OCR Text |
Show (32) 33 zdly. Another reafon for believing that this is a conteft fcir power only is, that our Minillters have frequently declared, thtit their object Is not to draw a revenue from flmerim; and that many of mole who are warmell for continuing it, reprefent the flmericm trade as of no great confequence. But what deferves particular confideration here is, that this is a eontefi from WhiCl'l no advantage can poflibly be derived. ---Not a revenue: For the Provinces of America, when defo- lated, will afiiord no revenue; or if they fhould, the expence of fubduing them and keeping them in fubjeétion, will much exceed that revenue. Not any of the advantages of trade: For it is a folly, next to infanity, to think trade can be pro- moted by impoverit'hing our cullorners, and fixing in their mind; an everlafling abhorrencc of us. it remains, there‘ fore, that this war can have no other object than the extenfiort of power.----~Miferable reflection! 'I‘o {heath our {words in the bowels of our brethren, and fpread mifery and ruin among a happy people, for no other end than to oblige them to fK‘KllOA/letlge our fuprernacy. How horrid l-This is the eu.1EJ ambition that led a (thjirr and an fl/exander, and many other mid conquerors, to attack peaceful communities, and to lay wall: the earth. But a worfe principle than even this influences fame amon uz. Pride and the love of dominion are principles hateful enough; but blind refentmcnt and the defire of revenge are infernal principles; and thefe, lam afraid, have no fmall there At prefent in guiding our public conduct.--'-()ne cannot help indeed beingr ai'tonilhed atthe virulence with which fome {peak on the prefent occalion againlt the Colonies.-----For, who: have they done? Have they croffed the ocean and inva- ded us? tiave they attempted to take from us the fruits of our labnir, and to overturn that form of government which we hold to fricreil.--'I‘his cannot be pretended. On the con- trarv. This is what we have done to them.--VVe have tranf- ported ouifelves to their peaceful retreats, and employed our fleets and armies to ilop up their ports, to deflroy their commerce, to feize theirefi'eels and to burn their towns. Would we but let them alone, and fuller them to enjoy in fecurity their property and governments, inllead of diflurbing us, they would thank and blefs us. And yet it is WE who imapine ourlblves iil uled. The truth is, we expeéled to find them a cortirdly rabble, who would lie quietly at our feet, and ) ‘3"tl they have dillpminted 113. 'l‘hey have t'i‘iisn in their arm ence, and repelled force by form. They deny the pleni~ tu-‘le of our pox/Jet over them ; nnl infill on hein; treartxl :17 fore communititsl~~-~it is THIS that has provoked us, and kindled our governor; into rage. I hope. 1 {hill not be here tintleri'tood to intimate, that .r/x' who promote this war are militia ed bvthefc. principltte. home, 1 dotiht not, are influenced by no other principle, than :t It'-~ unird to what they think the its": authority of this country ovt‘t‘ its Colonies, and to the unity and invliVifihility of I‘m: :lriiisl't .liln‘inire. l Willl fuch could be engaged to cuicr thoroughly into. the enquiry, which has been the whitest of the full part or" this pautphlet; and to coniider, particulnli', how do" rent a thing mtintaining the authority of government can/m: a {late is from maintaining the authority of one people over~ another, already happy in the enjoyment ot a governineneoi l. wth further they would Conlzder, that the. defirrzs their ozvrt. of mainmininzx authority is warrantnhle, only an: l'ir as it it the means of pronixitinf; fonte end, and doing fume good ; and that, before we refolve to fpread famine and ill'C through a country, in order to make it acknowledge our authority, we ought to be alliired that great advantages will :trile not only to onrfelvm but to the cotiintry wi: will!" to conquerw-leihnt from the pittfent Contel'i' no Lulvstntage to ourfelves can :uife, hits been already t'hewn, and will preh‘ntly be {ltewn more at large-m r[Prat no advantage to the Colonies can arile from it, need. not, lhope, be lhcwn. It has however been allertetl, tlldtfi'."3ll ri/wir good is intended by this war. Many of us ureprrlum‘lrwi. that they will be much happier under our government, ll‘iJil under any government of their own ; and that their liberties will he fife} when held fit them. by us, than when. tiutlml iT'. their own hantls.--«Hov1lcintl is it thus to take upon 11': 1h" l trouble ofjudglng for them what is mod for their nztnpnr 1": l mine. Nothing can be kinder except the reiolnttpn We linye to exterminate them if they will not fitbmit to ourynvlzguir-ni , ‘2Vhat Hrunge language have l fome‘tiin‘s head 3 by :ut armed force we are now endeavouring to dcllrm thelaivs an 1 .Irovernments of America; and yet 1 have heird it Hui, tha' :we are endeavouring to fupport law :iril government th‘f'rt‘.~\Ve are inliilfng upon our iitzlit to levy‘contiilmtmrit irprwt them; and to maintain this right we le'l nrlnging lipufill‘il'rtivl all the mifcrics :1 people can endure; and yet it wetland, that we mean nothm; our the t' leNJln and toppliuti L; Bit |