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Show [76] {77] If this is not the cue, why do they {train every nerve to tain, would be the jtiltice and moderation of a parliament levy men throughout their iflands ? VVhy do they meanly court each little tyrant ofEurope to fell them his unhappy flares? Why do they continue to embitter the minds of the Savages againl't you? Surely this is not the way to conciliate the'ai‘l‘eftions of America. He not, therefore, deceived. You have Hill to cxpeét one revere conflict. Your foreign alliances, thoug‘i they lecure your inde- pendence, cannot {ecure your country from dt'lolzition, your habitations from plunder, your wives from iiifult or violation, nor your children from butchery. boiled in their principal dtlign, you mull cxpeé‘t to fiel the rage of difiippointed ambition. Arife thtn ! To your tents I And gird you for the battle! It is time to turn the litadlong current of vengeance upon the head of the (it tho; er. They have filled up the meafiire of their le'.'0!]llliilliUI]F, and like ripe fruit muft {hon drop from the tree. Altho' who have fold the rights of their own conllituents. And this {lender fecurity is llill farther weakened, by the confidcration that it was pledged to rebels, (as they unjullly call the good people of their: Rates) with Whom they think they are not bound to keep faith by any law whatfoever. Thus would you be cult bound among men, whole minds (by your virtuous refillcnce) have been fharpened to the keenelt edge of revenge. Thus would your children, and your childi'ens children, be, by you, forced to a participation in all their debts, their wars, their luxuries and their crimes. And this mad, this impious fyltem they would lead you to adopt, becaule 0f the derangement of your finances. " IT bsconies you deeply to refleé't on this iiibjcft. is t rere a country on earth, which hath Iiich refources for the payment of her debts as America? Such an extenfive much is done, yet much remains to do. Expect not peace, whilll' any corner of America is in poli‘eflion of your foes" territory? You mutt drive them away from this land of piomile, a land flowing indeed with milk and honey. Your bicthren at the extremities of the continent alreiidy implore your friendlhip and protection. It is your duty to grant their requefl. They hunger and thirll after liberty. Be it yours dufl‘ioiiS? Surely there is none. Neither is there any to which the Wile Europeans will {ooner confide their property. \Vhat then are the realons that your money hath depreciated ? Btcaufe no tax-es have been impoled to carry on the war. Becaule your Commerce hath been inter- to difptnfe to them the heavenly gift. now to prevent it? And what is there " AFTER the unremittcd efforts of our enemies, we are fironger than before. Nor can the wicked emilliiries, who to atliduouily labor to promote their caufe, point out anyone reafon to fuppole that we {hall not receive daily at‘celhons of firength. They tell you, it is true, that your money is of no value ; and your debts to enorm ous they can never be paid. But we tell you, that if Britain proiicutes the war another campaign, that fingle campaign will cofl her more than we have hitherto expend ed. And yet thele men Would I‘revail upon you to take up that immenfe load, and for it to {acrifice your denrclt rights. For, finely, there is no man {0 abfurd as to {uppof efthzit the lead {liadow of liberty can be prtferved in a dependent connexion with Great-Britain. From the no. ure of the thing it is evident, that the only fecuiity you could ob:tam, So fertile, ll) bleflitl in its climate and pro- rupted by your enemy's-fleets. Becaule their armies have ravaged and deiolatcd a part of your country, Beanie their agents have villainoufly counterfeited your bills. l'i‘ecaufe cxtortioners among you, inflamed with the till. of‘gain, have added to the price of every article of lilt'. And becaule weak men have been artfully led to believe that it is of no va ue. How is this dangerous ditenle ti) be remedied .9 Let thoIe among you, who have lcilin‘e and opportunity, colleet the monies whichiiidiVidiinls in their neighbourhood are delirous of placmg in the public‘funds. Let the tirveral leizillatures fink their relpeétive emit'lioiis, that to, there being but one kind of bills, there. may he lets danger of counterfeits. Refrain a little while from purchaling thofe things which are not ablolutely ntcel- fury, that to thole who have engrolled commodities IILIJV (other (as they delervcdly will) the lots of their ill-goth i1 boards, by rezilon of the commerce With foreign nations, which their fleets will proteét. Above all, bring forward your |