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 PRESENT STATE 
 
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 INCE thefe Coi6h!es liave experi- 
 enced the tender Care of their Ano- 
 ther Country thro' a long and ex- 
 penfive War, niay they not jnftly exped^ 
 to find themfelves the Obje6l of her Atten- 
 tion in the Hours of Peace ? fenfible of the 
 infinite Obligations they owe to the beft of 
 rrinces, and moft affedionate People, they 
 with united Vdlce, carneilly feek for an 
 Opportunity to exprefs their Senfe of 
 Gratitude, by lending a helping Hand 
 towards their own Support ; while It will 
 add to the Dignity and Power of theiir 
 Deliverers. 
 
 
Firft, then, let us confider their trtre 
 State and Circnmftances. Thb' lately de* 
 livered from a powerful Enemy, they are 
 not yet allowed to reft in Safety, noi* can 
 they ever expe^ in their prefent ^de, ex- 
 tended, irregular Situation ; Owing to the 
 little Care (of z civil Nature) paid to them 
 in regulating their Form of Settlement : 
 F ut on the contrary no feafonable Stop has 
 been put to that fatal Method of granting 
 by Patents from each Government, large 
 Trads of Land to a few Individuals, or 
 particular Societies of Men, who have no 
 Intention to make any Settlement on them ; 
 Nor are they able to plant them in fuch a 
 manner, as to prove of any Service to the 
 State : for it mufl be done at once, and 
 with fuch a number of Men, as may ftand 
 the Shock of all the neighbouring Tribes 
 of Indians, and prove a Barrier to the in- 
 terior Provinces. 'Tis therefore the Voice 
 of every difinterefted Man, both at home, 
 and abroad, that inftead of purfuing a 
 Meafurc fo fatal and unconftitutional, the 
 Parliament of Great -Britain may take it 
 under Conlideration ; wreft thofe Lands 
 
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 from fuch Monopolizers ; ftrike them off 
 from the well inhabited parts of the Colo- 
 nies, and render them feparate and inde- 
 pendent ; for this muft be done fooner or 
 latter, otherwife the Provinces will become 
 too large and extenfive, and the Bufinels 
 of Government rendered infupportable. 
 
 As the Lands on the upper Branches of 
 the Conne&h'ut, HtidJon\ Mohawks, D.la- 
 ware, and SufqiLehannnh Rivers, are ex- 
 tremely rich and fertile, capable of pro- 
 ducing very large Quantities of Hemp 
 and Flax, and have the Conveniency of 
 Water-Carriage ; I would propofe,.that they 
 fhould be, under the Dire(?tion of Govern- 
 ment, immediatly formed into. diftindl fepa- 
 rate Pr^ovinces,^ and fettled, from the lower 
 Colonies, by making it their I'ntereft tq, 
 tranfplant themfelves there, which I con-, 
 ceive may be done iki the following Man-. 
 ner, viz. 
 
 Whoever prefumed to preiide as Gover- . 
 nor of , one of thofe Provinces, fhould have 
 it on no other Conditions than- by produc- 
 ing a certain number of able Hands, under,- 
 ^Obligation to, fettle, and improve a, cef«ain: 
 
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 number of Acres of Land; and every othei 
 Officer in the fa Id Government bring on a 
 ijiimbcr in pjoportlon to the Dignity of 
 their OfBce. 
 
 Secondly, that thefe lands fliould upon 
 the Arrival of the Inhabitants, be divided 
 into fiiiall Partitions aad Townfhips for their 
 mutual S-ifcfy, and each Man intitled to a 
 certain number of Acres in the Town or 
 Village CO be fetded : with liberty to pur- 
 chafe more at a reafonable Price, under 
 Obl'gatlcns to improve it with Hemp and 
 Flax. 
 
 Thirdly, th^t the Inhabitants might be 
 rr.auccd to rarfe the above Articles, there 
 ^,ould be a Bounty lal^. on them for two 
 or three Years, or until they br9ught them 
 to Ibme Perfedlion ; after which the liberty 
 to impprt them to Englmd free of Duty 
 would be a fuffi<^ient Encouragement. 
 
 Fourthly, that poor People may become 
 Adventurers, the Government Ihould for 
 two or three Years fupply them with Fro- 
 vifions, Cloathing, Arms, and Ammunition* 
 
 Fifthly, that every Man fhould be fub- 
 iedl to a flrid: Military Law, and accuflom- 
 
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 ^d to Difcipline ; bccaufe their own Security, a^ 
 well as that of their Neighbours in the low- 
 er Colonies, would greatly depend upon 
 the-r Abilities as Soldiers; the very appear- 
 ance of which will ftril- e the Natives with 
 awe, che only Method that can fecure their 
 Fidelify and FiiendfViip. 
 
 Sixthly, lor the better Security of thefe 
 Provinces, their refpeclive Governors 
 <ho'^IJ have power to flop all Supplies 
 of Powder going lO the Indians^ and limit 
 at dlfcretion the Quantity which they may 
 demand -, on this would depend his own 
 Security, as he would be equally expofed 
 in Cafe of an Invafion. 
 
 Seventhly, to make it the Intereft of 
 the Lidians to keep Peace ; the Chiefs of 
 the neighbouring Nations fhould for a few 
 Years, until we are well fettled, have a 
 fmall annual Subfidy, but liable to Deduc- 
 tions for every Murder committed, unlcfs 
 the Murderer is delivered up to Juflice, 
 And here I muft take the liberty to remark 
 how impolitic our paft Condudl has ever 
 been, in making them large Prefents to be 
 at Peage, after the Commiflion of the moft 
 
 horrid 
 
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 liorrld Barbarities, which in fadl is hiring 
 them to make a temporary War; they have 
 great Sagacity, and very well know that 
 cutting fome of our Throats, niuil be at- 
 tended with no other Confcquence, than 
 an Offer of a large Prefent ; the Value of' 
 which proves' an excellent Balfam to heat 
 the Wounds of Co^nCbience. 
 
 When we confider the Expence of thus 
 planting and fecnring onr Frontiers, with 
 that of fupporting an Army, it Is very tri- 
 iiing ; for in two or three Years, it would 
 be at an end, and the Confequence much 
 more falutary. No impartial Man will 
 pretend to affert, that the Number of Forces, 
 which we can aflbrd to fupport there, are 
 able to guard them in their prefent irregular 
 wide extended Situation ; *th rather be- 
 lieved, that what number we have to 
 Ipare, after fupplying our feveral different 
 Forts and Garrifons, will be found rather 
 infufficient to fupport and defend the Colo- 
 nies South oi Penjihania, where the //z- 
 dians are very numerous, difaffedled, and; 
 cafily fnpplied with Arms and Amunitioa 
 from the French on tlie MiJi/'ippL, 
 
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 5ut fnppofe upon a trial, ten, or twenty 
 thoufand Men were found able to guard 
 our whole Lino of Frontiers ; of what Be* 
 nefit would the prel'ent fettled Colonies bd 
 to this Country, or what can they ever give 
 us in return for diis enormous and endleft 
 Expence ; for their Lands, North of Afory- 
 Jand were never defigned by Nature to 
 produce any thing but Provifions, of which 
 this Country has an Overplus already. Oo 
 llie contrary they even injure our Trade; 
 for by their Vicinity, they fupply the ^f^ejl' 
 India Illands much cheaper than the EurO" 
 peans, and often Underfell us at European 
 Markets. 
 
 Thus it plainly appears we have no 
 Alternative, but muft by an uncommon 
 Stride immediately tranfplant, as many of 
 *^lhe Inhabitants as pofTibly we can, from 
 the Provifion Colonies, to thofe where it 
 will be in their Power, and greatly their 
 Intereft, to ralfe Hemp and Flax, and thui 
 by one Stroke diiburden ourfelves of twp 
 Millions per jdmiwn^ a Ballance againft us 
 paid three-fourths in Specie to the RnJJians^ 
 moflly for thtfe very Articles. But the Re- 
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 hirns made to our Colonies for tliefe Goods, 
 would be all of onr own Manufadure. 
 
 If it fhould be alked, where is the Mart 
 able to engage fuch a number of Hands, as 
 niight be required by his CommiiTion, a^ 
 Governor : 1 anfwer there are many in the 
 Provinces, who on fuch an Appointment 
 "Would produce almoft any Number re-^ 
 quired, of laborious People, who are greatly 
 defirous to leave their, comparatively, bar- 
 ren Soil, for thofe delightful Vallies, which 
 Nature has made fo redundant ; that is in 
 Cafe thefe Lands are rendered independant, 
 and upon their fettling them, firn 'yfecured 
 to them and their Heirs forever. 
 
 Nor is it to be expected that ^Jmerica^s 
 firft-born Soiis, Children o^ perfecuted Pa- 
 rents, early imprefled with the higheft Senfe 
 of Liberty; embittered to Dependency; 
 unufed to Controul ; who call none Mafter 
 but their King ; can entertain the Thought 
 of leaving their little fecure, and independ- 
 
 * Jft: erica's firft-born Sons. I take the Li-^ 
 berty to call the pref^.^nt Generation fo, as they 
 trj.qy be juftly faid to be the f.rft that have had 
 a tolerable Li^ilence there. 
 
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 i3 a At Fortunes) and fl;bmit to the Will of a 
 Landlord, who may at pleafnre drive them, 
 or their Children, from the Enjoyment of 
 thofe Vines and Figtrecs, which at the pe- 
 ril of their Lives they have planted. 
 
 But to leave nothing undone, in fo inte*« 
 reftingan y\f[air, the Government would 
 do well to employ Shipping, and immedi- 
 ately tranfport as nhny Germans^ as were 
 found inclinable to advenr.ue, (and if fo 
 many, at their own Expcnce, and under 
 lefs Encouragements, are da-Iy repairing 
 thither; no doubt great Numbers would 
 gladly embrace the Opportuniry :; the 
 fam.c Inducements Would like wife prevail 
 upon many poor People from Scotland and 
 Ireland, Thus I preRime that in four or 
 five Years, thefe nev/ Colonies fiiall from 
 a howling Wildernefs, become noc only a 
 fafe Barrier to their Neighbours, but pro- 
 mife fairly to be of mucli greater Advantage 
 to their Mother Couiury. 
 
 Thegrwandefl Objed'on againft the above 
 Plan I conceive Is, that thefe I^nds are not 
 only within the Limits of different Province?, 
 
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 and therefore abiolutely a part of the fald 
 Provinces, but are by Royal Fate it 
 granted to a few particiiiar Men, vvho are 
 Propr'etors. To which I anfver, 'tis 
 a melancholy Truth., \\hlch every diiin- 
 terefted Man beholds with Regret : But as 
 it is not yet too late, to remedy the fatal 
 Miftake, and recal the Royal Mandate; 
 and as we now, for the iirft Time, fee 
 what fatal Confeqnences mufl: inevitably 
 enfue, namely, the utter Prevention of far- 
 ther Settlements, eternal DIfputes between 
 Province and Province, as well as between 
 Man and Man ; onr Frontiers left expofed, 
 or if fecured it muft be at the Expence of 
 keeping an Army ; large Trails of Land, 
 which mis:ht be rendered more ufeful to 
 this Country than any on the Continent, 
 mufl: lie an uncultivated Defart, to cover 
 the Heads of our perfidious Enemies : Be- 
 iide many Irregularities and endiefs Difii- 
 culties, too many to infert in this Pam- 
 phlet, all combine to convince us, that no 
 Time mull: be loft in taking them under fe- 
 rious Conliderations' And I doubt not b\it 
 
 that. 
 
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 that, npon fti*c5l Enquiry, it will be found 
 nbblut<jK' necciTary, to take the fiiid Lands 
 under the imnx^diate Dlredion of Govern- 
 n cu., with as little Detriment to the wran- 
 gling^ M«"rd of Proprietors as pofliMe ; and 
 til hnk ah Clamour and Difpute in public 
 
 • A fccond Ob'ca-on mav arife : Tliat the 
 Jnitiui T.-ibr-c, wo^ld mnrmur at fo bold a 
 Strrkc, and di{|)Ute oar R'ght to the Coun- 
 try : Biu 'tis wcii known, that ths;ir Coun- 
 try as far as we fliall be able to cult'vate 
 for d Century, has been fold over and over 
 again to as many different Provinces and 
 Pcc]!.:. .^s x-cv/ quarrel for it. And that 
 no other Meihod will fecure their Faith, 
 but fuch as ;ends to leave ftrong Impreffions 
 of Fear and Dread. 
 
 A third Objeaion may be : That as the 
 L:ibo^ucr's Wages are very high compared 
 to RuJ/ia, we fhall never be able to rival 
 them m this Branch of Commerce. But I 
 prefume the f.ipcrior Strength and RIchnefs 
 of thefe Lands will greatly overbalance diat 
 Difadvantage. 
 
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 A fourth may be : That the Diftance 
 will make the Na\;gatIon expeniive ; as 
 the Freio;ht of thofc Goods muft ther-by be 
 more confid-rable, than thofc imported 
 from 'FAi£ia, 
 
 'Tis true, that the Diilance Is much 
 grearcr; bur, when v/e calcujace the i^;//"- 
 fa)i Duties, CuHom, Agio's, Port Ci;,arges, 
 ^c, iad tl.xl on their Goods butlbre Exj^r' 
 tation, it overbalances tliatDiuidvaniao-e by 
 ^^ per Cent, whereas this AmrrUn ^^o^ 
 duce will emp'oy much Shipping and 
 
 many Seamen, merely fro.i: ihe Length of 
 the Vova2:e. 
 
 I acknowledge there hav() h<^Qrv Encou- 
 ragements ottered the Iniijibitants of fc.me. 
 of our Provifion Colonies, to induce them 
 to raife Hen-:», wliich h^N^ hitherto fliiled 
 of Succefsj and no Wonder fince the Land 
 now l^ttlt-d is utterly incapable of produ- 
 cing it ; therefore tJiis can be no Argument 
 againlt our future Endeavours to encourage, 
 and eOabliai it, wb.ere the Soil is naturally 
 ^ood, and abundantly fertile ; 'tis true, we 
 may bind rhe Inhabitants, on their Settling 
 thofc new Coloni^|,^to" apJ-)ropriate a cer- 
 
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 tairi part of their Lands for Hemp; hut let 
 vi^ not flail to fet b^^fore their Eyes every 
 IrnvK.crnent pofiible to balance the Ilor- 
 ivi ot a howlic^ Wildernefs, which the 
 vvila Ec;ajr nriak.„s his Den, and where no 
 hviiiian ILIng ever trod, but trembled. 
 
 Souie who arc \-r.acqua'n ed with the 
 Sitiia ion, and Circ'iiniflancc: of the Pro- 
 vinces, may imagine it reaR-r/ible that they^ 
 fhoi^ild f;:-itle their own Frontk n at their 
 own Exjvence : But this i;- impoflible as 
 w^cll as iinreafo-.ahle;"for unlefs, thefc Lands 
 arc^vrci}ed from the prelent Owners, which 
 the Provinces canr.ot do, they mull be at 
 the Expence for a few pTivate Men: if they 
 are taken from thofc private Men, and gh^en 
 to their refpeaive Provinces, It will render 
 them too extenfive for the Bufinefs of Go- 
 vernment, and if they are ftruck off and 
 made f.>paratc Provinces, they have no. 
 farther Biifincfs with them; and whoever 
 knows the true Stare of tlieir Credit, &c. 
 miift acknowlege, they have no Specie but 
 what comes immediately to England, and 
 a. ready overburdened with Paper Currency 
 which they have flruck to pay the Provin' 
 
 clal 
 
cfal Troops in the late War; and any addi- 
 tional Expence will oblige them to ftrike 
 more, nor can they ever ?gree among 
 themfelves, to divide or bear the Expence 
 
 equitable. 
 
 If the Colonies are called upon to aiTifl 
 in this Scheme, it muft be done by an A&: 
 of Parliament, and the Expence paid by a 
 Tax on the whole. 
 
 Another Objedion may be fiarted, by 
 thofe who are unacquainted with the Dif- 
 polition of tlie People ; that by encou- 
 raging thofe Colonies in railing fach Pro- 
 duce, they may thereby be the better able 
 to furnifli and fit out their own Shipping, 
 and in Time become an Objedl of Jealoufy 
 to this Country. 
 
 Tho' this can never be the Cafe,' as long 
 as England referves to herfelf the Diredion, 
 and fole Power of commiiTioning all her 
 Ships of War ; Yet that there may be no 
 PofTibility left for Rieh a Revolution, EngLiid 
 may on the firft appearance of Danger or- 
 der all fuch Goods to be exported raw, and 
 mwrought ; and it would be very eafy to 
 1,-t-!. .u^ TV/r^~,,fn(CVr^t-v '-^f Sail Cloth and 
 
 Cordage 
 
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 Cordage throughout the whole Line o( 
 Colonies. 
 
 But every Man who knows the Prin- 
 ciples, and Inclinations of the Colonifts, 
 laudis at that idle romantic Notion, of 
 their being inclined to throw off the Briti/b 
 Yoke, while it is eafy, or their Burden 
 while it's light ; on the contrary they join 
 the general Voice of EvgUjhmen^ and tri- 
 umph in the Protedion of their Laws. 
 They fought Freedom in the Defart, and 
 want nothing more than its C'ontinuance • 
 they heartily love, and chearfuily pay Obe- 
 dience to the illuftrious Hoiife of Hanover., 
 to fupport which they would rifque their 
 Lives, and Fortunes, left their moft pre- 
 cious Privileges have an End, and Life 
 become worfe than Death. In fine, no- 
 thing but Oppreffion can, iince they are by 
 oppofite Interefts divided, ever unite them, 
 in Combination againft their Mother Coun- 
 try. 
 
 I noyv come to confide r the Colonies South, 
 of Penjihania^ in fome meafure feparately, 
 fince there Situation andCircumftances feem 
 ilil.l more unhappy ; as they are lefs able to de- 
 fend 
 
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 fbndthcmfelves; being wide, and extenfive^ 
 peopled moflly with Slaves, not to be de- 
 pended on in an Hour of Danger ; therefore^ 
 are in more necefTity of a llanding Army 
 on their PVontiers to fcreen them from the 
 numerous Tribes of Imi. ns, naturally at- 
 tached to the French^ wlio lofe no Time, 
 nor fpare any Labour, in giving them frefli 
 ImpreiTions of Hatred and Malice; or Ex- 
 pence, to furnifh them with Arrows of 
 Death againft us. And unlefs fome Meafure 
 is taken to prevent; the Inhabitants ol Canada 
 will leave their prefent cold Climate, and m 
 general move down to their Neighbours on 
 the Mijfifipfi, where they will become ftill 
 more formidable. And it is the Opinion of 
 moft Gentlemen, acquainted with the Coun- 
 try, that after making one flrong Settle- 
 ment on one of the upper Branches of 
 Potoimck River, or if found convenient, on 
 the Banks of Ohio, under a military Eila- 
 blifhment, we mufi: be contended to fup- 
 port a Number of Troops, and build a 
 number of fmall Forts, to command the 
 Avenues of the Mountains, extending from 
 the faid Settlement Southvyard ; and thefe 
 
 Forts 
 
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iPorts, as well as all the frontier Towns, 
 thro' the whole Line of Colonics, fhall 
 by an A61 of Parliament be the Boun- 
 daries of our l,idl::n Trade, and no Perfon 
 admitted to carry Goods among the Iridims 
 on any Condition whatfoever. This would 
 oblige the Indiam to come to, and be de- 
 pendant on ns for all Goods ; nor can there 
 be Impofition on either fide, w^here both 
 Parties are under the Eye of the Law. 
 This mnft be fettled by the Parliament 
 of Great Britain^ for the Colonies will 
 never agree to do k in a regular 
 manner, being adluated by ^ feparate In- 
 terefts, &c. 
 
 Thefe Lands like wife are great part 
 of them capable of producing large Quan- 
 tides of good Hemp, particularly their 
 Meadow Land, which can ncwQr want Ma- 
 nure, to the End of Time ; and were the 
 Inhabitants, for once, encouraged by a 
 large Bounty on that Commodity, they 
 would ditch them, and fit them, tc produce 
 very large Quantities. 
 
 Thus it plainly appears, that it is m 
 our DQwer to winj'" our Navv^ inde- 
 
 D pendants 
 
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 pendant of thofe fulky Barbarians, who 
 no doubt in a little time will feel their 
 own Power, and from the ame Induce- 
 ment (tho' with greater Ri])idlty) like 
 the Goths i and Funda'.s ^ overrun all Eti-^ 
 rope. 
 
 Another material Article is, that when 
 oner we are in peaceable Poiieflion ofthefe 
 Back-fettlements, tlie People v/ill be induced 
 to work upon the Mountains of Iron Ore, 
 with which they abound, and thereby fup- 
 ply us fully with that valuable Commodity, 
 fo greatly in demand. 
 
 Before thefe few Sheets had pafTed the 
 Prefs, I was furprifed by the Royal Procla- 
 mation concerning our new Colonies, (^c\ 
 and to avoid the very appearance of interfer- 
 ing with that Plan, I have made fome Al- 
 terations. My Intentions differ in nothing 
 more than this, t/z. That inftead of 
 forming* new Governments without Inhabi- 
 tants 
 
 * I mean the Governments of the Florida's, 
 where in the Summer Seafon the Sands are fo hot 
 throughout the greateft Part of the Country, that 
 
 MAn r^nnot walk far without burnine the Shoes 
 ©if their Feet, and the great Extent pf marlhy 
 
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 tants; flriking out new Settlements thro' 
 fenny Grounds and fandy Dcfarts, (vvhofe 
 Pofleflbrs mnft feed on Difeafc in (lead of 
 Bread ; and whofe Labour muft be fpent 
 in vain, while Life lafts) or in other words ; 
 making Heads without Bodies, or Bodies 
 without Limbs ; I would propofe planting 
 fuch Colonies, and making fuch Settlements 
 on the upper Branches of the aforefald Ri- 
 vers, where the Lands are rich and redun- 
 dant ; and where the Indabitants will live 
 long, fiourifh, and be of infinite Service to 
 this Country, as well as prove a fafe Barrier 
 to the Colonies on the lower Parts of the 
 fald Rivers ; and thefe very Lands fortu- 
 nately lie between the well inhabited Parts 
 of the Colonies, and the Line lately drawn 
 acrofs the Heads of thofe Rivers. In fine, the 
 late Partition is a frefh Inftance of our utter Ig- 
 norance of the Continent, and ftill more loud- 
 ly calls for our moft ferious Attention. 
 
 and fenny Ground foon makes it a Grave to its 
 Inhabitants ; and it is notorious that the Inhabi* 
 tants ci Augujfine Q.i\d Fenfacola were dependant 
 on the Englijh and French Colpnies for their 
 Support. 
 
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 I hope tlicfc few broken Hints may he a 
 
 means of inducing fjmc of my fellow Coim-^ 
 trymcn to feck for better Information t.an 
 heretofore has been olfered. I have en- 
 deavonred to point out all the Objcdiona 
 that may arife againft an Uad:rtaktn^^ ; fo 
 jmtiortant and interefiing to the Nation : 
 But as it is impoiTible to think of every Ob- 
 jedllon and Difiiculty di.it may appear to 
 attend ; and, as the moO: gianrg 1 ruths 
 and fl-iibborn Fac^s are often covered over 
 with So'plii fm and Falfliood* it mi;il link 
 and give way to the Torrent ot private In- 
 tereil (fince private Intereft is p-jrfned with 
 more Spirit than public) unlefs fome uncom-. 
 monly great Friend to his Couutry will 
 fland and fupport it. 
 
 In fhort, fl^all Great-Bril^in make any 
 Advantage of the Peace, or n)all flie not, 
 or is the Cloathing ail her Colonies, 
 by which, in return, fhe receives every 
 thing neceiTary to erj'ip her Fleet, aa 
 Object worthy hei Confideration and 
 Attention ? 
 
 I am forry that fo little Pains has been 
 t^ken to fet the above Fads in a true Light, 
 
 and 
 
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 and that private Tnterefl has yet ever been 
 prc^ferrtd to pphlic Good, by the Agents 
 of the Colonics, who are moftly Tools of 
 Party, and ]^cceivers : Bin I hope fome 
 Gentlemen, who have Intereil and In- 
 fluence, will r.ow j)rove Friends to their 
 ble. difij^ Country, thoroughly acquaint them-^ 
 felves with this important Affair, and by 
 fuppovting it t!iro' tJie Briti/b Senate, they 
 muft be rewarded with the gracious Smiles 
 of their Sovereign, and unfeigned Thanks 
 pf every true Subjed, 
 
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 N. P. The Author, who is independant, 
 and entirely diiinttrefted, is well known to 
 many who read the above : and is at all 
 times ready to fnpport the Truth of it, if 
 palled upon. 
 
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