a 6121'!th one] is,---To feparate totally FellowColonies, and to reject them from being this; Great Britain and lzer Colom'o: are at open lezr : And the proper and important (Luefiion arifing from inch 21 Fact is the following, WM! 2': to be dam at t/zeprejont Crifl: .? THREE Schemes have been propofeds‘the Parliamentary,~-Mr. BURKE's,--and my own- with us in the Members, and joint Partakers the Britiflz Em- Privileges and Advantages of to, the Aupire; becaufe they refufe to fubmit Legiflathority and Jurifdiétion of the Britéflz to enter into ture :---Offering at the fame Time es of ComAlliances of Friendlhip, and Treati fovereign, merce with them, as with any other THE Parliamentary Scheme is,---T0 mait‘r tain vi at arm's the Supremacy of the MotherCountry over her Colonies, in as full and amplfi aManner, as over any Part of. the Britifll Domiv nions.. . MR~ independent States. ' Now, |