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Show 7;, SERIES or ANSWERS T0 " we may, fafely, and under Cover, annOy " thofe detefied Foes of the Liberties of " Mankind, the Friends of a Britif/z, confiitu- " tional Monarchy. But if we fhould be fepa" rated, rall thefe Advantages will neceffarily OBJECTION XII. " ceafe; and we fhall be deprived of the Ame" rican Affii‘tance for ever. Therefore, 'till that " happy Period {hall arrive, we mul't make the " Caufe of America our own: For indeed it is j‘ one and t/zefame Tlflngff F it be right to feparate from North-dinerim, will not the fame Arguments lead to prove, that it will be right to feparate from Ireland alfo? But can fuch a Scheme be confiltent with Common Senfe, or Common Prudence?-~[See a {currilous anonymous Traét to this Effeét, printed, 1 think, for BECKETJ ANSWER I. SUCH a Scheme, as here propofed, would afi'uredly be inconlil‘tent with Common Senfe, and Common Prudence: But certainly it hath no Manner of Conneélion with the Argu‘ . merits in Favour of :1 Separation from North.x'Imerica. Ireland is in a Manner at our own Doors, and almofi in Sight of our Coafis; whereas Amerim is 3000 Miles oil". To make the Cafe parallel, you mutt fet Ire/am! afloat; and then if you can pllfil it but 1000, infiead of 3000,. Miles from our Shores, 1 will allow that all the former Arguments will {land good, and be very conclufive. Nay, 1 will allow, that we. ought to have no more Conneftion with Era/and, in Reafon and good Policy, than we have with Saw or Sardinia, with Madeira, or the Caravans. OBJECTION F 2, Bu: |