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Show ( 3 i (9) it {carce delcrves the naming. I'lour'ever, lit~ tie asit was, they horc it not without huge 'ndignation, and firong marks of refcntmcnt. enever a matter of this lgind came before an diznrrirazz jury, (which could not but frequently be the cafe) it was eal‘y to foreiEe the event. The oflicer was fure to have his lahour for his pains; for they were too good patriots to condemn their countryman! By this means the culloms of Nertb- 1'.»11«'rira, which ought to hm brought111 f0 confidtrahle alhm as would hare gone tar toward detiaying the expenec or the government, were reduced to a. very linall pittance. , 9. In eonl it l cration of this, the ling/:76 gorernment a few years ago thought it equitable, to lay a tinall duty upon tl re {lamps in n'mrrira, in order, it not to beat themltlves harmlelh, yet to ltiTt‘I] their burden. Immediately a cry :ri‘ole, as if all A'mrrfra was jul't going to he livallowed up. it vas echoed actor‘s the tit/am ti; occ an, from mama to [infirmr. lhe pa- (riots (to they fiiled themllehes) in [Mm/m ea12erlx ioined the c1y, and lharel no laho 111 and no expence, to propagate it tluoughout the nation. Do vou {up} ole they did this, out of llark low and kintlnels to the pom, ru« incd Amc‘rzems'.No fueh matter. They un~ 3:530:13:er e11: t:o well i they, knew, they _. a t, , tic hurt. But they laid 1 .1 HULL! hold on this, as a fair occafion to throw an all perfion on thofe that were in power, being very willing, and fuppofing themfelvcs very worthy to fupply their place. However, the Minifiry finding the clamour incrcafing, and the florm fpreading on both fides the ocean, were perfuaded to give way to the torrent. They did f0; and the Stamp Act was repealed. 10. The American leaders now apprehending that they had a fuflicient number of fall friends in England, began to entertain higher defigns: the New-England men in particular. They had no longer any thing to fear from Canada, which the Englg'fb had conquered for them. And they had nothing to fear from England, when they judged their allies were growing fironger and fironger. They therefore paved the way for the execution of their favourite fcheme ; firi't, by diligently cultivating the re- publican notions, which they had received from their fore-fathers; and then by {peaking and writing in the molt contemptuous and reproaehful manner of the Enng/b government. I 1. Soon after, it being thought reafonablm that every part of the Britj/b Empire ihould fin-nilh it's {hare of the general expence, the Eng/yin Parliament laid a finall duty on the tea.imported into flmarica. Again a violent outcry arofe, and was findioufly propagated through all the Provinces. It was no lefs diligently fpread |