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Show (53} (59) independencen" If they can fubfil't without you ;" is it to be wondered at .P Did there ever exilt a congnmity, or even an in- With refpeé‘t to the Colonil'cs; it would be folly to pretend they are faultlefs. They were running fal't into our vices. dividual, that would not do the fame E---" If they cannot fub~ fift without you ;" let them alone. They will fodh come back But this quarrel gives them a falutary check : And it may be ----" If you cannot fubfrft without them ;" reclaim them by * permitted on purpofe to favour them, and in them the rell of kindnefs ; engage them by moderation and equity. It is madnefs to refolve to butcher them. This will make them detclt and avoid you forever. Freemen are not to be governed by mankind; by making way for the eitablifhment, in an extenfive country poffelled of every advantage, a plan of government, force; or dragooned into compliance. If capable of bearing to be fo treated, it is a difgrace to be conneéted with them. "Ift/Jr} can fubfrlt without you; and alfo you without them," the atempt to fubjugate them by confifcating their effects, burning their towns, and ravaging their territories,» i‘s'a wam ton exertion of cruel ambition, which, hoivein-fiomm'on it has and a growing power that {hall altonifh the world, and under which every fubjeét of human enquiry {hall be open to free difcuflion, and the friends to Liberty, in every quarter of the globe, find a fafe retreat from civil and fpiritual tyranny. ------ I hope therefore, our brethren in America will forgive their enemies. It is certain that t/Jejy know not sou/mt they are doing. at I" ' been among mankind, delert'es to be called by harder name; than I chufe to apply to it.--Suppofe fuch an attempt was to be fucceeded :' Would it not be a fatal preparation for fubdu- ing yourfelves P WouldLnot the difpofal of American places, and the diltribution of an Amrrz'rmz revenue, render that inn iluence of the crown irrefil‘tible, which has already {tabbed your liberties ? Turn your eyes to India: There more has been done than is now attempted in flmerz'm. There ENGLISHMEN, actuated by the love of plunder and the fpirit of conquef't, have dopo~ pulated whole kingdoms, and ruined millions of innocent people by the molt infamous oppreflion and rapaeity. ------ The juttice of the nation has flept over thefe enormities. Will the juflice of heaven fleep? Are we not now execrated on both fides of the globe. With ‘* Some perlons, convinced of thefolfi/ as well as Izarbarz‘ly ot at. tempting to keep the Colonies by flauglitering them, have very humanely propofed giving them up. But the highelt authority has informed us, with great realon, "That they are too "important to be given up."---Dr. TUCKER has infil'ted on the depopulation, produced by migrations from this country to the Colonies, as a reafon for this meafure. But, unlefs the king.dom is made a prifon to its inhabitants, thefe migrations cannot be prevented; nor do I think that they have any great tendency to produce depopulation. When a number of people quit a country, there is more employment ,and greater plenty of the means of fubfiltence left for thofe who remain; and the vacancy is_foon.filled up. The grand caufes of depopulation are, not: migrations, or even famines and plagues, or any other temporary evxls; but the permanent and {lowly working evils of debauchery, luxury, high taxes, and oppreffion. CONCLUMSION. A V I N G faid fo much of the war with America, and particularly of the danger with which it threatens us, it may be expected that I fhould propofe fome method of efcaplpg from this danger, and of reltoring this once happy .Emplrfi to a Rate of peace and fecurity.---Various plans of pacrficatrofi have been propofed; and fomc of them by perfons fo dtftm- guifhed by their "rank and merit, as to be above my applauf€~ But till there is more of a difpofition to attend to fuch plans, they cannot, I am afraid, be of any great fervice. And there is too much reafon to apprehend, that nothing but calamity will bring us to repentance and wifdom. --------In order, hOW- ever, to complete my delign in thefe obfervations, I WIll take the liberty to lay before the public the» following fketch of one Of the plans juf't referred co, as it was opened before the holidays to the houfe of Lords by the Earl of She/dame; who, while he held the feals of the Southern department, with the bufrnefspf the Colonies annexed, poll‘ell‘ed their confidence, wrthout ever compromifmg the authority of this country; a confidence which difcovered itfelf by peace among themfelves, and duty and fubmiflion to the Mother-country. I hope I ihall not take an unwarrantable liberty, if, on this oecalion, I ufe his Lordlhip's own. words, as nearly as I have been able to collect them. H z " Meet |