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Show 80 North-America; and the Tax, which he colleétzed, and for which he was accountable, was an internal, as well as external Tax. 80 that in fhort, in every, or in any Light, his Conduct was not of the fpotlefs Kind; nor was my Ac-v cufation of Difingenuity againft him the leis true, whether he had folicited a. Place in the Stamp-Office, or not. WHILE I am writing this,---a Paragraph, cut out of a News-Paper, and dated from Sa/iflzary, sz'ober I5, is laid before me, which I am poli- tively told, is reckoned to be UNANSWERABLE. Now I have known f0 many of thefe UNANSWERABLES to ilirink to nothing, when examined with any clue Care and Attention, that I own I am not much frightened at the Appearance of a- "a. ‘ llmmmummm'? ' ' "-7?" uuunmuuu" V :1: ‘ 4 l l l l firaints in Trade -, but then, in return, they are exempted from Taxation. Why then [hould the Aiizericaizs be burdened with bOth, in fimilar Circumfiances P" HERE the whole Matter of Complaint is ten duced to two Heads; Firi't, That the American: by being reflrained in their Trade, are thereby in Effect taxed, and therefore ought not be taxed a fecond Time: " " " " AND adly, That this Hardfhip feems to be milar Circumftances, are exempted from Taxa~= nearer. tion. againfi: Parliamentary Taxation, the great Difi advantages they incur by fubmitting to fuch numerous RePtriétions inTrade,which they deem a Burden equal to, if not greater than Taxation: And they alto eftimare, that that Mode ofcon' " tributing to the Support of the Engii/b Na" tion, is, upon the whole, more beneficial than Mi ‘1 ,-l " the fame Time to be fubjeé‘t to a parliamen" tary Taxation, they think is the higheit De- " gree of Opprefiion. " THE Iii/71 fubmit to parliamentary Re- approach this formidable Champion a little " " " " " i " thofe numerous Reflraints in Trade, and at. However, let us " THE Americans, fays the News-Writer, in " their Addrefles to the Public, urge as a Reafon ‘_ 8t 5‘ Country: But to be obliged to fubmit to the more opprefiive, becaufe the Iri/lz under fi- this new American GOLIAH. \ THE LANDED INTEREST. ADDRESS AND APPEAL 'r‘o " if they were to pay their Share by being 6- " qually taxed with the Subjefts of the Mother ff Country: WITH refpeét to the firfi Head, it is a mere For I have proved be« Begging of the @ieflioa. yond Contradiction, that the Americans are not, in Fae? and Reality, refirained either in their Exports or Imports, except in a very few Ar- ticles; and that they now enjoy the very bell: Market which Europe can alTord, fee my 4th Tract, Page 202---2_09. I have proved alfo, that Great-Britain hath refirained herfelf in Favour of America in Articles of at leafi as great Value and:Importance, as thofe in which {he ‘ i L hath |