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Show ‘~--_-‘\. . - V (18) 19) 2'55; daffy/leg] [and 5" Far othemrife. " The Genezvzar " or ldiefijtham Gswermr, mull alfo lirlt certify to " his Majelty, in Council, that rail/unable- fatisfafti" on hath been made to the (fiver; of /m Mayg/[y'r " revenue, and OTHERS, w/Jo suFFERrD by we " flotsam! iflurrcfiiom above mem‘zoned". . No per» ion is particularly defignated to‘bc the Judge be:tween the fulijeét, and the othcers of 1115 Majefiy's revenue 2 No provrhon being expreisly made, touching this point, how probable that litigation might arife concerning 1t ? If we fay that the Governor, or Lieutenant Governor, is the implied judge of this matter: 110w isthe queltion to be brought before him, how tried, and how adjufted ? 'l‘hefe alto are pomts not fettled in a moment: Long indeed would be the period before the fubjeét in Bolton will be capable to afcertain and make fuch fatisfac'tion, as that But theta are a]: prcpzzrzz/arz'er to the obtaininm any 02th or rehct from the prellurc ofthis pm"? law. . lhc prcrcquilitcs to the 1"ell.oration of public felicny are here not only. improbable, but when Conhdcrcd altogether and in the preient critic, of public aflairs are they not impraftieable? But yet: worle, being accoinphlhed, it could in no wa prevent the milcry and calamities ofthis Britifh edict lhe fpace given for the {object to {lay this torrent OfICVllSAIS fo flyart, that it is {mpg/fink for him, exerting [Hr utmolt energies, to prevent be" mg overwhelmed. (But what mortals are unable to prevent-Hm \' 1m may ltay or divert.) An avenue flcms to be Opened by the benignity of our Britilh fathers ; but when attempted, affor ds no way of efcape. My veneration for Britain is fo great, that lwill not fuppole the great council [be per/072 [Jere pointed out, would make his certifi~ 0f the nation intended to flatter with a falfe hope , cate, that it was plenary and reaflmab/e. Governor Bernard lately filled the chair of g0vern~ nient, while Mr. Hutchinfon was fecond in command: Governor Hutchinfon now fills the chair, and the office of Lieutenant Governor is vacant. How long would it be before the inhabitants of Bolton would acquiefce in the decifion of either of thefc gentlemen? How little probability is there, confidering the fentiments, the palt and prefent condu€t of thefe gentlemen, that they would that cruel dilappointmcnt might heighten the poig. nancy ot lulicring-the anguilh of dcf'aair. But lure the fathers ofa pcople will conlithr, what are like to be the fentimcnts and conduct of 7226.52 driven to dillratotion by a multitude of inevitable evils, and conligned to dclpair from the terms of their deliverance? fpeedily give the re uired certificate ? If it hath been found -,dil§eult, to..touch the tender feelings of die A/rierimn 'aiid.:.1\lz'z[j7.m. bow long would it take to excite generous .ientiments in the Briton'and Stranger? ‘ V \Vondcr was excited on the lich View of the prefent law; our allonilhment hath been increahng in the progrels of our furvey. A period is not‘ yet put to our admiration. The civilian and llatefman, the moralift and fage had ' heretofore delivered thofe maxims of truth and C But 'l'he faculties of fenlation are yet to be further ltretehed. (hole |