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Show 54, APPENDIX. APPENDIX. mode of defence became necclTary, 3:1 fubjtélion to Britain ought to have cealed, and the independaney of America. fltoultl have been confide ed, as damp its zeta from, and pubtiflred by, the fit]! muflet that warfired again]? brr. Th. line is a line of confillency ; neither drawn b... caprtee, not extended by ambition ; but produced by a chain of events, of which the colonies were not the authors I I fhallconclude thefe remarks, with the following timely and well intended hints. We ought to reflva, that there are three d Eerent ways, by which an indtpendancy may hereafter be tfliéied; and that one oftht fe 1/77", wtll one day or other, he the fate of America, viz. By the legal voice of the peop'e in Congrefs; by a mtli'lty power; or by a mob: It may not always happen that our foldiets are citizens, and the multitude a body of reafonab'e men; Virtue, aal have already remarked, is not hereditary, neither is it ' perpetual. Should an independancy be brought about by the fitfi of thofc means, we have every opportunity and every encouragement before us, to form the nobiefl purefl confliv tution on the face of the earth. We have it in our power to begin the World over again. A flirtation, fimilar to the prefent, hath not happened fince the days of Noah .until now. The birth day of a new world is at.hand, and a race of men, perhaps as numerous as all Europe contains, are to receive their portion of freedom from the event of a few months. 1 he reficxion is awful-arid in this point of view, nominees us of its nectfliw. 55 liven the Torier (if fuel: be- Ings‘yetremarn among us) fhvrutd, of all men. he the mall {oltcmus to promote it; for, as the appointment of com. mittees at fitflt. pro-fled them from popular rage, lo a wife and well eltablilhed than of gwernment, Wt" be th,e only pertain means or continuing tr {acutely to them. When/b ra If they have not virtue nough- '10 be WHIGs, they ough; to have prudence enough to wrfh for Independance. In'fhort, lndenendance ts the only BOND that cantye and keep us ttjgetht". We {ball then fee our objeét,»and ourears Will be legally {hut againlt the fchemes of an intrigumg, as well, as a cruel enemy. , We (hall then too, be on a proper footing, to treat wtth Britain ; for there is reafon to conclude that the pride of that court, will be lefs hurt by treattng with the American Rates for terms of peace, than wrth thufe whom {he denomina'es, " rebellious fubieéts " for terms of accommolation. It rs our deraying it that eri.‘ courage: her to hope for conquefl, and our backwardnefl tends only to prolong the war. As we have, without any good effca therefrom, withheld our trade to obtain a redtefs of our grievancet, let us now try the alternative, by Independently redrefli:tg them outfeltIes, and then offering to" open the trade. The mercantile and realonable part in Flig.df‘td, will be f‘lilv wi‘h us; becaufe, peace wit/2 trade to p-cferable to war without it. And if this offer be not ac: ceptezl, other courts may be applied to. I On thefe grounds 1 tell the nutter. And as no offer hath' How trifling, how ridiculous, do the little, paltry cavel- yet been made to refute the rlntflrine cotained in the formet' tinge, of a few weak or interellcd men appear, when Weighs, editions of thts pamphlet, it is a negative proof, that either ed againfi the bufi'tefs of a world. the dofitine cannot be refuted, or, that the party in favour of tt 3:: too numerous to be coo/rfe.‘ 'W HEREFORR, in. Read of gazing at each miter with fufpiclfius or doubtful cu. l'lofity, let each of us, hold out to his ttelghbou! the heart hand of frietrdlhrn, and unite to drawmg a line, which, likg Should we ttrglcél the prefent favorable and inviting period, and an lttdependance be hereafter etfeé'led by any 0thet means, we muff chatge the confrquence to OUYICchlg or to thofe rather, whole narrow and prejudiced fouls. are habitually Oppuflllg the meafute, without either inquiring or refleé'ring. There are reafons to be given in fupport of Independance, which men 'lhould rather privately think of, than be publicly told of. We ought not now to be debating whether we {hall be indepcndant or not, but, anxious to accomp‘ifh it on a firm, fecure, and honorable bafis: and unealy rather that it is not yet began upon. Every dart €033 In at} of 0l)llVl(<n fl'ta l bury tn forgetfulnefs every former dtffenvion. Let the mtm .9 of Whrg and Tory be exrinéi and let none tt'her' be heard among us, than thttle' (if a good, orttzerr, an open and refit/we frimd. am] a virtuam [importer e the yours 0/ MANKIND unda/ (be FRbE AND IN. LPLNDAN 1‘ h [A 1‘55 UL" AMERICA. 73‘ |
