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Show THE RIGHTS OF BRITAIN 32 33 Ann CLAIMS OF AMERICA; and 1768, though the Americans date their misé fortuu s from the rel/irritation of hit. PM in 0:.toher 1761, that the Bills impofingr internal ‘ Duties, and emit-quently ettahlillning~ internal Eai‘rnrion in Am rice, were pali'd into laws P‘ii ‘io not the refent Adi. inilira 'In ii: afiee't ltrimIi'erii'ihlif Intaiures the Eliunere ‘ ' ‘ i fs Li 1 M all timfe aé'rs, except the "peel througnout, duty on Perri", to gratify the preiudices of the Americens, and, it peliible, to reef'tahliflt trapqnihty in all ‘the Provinces? With what ‘ {,0 our or tealon, tneretore, can the Americms -t . r their «- real or pretended ‘ 3y the. iii/tine grievences on lemen and Gentlemen r1 \v I. n» wii :er :3",an .iee ,. und yer improvein of the conducl' DO " upon it hold forth as invincible, and found the their prefent refiftance to the {tipremacy of oufly Parent~kingdom. In purl‘uing it injudici eand too far, they aflually difcover the exp acy, diency, and even neceflity of that firprem : of which they {0 loudly complain. The Pare cer- liament of Great-Britain, fay they, will revenueg tainly perCeive, " That an American ofes " if not diverted from the oftenfible purp lighten " for which it is raifed, will actually in~ they " their own burdens, in proportion as " create ours." But is it not equitable, is it: ects notjul'r, is it not neceflhry, that all the {obj polliempire {hould bear, as equally as of the W'hy or two". very perlzms who palied the declara- ? ble, the public burdens of the empire tory ‘Afl, and l()liOWL:(l it with Bills ot‘impof‘ts‘ to largely, {a (hould the Americans, who have the uniformly, and f0 cite-ritually experienced potions rated in the Cuisines {3 P In - new tannin in I; xx: int. Dielaratory Aé'r, the tl‘wz 3" , .e 0 no >13: rim. to toeir -? ' uiunl w" ‘ ‘ bit," mamm, That ,. ..+ \r . r .i l.‘ Jane") '7 ' i ‘l .ixritxe. cine itiyitttntauon are mleparable. P r," 7 ‘i _,.,i‘ . . fining) ii I," in men already fliewn, that they ‘ ' av' regimental as t\ eity-tour are :‘ lb mt"; in tuentyfim ) it"."e inhabitants of Gr: at Britain: though it has been prowo‘, that whole Pro: Vinces, not reprelcnted, had been for leveral ages iuhyei‘ted to impolis laid by the Lrwtla- ‘ ture; thcuggh it (hall, hereafter, appearbthatl :§:y8[ii€'§;m:€g'rm": been noifbrmly taxed by ‘ Altlll iartzainent; this argument they i hold " 7 Geo. ill. Ch. A0. 4:" to Geo. Hi, only proteé'tion of Government, be the there of its ex- exempted from paying their to pences? ahle Is it either rea'ronahle or liiit that thofe who the common ufage of N-itions, -« greater privi defert their country (hould enjoy ans their: that remain i' The Americ leges than infancy of their having been {pared during the poverty, endeaColonies on account of their right what vour to cf'rablilh into an inherent Was aé'tually an indulgence. a fource of Though this indulgence has been ri- of the Ame error to the more ignorant part ng them, who cans, there are furely many amo know,- |