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Show "vs-O't-u" . 4.». .wn- ~7--_-_'.A'"* , garu'ywq «_- 7-} § SERIES or ANSWERS TO POPULAR OBJECTIONS. ANSWER 2. IN regard to the Difficulties in bringing the Merchants of each Country to Sart to our Detriment. 29 And yet we feel to our Colt, that all is not fulficient to prevent them Trade again with each other; let it be obferved, as the univerfal Rule with Merchants and Traders of all Countries, Religions, and from trading almoft where-ever they pleafe. Languages, that felf Interell needs no Reconciliation: For Trade is not carried on for the Sake of Friendlhip, but of Interelt. If after formidable Armament fhall be removed? [as removed it mull be in Times of Peace] and a Separation, the Colonifls {hall find, that they a Dozen Frigates [or fay, if you pleafe a Dozen] to guard a Sea-Coall of nearly 1500 can trade to greater Advantage with us, than with others, they certainly will, not for our Sakes, but for their own. And in Times of the profoundelt Peace, and the greatefl: Har- How then {hall we be able to ref'train their Commerce and Navigation, when this great and when there will not be much more than Half Miles? More-over, it may be afked in regard to thole very Frigates, ,erz's cufl'adcs ruflodz'ct ipfor ? mony, they never acted on any other Principle. ANSWER 3. THE 17172572112175 themfelves fur~ INDEED it is now become evident, that it ever was, and ever will be impoffible for the ParentState to prevent the Colonies from trading with other Countries, if there is a Profpeét of trading to Advantage. As a fignal Proof of this, View the prelent State of Things:---We have now the whole Force of the Britilh Empire col- leéled together:---Wc have allb as much Af- fil'lance as our Money can procure from foreign l'owers :---All our Men of War, Frigates, and Tenders r, and molt ofour 'I‘ranfport-Ships are completely armed: All ofthem are {lationed on the Coal'ts of America, in order to prevent the Colonifis from carrying on any Trade of (my Sort nilh a deeilive Anfwer rel‘pet‘ting the Ealinefs of a l'acification with public Enemies, where private interel‘t is concerned on the oppofite Side. For notwithllanding all their doler'ul Lamentations againl't Spa/12M}; Depredations, Span/fl; Cruelty, and [view/z lncurlions, they reconciled it to their Conlciences to trade with thoie very [rem/z and Spaniards, when it was their private lnterell {o to do, during the hatred of the \"\V;ll",-rv-L\nd even to furnilh them with Ammunition and warlike Stores for the De- ilrnt‘lion of the Eng/Mi, their only Protector; and lienefatlors in that very War. C 3 ANsvvta arsk'§_asv_«aan"~_- '5‘ Lx». :Wg .. , 28 |
