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 APPENDIX, 
 
 TO THE 
 
 CONSIDERATIONS, &c. 
 
 TH E foregoing flieets were f.rft publiflied in April, 
 1774, and we are now in the next November ; tima 
 and events have, in the fliort intervening fpace iii' 
 feven months, but too plainly an J too ihongly confirmed the 
 opinions refpedting our American mcafures, and their con- 
 fequences, which were then prefumed by the autl^or to be 
 laid before the public. It is 'n the preceding pages explain- 
 ed, that the plan propofcd, and conliJed in by the Admini • 
 llration on that occallon, appeared to be, that the removal 
 of the cuftom-hnufe, and the fufpenficn of the commerce of 
 Uofton, would foon bring on their knees, an^fubjcift to our 
 commands, the inhabifints of that town and of its colony ; 
 who were by that means to become, befidcs their own obe- 
 dience, an example likewife and a terror to the reft of 
 their brethren on that continent ; but the policy and the 
 probability of this fine fpun fcheme arc there doubted of, 
 ULicilioned anddifcufll'd. it is reprefented, that the harlli 
 and violent meafures then carrying on, would in America 
 be received no oiherwife than as a declaration of w , and 
 depend upon the fame iil'ue ; that it could only be Ly force 
 and by conqueft, if they were fubmitted to ; that v.e mull 
 e.vpedl to have to do with an union of that continent ; that it 
 would among them be made a common caufe not to be 
 taxed by us, and that they would certainly join, combine 
 and aflbciate together fur their general and mutual aflill- 
 ance and defence. Is there any occafion to fay whether or 
 no thefe things have proved true ? 
 
 We were at the fame time warned, that ^f it was in- 
 tended to ufe force and violence, tlie dcciiion might not be 
 fo very foon or fo \ ery fure ; that thefe being a truly free 
 people, and tlieir government demccratical, they would be 
 
 able 
 
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 ftble to arm every man in their country ; that necefllty wouU, 
 bcfides their Committees of Correfpondence then fubfilhng, 
 teach them other means of moving and of aaing together ; 
 that they would probably have at their head fome of tha 
 wiu-a and of the abhll men of their country ; that the in- 
 fluence of our Governors, and of our other civil officers 
 would ihrink to nothing, nor our own authority probably 
 extend farther than where it was enforced by our own 
 troops; that our very foldiery would defir.- and endeavour 
 to leave l^, and to go over to the Americans. Has one 
 v/ord of all thi:. fallen to the grpund. or is there almoft a 
 fjnglc fcntencc of it which is na^ now become a matter of 
 
 fait? . ,. • /r 
 
 It was farther fet forth, that no immediate improflions 
 upon the town of Buflon, or poileffion taken ot it by a 
 fleet or an army would carry the command of all that con- 
 tinent, or force them to fubmit to meafurss fo univerfally 
 againft their bent and inclinations, but that on the contra- 
 ry, the mofl ftrenuous and moft vigorous exertions were 
 from that whole people to be expefted in fupport of their 
 common liberties and properties. May I call on our Mi- 
 jiifters, and demand whether they are not themklves len- 
 fible by this time of all thefe things? , ^ , , 
 I will pafi fey other particulars of '.he fame fort, that I 
 may not tire mv reader with the repeiition of them. How- 
 ever I hope, thiit the prefumption will be pardoned, fliould 
 It be alked. Whether there is any one event as yet come 
 on, in the order of time and the courfe of things, which 
 has contradidled or happened otherwife than what was before 
 ■pointed out ? This gives a great prejudice and lufpicion 
 wi'h refpea to the farther train remaining yet to follow. 
 However there is behind, and among the things in fufpcncL 
 one particular circumftance of fuch a magnitude, that all 
 thefe other incidents are, in companion ot it, but as the 
 duft upon the balance. I mean, that Ihould, by tlu-fe mca- 
 fures, cither the public cxpences incrcaf?, or income de- 
 creafe, or both together, fo that the national revenue (hall 
 fail and we be rendered unable to proceed in paying the 
 •whole intereff of onr debt, then will, in all appearance, be 
 no lonaer delayed the day and the hour ot our dellruition, 
 but that conjuniiure prove the lalel^ and the uttermoil term 
 of our peace, our p-.ofperity and our flability, as a ilate 
 and a nation. This point is much I'reflcd in the termer 
 fleets i hON\ ever Heaven avert, that l.Uc ilwuld lu the Uuc 
 
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 t neCeflitywouU, 
 e then fubfilUng, 
 afting togtthcr ; 
 ead fome of tha 
 try ; that the in- 
 her civil ofticers 
 ithority probably 
 ced by our own 
 :d and endeavour 
 ricans. Has owe 
 is there aimoft a 
 come a matter of 
 
 ediate improflions 
 taki-n ot it by a 
 id of all that con- 
 irss fo univerfally 
 bat on the contra- 
 )us exertions were 
 1 fupport of their 
 [ call on our Mi- 
 ot themfclvcs fen- 
 
 1 fame fort, that I 
 in of them. How- 
 ie pardoned, ftiould 
 :vent as yet come 
 : of things, which 
 lan what was before 
 idice and fufpicion 
 ing yet to follow. 
 : things in fufpcncL, 
 magnitude, that all 
 1 of it, but as the 
 ould, by thcfc mca- 
 af?, or income de- 
 itional revenue (hall 
 cccd in paying the 
 n all appearance, be 
 r of our dellrudion, 
 sdthe uttermoft term 
 flability, as a Hate 
 eflcd in the former 
 ic Hwuld iu the due 
 order 
 
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 order of things, and at fome perliip? not very dliiint mo. 
 jnent of time, dcmonllr.ito it to h.' as well i>r:)uiijud, as 
 have already been found fo innny other c;'4Utif)ii> and warn- 
 ings b'jfore given! But if we iov'v the feeds, it may be de- 
 E ended on that the fruits will follow; caufes and cfiects 
 eep their courfe like day and night ; events appear to bo 
 preparing and bringing on tliat pcrioJ ; men and thing-, 
 <:ounfels and aitions, li<rns and appearances fcem to tend 
 to that catallrophe. However the writer prefumcs to offer 
 ohce more to tlie public the mite of his fentiments upon the 
 ftate of our affairs in America, as it Hands now altered 
 fince the date of the preceding pages; while we have yet 
 allotted a time to do it, while there is room fur rededion, 
 and that any thing remains more for Britoni than only to 
 relate the ftory of their ruin. 
 
 This attack upgn that continent appeared to many peo- 
 ple mod unreafonable and moft unpromi'ing from the very 
 beginning; futurity has neverthelefs before it a conllar.t 
 cloud and obfcarity, which no human eye can perfeftly pe- 
 netrate ; raflinefs and inconfideratenefs do fometimes make 
 this more of a pretence than the cafe will well warrant; 
 but however doubtful the matter might then be or not, 
 time has now opened events, and fadt and certainty have 
 in many refpefts taken place on the fubjeil. Ic is clear 
 and fure, that the propofed plan and projeft have failed 
 and milcarried. We fent out, at firll, forces lit for our in- 
 tended deu^r'n '''e common language ufed in commendation 
 of the meafure w is, that a few regiments and a few fmill 
 Ihips of war wouid do the bufinefs. But we are now call- 
 ing and gathering together an army from all quarters, from 
 England, from Ireland, from feveral different parts of 
 America, and even our newly cwiiquered province of Que- 
 ))ec is to be unguarded and unfurniiTijd, that we may be 
 enabled to carry on a war againft our ancient coloniej, 
 ;ind our own countrymen. Wc have inlleadof command- 
 ing and cf bringing to taxatioa and to fubjeclion all 
 America, by the means of the town of Bollon, loll the reft 
 cf that continent, and not gained the town. We have 
 v.'ith our own hands, and by our own counfels, got things 
 into fuch a llate; that our colonies obey their Governors 
 110 farther than they pleafe ; and that tliey ari uuanimoafly 
 and publicly preparing to oppofe meafure to meafure, cr 
 force to force, as they iluill upon the event judge moft ne- 
 ceflary; while that bkocjue of New-England looks us in 
 
 th» 
 
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 the face upon an equality, and holds up in head ai highly 
 as we do ourfelves. Maticr. arc to times more cmbroiIe4 
 than they were ; wear ten times a worfc and a more thrcat- 
 ninir afpcft than they did ll-ven months ago, and be ora 
 that we entered on thefe meafurc. every Hep taken tor. 
 wards, in our prefent track, leems only to lead us into tar. 
 thcr mifchief and difficulties. Our adminiftration u. in the 
 mean lime, become the wonder and the contempt of all 
 r urope. When we find therefore, that we are K^ng on m 
 a road dircdUy wrong, why don't we talce a contrary courfc f 
 This appears to he a moll obvious llcp; there is no uncom- 
 mon reach of reafon, or extraordinary depth of human wif- 
 dom demanded, to make that conduiion. It is an Id pro- 
 verb ; that wife men do often, but fools never change their 
 opinion. No one little or great need fcruple to alter for 
 the better his attions or his meafures ; U is lurely his firll 
 praife and firll prudence fo to do. But ^^ hat mull be 
 fhouRht of thofe, whom facls and events themfelves will 
 not convince; or, who being convinced, are neverthecs 
 determined to drive and to contend againft the irref.lhl.le 
 force of them ? Oar political pilots have a fair and a direft 
 Nvind for the port, to which the commonwealth is bound ; 
 but they are obftinatcly bent to run counter to it, to butfet 
 ftorms and tempefts, to rifquc rocks and quickfands and to 
 endanger in the greateft degree the common adventure an. 
 fortunes of us alK We read a fabulous ftory o» an ancien 
 Roman faiito have leaped into a g^lp^ to fave Rorne i but 
 what will pofterity believe, when they thall be told of the 
 men of thefe times, who run headlong down a precipice for 
 no apparent end, biit to carry along with them their cum- 
 
 try into the fame ruin ? _ i a r r.: 
 
 The original dcfign and expedation were at leaft fufn- 
 ciently plain and intelligible ; but the ad-ninidration having 
 been deceived in them, there is now no longer left the leall 
 appearance of prudence or of policy in our proceedings. It 
 i, become difficult to comprehend, what the authors or the 
 friends of thefe meafures purfue even in their own brcaih. 
 Let any one within the bounds of probability or almoll of 
 poflibility fancy in his mind, events at pleafure, and let him 
 Kfleft by what fteps, what means, what chain of incidents 
 and accidents, what train within the wit ct man to trace it 
 can be expec'ted, that we (liall in this violent and mili.ury 
 
 method of going on come to a good ^"^/■"'^"'"g^";. '°"f 
 clulion, and I believe, that he wuUvidenily hnd hi.nfelf 
 
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 ; cnibroilfii 
 uorc thriMt- 
 
 and bcforo 
 
 taken f"r- 
 
 us into far- 
 )n is, in the 
 cmpt of all 
 ("line: on in 
 rary courle? 
 b DO uncom- 
 
 human wif- 
 
 an Id pro- 
 change their 
 
 to alter for 
 rely his firtl 
 hat mail be 
 emfelvcs will 
 
 neverihclcrs 
 he irrefilHlile 
 
 and a direft 
 th is bound ; 
 
 it, to buffet 
 fands and to 
 dventure and 
 of an ancient 
 e Rome ; but 
 je told of the 
 
 precipice for 
 n their cmin- 
 
 at leaft fufn- 
 l ration having 
 r left the leall 
 Dcccdings. It 
 luthors or the 
 ' own brtails. 
 ■ or alaioll of 
 e, and let him 
 in of incidents 
 lan to trace, it 
 and miliiary 
 intageous con • 
 y find himfilf 
 
 at a default on the fubjcfl. I am perfuaded, that our rulfrj 
 would thenirclvts be put to it, to lay down fairly and clearly 
 their Cwn pl.m, nor m 2ny fuch commonly known and un- 
 derflood. I'he lach arc public, the other wi.uld, no doubt 
 not be diiikult to tind, if reafon, appcarancts, and proba- 
 bility fu^^qclleJ or admitted of any fuch. The chaplains 
 of our rej;iuients ar«f not t > chip loijick with the Americans, 
 and to rtafTn t!;cm int ) the ueinj> taxed at VV'ellminller : 
 That is not the intention, ntir will hard word, bring this 
 aibout, from whcnctfocvcr trumpetk.'d — No: We will force 
 them to it — IJe it fo. Let us, without cjnfideriny the 
 chance of war «r refillance, fuppole Hollon in alhes, no 
 one lb nc of it (landing on another, the inhabitants, men, 
 women and children buried under its ruins, and all this 
 havock and dellrudion the ellcLl of our cann.jn, bombs and 
 liiortr.rj, Thi;. would no doubt be a noble event ; Kurop.; 
 would tlare, and it would excced;n;;ly redound to the honor 
 and the glory of the gov crnmcnt that Ihould atchieve it. 
 However, let us come to the confequenccs; the mifchief and 
 the evil are ealily found, rage and delpair reigning every 
 where, all our colonies cryinj; out for vengeance, America 
 in arms, and in open and avowed revolt a^ainll Great Bri- 
 tain ; thefe things need not to be pointed out. L'ut how are 
 butchery and malfacrc to conduit us to peace, to a fettle 
 inent, to a relloration of union and of harmony, or to any 
 dciireable end whatfoever .' All regard for the Americ.ins 
 being baniHied out of th« queilion, cither as brethren or as 
 men, it can ncvcrthelefs not be pretended, that we ought 
 likewife to lofc fight of the true interell and the benefit of 
 our more immediate country of Great Britain, nor are we 
 furely to fjel; for any other views or motives of our public 
 ciunfels on the occafion, than thofe, (jod forbid, that 
 there Ihould inllead prevail paiiion, refentment, an impa- 
 tience of oppoliiion and of difappointment, a thirll for re- 
 \cnge and for the blood of the people of BoHon and of 
 New-England : Heaven avert, that there ihould direclly or 
 iiulirtiStly, more ntarlyormorc remotely, be at this moment 
 preparing or meditating any del'perate flrokc, which may 
 di.-j.jin America and Great Britain in a manner to be never 
 united more ! I will not deny, but that the queftion refpeit- 
 ing the plan of our condiiit may with lefs dixiculty he ex- 
 plained, ifibme fach unt-.t {'rinciples and coiifideratioru 
 are to be taken iniu th? account, 
 
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 But fome one may fay, What a Rnnze tra(»fJy knt 
 image have- Knv heed iiuniducni r W hothmkj ot . ny luth 
 tiling ? Wc w(.ulil not fur llu- worl.l l.c tlw .v';•rl■l^')r^ j but 
 if the people of Uollon or ot New r.n-.laiul Ih.iU b-vnn lull, 
 and lli.ill attack i.r unlawfully rciill u., you know, that the 
 wron" will then bf with th<ni, and that all, whuh wc fliail 
 do, will be nothing but felf dofenie and iht: cvrcutlon of 
 the law, nor do we wage wai but wiih mcu. 1 aniwer; 
 that this is too hi^h, too luinie and too fcrious a (ubjcit, on 
 which for any one to refute hiniftlf or to be readily retufed 
 by others freedom of fpcech. I prefume, that it is within . 
 the lawful liberty of an l\nj;Hlhnian to demand, ii return, 
 to what end arc th':n intended a military Governor, a licet, 
 an army, ariilWry, warlike provifion and ammunition and 
 fuppliei and reinforcement, of thefe things, together with 
 ails of Parliament, which, it was known, would not b-j 
 obeyed? Are all thell' redcoats and regiments noullercd 
 there only to aliiil the people of America in the cleanng of 
 their plantations, the reaping of th-.ir harvelb, or thewatch- 
 ing of their tlocks and their herds ? Should any one Hart at 
 the idea of Bolton being oveithrown, what w-uld he fay, 
 were he in plain Enghlh told, that there is no appearance 
 or probability of carrying into execution tome certain mea- 
 fures, without cutting the throats of almolt all our Ame- 
 rica, with.ut dying its foiells, its fwamp^ and its favan- 
 nahs, with the blood of thofe, whole ancellors fled trom 
 their country, and went thither in hopes of finding refuge 
 from the tyranny and the onpretTion of the Governors of 
 Great llritain? What does it matter, who dies a vidtiin; 
 the firll or the lall, and whether by the fword, the mufket 
 undthc bayonet, or by famine, tiiaiels and miiciy, when 
 n v.'h'de region ilu'.ll be laid wjIIc and depopulated ? Is it 
 difii-rult to pick a qaanel on any lubj ct. r to drive a 
 i.eiiplc into'dcfpair and then to detlroy them for being del- 
 --erate, or are there wanting writers or fpeakers to detend 
 !ny aMon or any meafure? But will the glofling, the cjuib- 
 bliiip, th.' llatteiy ot penlioners or ot fycop ants heal the 
 wounds, calm the minds, appeaie the paliions, reconcile 
 the iiril-tti ns, or blind and contound the uoderftandings ot 
 rn injired and exafpetated continent, conlilbng of many 
 nuinep us and .lourilhing provinet*, and inhabite d by a 
 pcoile po::v.!(d and inlpued with a love of 111), rty alnioft 
 Lil totiie thamc- cf the human fp.-c.^, o-it ot i.un.pc, but 
 mOil pwcifil v.i:d iuelUliblc wherever i: prevails -nd is 
 '^ united 
 
3 ot . ny luch 
 ^rcl^')r^ i but 
 II b- v'in liill, 
 I'lw, that the 
 lui.li \vc (hall 
 e.xtcuti'!n of 
 1 aiilwerj 
 a fubjtit, on 
 .iiiily rcfuffil 
 t it is within • 
 ml, ii rcturh, 
 rnor, a fleet, 
 munition and 
 together with 
 rvould not b-j 
 cnts mullt-Tcd 
 le clcuiing of 
 or thewutch- 
 iy one Hart at 
 vi.ulJ he My, 
 appearance 
 : certain mea- 
 all our Anit- 
 und its favan- 
 ors fled fiom 
 linding refuge 
 Governors of 
 ies a vidiin; 
 d, the mufltet 
 milcry, when 
 julated ? Is it 
 r to drive a 
 'or bein;; def- 
 kors to defend 
 ing, the quib- 
 ant3 heal the 
 ons, reconcile 
 leiftandings of 
 llinp of many 
 ihabite d by a 
 lib'/rty alnioft 
 it l.urope, but 
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 united 
 
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 united with the means of defence ? I do not mean to talk 
 to Minifters and to btatefmen about right and wrong, hu- 
 man.ty, compaff.on and the cardinal virtues ; but I repeat 
 that Lhere is in thefe meafures full its little of the policy of 
 Machiavcl as of the morality of Grotius, or the religi'-n 
 of the Whole Duty of Man; not a whit more of the wildom 
 of the ferpcnt than of the innocence of the dove. 
 
 The (ei.fe < f the natioh is in the mean time moll ftrong 
 aeainft thefe tranfaftions ; people were not atthe beKinning 
 fo much moved ; they appear not to have believed, that any 
 men at the head of a Hate would really be lo wild and lo 
 headlonjj, as to bring about in effect what now flares 
 them moft Ihongly and moll fuliy in the face; it is well 
 underllood that ihe all of the public and of every private 
 perfon is upon a defperate call, at (lake againft nothing ; 
 men raife their eyes and their hands with horror, whun 
 they fpeak on the occafion ; they fympathife m common 
 with the Americans, and exprcfs plainly and roundly their 
 owh fentiments on their account; fuch are on the contrary 
 filenl »nd refcrved on the fubjeft. who are ofed to direft 
 their difcourfe by meafi motives ; the change or difchttrge 
 of thtfe meafures would be a moil fincere and HniVerfal la- 
 tisfaftion. Shall then a great nation, with its eyes open 
 and fenfible of its litaation and lis danger, be drawn or" 
 driven upon its ruin, by a few men among them, and thofc 
 perhaps mtrultcd for its fafety and us protection ? Where- 
 IS in that cafe the c.^nfticution, or what is our pretended 
 and oar boafted repref ntation ? Is there nothing, nothing 
 even to the utmoft extremity of our dci'lrue>ian, but what 
 torruption can compafs, and proftitution will perform ? 
 Thefe proceedings are of that dangeioas and deftrudivc 
 tendency, that whoever pr^^m .tcs or unites in them, doc^; 
 as a private man, light a brand to fire h.s own houie, and 
 to lay wafte his own cllate ; but as one of the public he 
 concurs with his own hand to thrull a da-gcr into the 
 heart of his already wound-d, hcli.lefs and almoft expinnn 
 eoantry. It may be wondered how any fuch perfo.i c«ii 
 hold up his hand- towards heaven, to pray f -r profperity 
 on hinfof his, svhlch he does himfelf lo dir v:tly cou.iter- 
 a-t. Can then My na-.ion, fsm ut for us free lo.n, want .» 
 r.ch an exireiauy fome proper remedy and refi.uice againll 
 the rage, the madneis, o; the incapacity^ ot an adnuni- 
 
 ftiatioii ? , 
 
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I lo ] 
 
 i. anfwer, that our anceftors were far from being fo cirf- 
 lefs of thofe to come after them, as to have left us in con- 
 cerns depending on our own domeftic government without 
 means very fufiicienc for our fafety and our welfare. I'hc 
 people of Great-Britain have a lawful, conflitutional, ac- 
 knowledged, undifputed, undoubted power of application 
 and petition. This is an inherent right < f every county, 
 every city, every borough, every body of men in it, and 
 which any one may be confident, that no King, no Mini- 
 fter, and, let me add, no Parliament will refill or with- 
 ftand; if the exertion of it ihall be general, univerfal and 
 unanimous, fuch as fhall evidently (peak with the full and 
 the clear voice of the whole nation, it may in fuch a cafe 
 be depended upon for fufficient and effeftual. Never did 
 perhaps any period of our hillory more require fuch an ex- 
 ertion than the prefent nsoment. I will not repeat what 
 has been faid with refpedl to the (lake, either of the public 
 or of private perfons; but even the Miniiler muft, in all 
 appearance, be in his own breaft pleafed wiih it. It might 
 afford him a fair opportunity, or almoft force him, to with- 
 draw his foot out of difficulties ; in which he cannot but 
 by this time be fenfible how rafhly and inconfiderately he 
 has involved both himfelf and his country. What unac- 
 countable fatality is it, which can prevent any one at the 
 helm of a nation from taking of his own accord fo prudent 
 and fo faiutary a Hep. But this matter mounts higher. 
 The King is bleffcd with a fair and a large family, from 
 whom even a private parent might promife himfelf the 
 greatell comfort and felicity, but much more may his Ma- 
 jeily, if they near him (hall by their fatal and unfortunate 
 counfels mingle no bitter in his cup. However let all loyal 
 fubjeifls well refiedl, and efpecially they firll in favour, 
 whether thefe meafures are not of fuch a magnitude and a 
 malignity, that they may either immediately or in their 
 conlequences throw the whole Hate into the laft confufion, 
 endanger our becoming a prey to foreign powers, fliake 
 the tlirone itftlf, and didurb one day the peace and the 
 Jiappinefs of our gracious Prince, even within his own pa- 
 late, and in the mid (I of his numerous royal progeny. To 
 whomloever we may therefore prefume on this fubjed to 
 cfier up our humble petitions, we (hall befcech thofe rc- 
 fpeftahle perfons to blefs and to fttuxe equally both the 
 public and themfelves. 
 
 It 
 
from being fd cir"- 
 have left us in con- 
 jovernment without 
 1 our welfare. I'hc 
 , conAitutiona], ac- 
 lower of application 
 ht < f every county, 
 of men in it, and 
 : no King, no Mini- 
 will refift or with- 
 leral, univerfal and 
 ik with the full and 
 may in fuch a cafe 
 IFeftual. Never did 
 require fuch an ex- 
 vill not repeat what 
 cither of the public 
 ^iniiler muft, in all 
 d with it. It might 
 : force him, to with- 
 lich he cannot but 
 d inconfiderately he 
 intry. What unac- 
 fent any one at the 
 n accord fo prudent 
 ter mounts higher. 
 i large family, from 
 )romife himfelf the 
 i more may his Ma- 
 lta! and unfortunate 
 lowever let all loyal 
 liey firrt in favour, 
 a magnitude and a 
 lediateiy or in their 
 o the laft confufion, 
 reign powers, fliake 
 ' the peace and the 
 within his own pa< 
 royril progeny. To 
 : on this fubjed to 
 ,11 befcech thofe rc- 
 e equally both the 
 
 It 
 
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 It fecms the more neceffary to ufe this laft fafe refource 
 of the conftiiution, as it is difiicult to hnd any other help, 
 that is left for us under heaven. Our political parties and 
 their leaders bear a fufpicion of covering and concealing, 
 under pretences of thi general good defigns of p* fonal 
 ambition and advancement. The people of England have 
 had but too much experience in that refjjeft. What divi- 
 fion, what connection, what derominatton of men among 
 us have not in their turn fpoiled and plundered this poor 
 country ? Our liberties and our properties were before the 
 Revol .tion attacked, under ihepretenc* of prerogative, by 
 a fet cf men who bore the name, and who invented or ad- 
 vanced the doftrine of Tories ; but the virtue of our an- 
 celtors faved us then. Through how long a feries of fuc- 
 ccinve adminiftrations has fince that time this nation been 
 fold, bartered and betrayed by a race of falfe, pretended, 
 »in worthy and venal Whigs ; whofe endeavours towards our 
 deilrudion have unfortunately been more fuccefsful than 
 thofe of their predeceflbrs i God forbid, that we fliould 
 now be ready to receive our fatal and our final ftroke from 
 the joint force of both thefe caufes, from the accurled prac- 
 tice of corruption, united with the fenfelefs principles of a 
 boundlefs obedience of the people, and of an extravagant 
 power of the crown ! Thefe evils do not perhaps leaft pre- 
 vail in the very places, which ought moft to be a fanftuary 
 and a fecurity againft them. What is become of the an- 
 cient public fpirit of England, when the firft in rank and 
 in fortune were ever the foremoft to proteft the rights of 
 the whole ? It is for the honor of our name and our nation 
 to be hoped, that this noble pafljon of the human brealt is 
 retired, and is fetting up its ilandard among our country- 
 men on the continent, if it has totally fled from this once 
 free and fortunate ifland. It muft grieve any one to alk. 
 Whether there are none, even in the refpefted. band of our 
 profelfed patriots, who had it once in their power to have 
 utterly extinguifhed, but who left unhappily and purpofely 
 to lurk and to fmother in their proceedings and in their 
 own a£ls of parliament this very pretenfion, and, as it were, 
 the fame fire, which has fince brok«n out fo fiercely, and 
 which threatens now to confume in one common flame both 
 Britain and America ? However, it is to be hoped that thefe 
 perfons will, from fuch violent and fuch evident mifchiefs, 
 be at length convinced, nor continue backward to concur 
 and to contribute towards fome fufticient meafures for the 
 
 lafting 
 
m-' 
 
 
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 laftinp peace and relief of our country and our coionics. 
 Kut we are now upon the brink of the p ccipice ; our iitij- 
 ation admits no longer of our being led blinafold j it is 
 too late tor us to trult either to thorough-paced minifters or 
 to ha!»- paced patri tj ; the time requires this nation to de- 
 clare its (wn genuine (cnfe, perhaps its laft fenfe of iis 
 condition and its circumftances. How can we othervvile 
 expcft in this cafe tne affiflance o( providence iifelt than in 
 employing the powers, which his goodi.eis has, by the 
 means of the conftitution and the provifion of our arceftors, 
 been plcaied to lodge with us for that apparent purprfe ? 
 
 But it may be \m6, have not we a legal reprefentative, 
 and is not that fufficient? 1 flialUeave the matter of faft to 
 :iniwcr with refpeft to the iuflicien«y,_but I defire to lay 
 fpmething in explanation of the point itielf. I hope to be 
 pereftly undcrltood, that I do n t at all mean to deny our 
 having fuch a legal reprefentative ; but it is furely juft and 
 beccniing for us to difcourfeon fubjeds of this confequence 
 with ( ne another, like men. 1 prefume, that it is per- 
 mitted for any one to alk, whether there is not fomc dif- 
 tinftion between a legal reprefentative and a real one. All 
 bodies of men fpeak and att by their majority. It is a 
 handful of people in comparifon of the whole nation, which 
 chocle the major part of our Houfe of Commons. 1 may iri 
 faying this exprefs myfelf freely, but I oiiend no worthy 
 or honeft man. No fuch will ever take offence at a noto- 
 rious truth, and none can well be more fo than the faft, 
 which is now mentioned . How can then, in the common 
 ufb and fenfp ot the Englifh language, any body of men 
 really reprefent any others, than thofeby whom the greater 
 part of thein are named and appointed for that purpofe? 
 This may not interfere with a legal reprefcntation, nor do 
 I declare myfelf any opinion about a real one. I am on the 
 fubjeft ready .to receive with refpcft the diftates of my bet- 
 ters. It may perhaps bea myilcry in politics, or fomething 
 not at this moment coropr. hended by the writer. How- 
 over this legal, this real reprefentative, or in what manner 
 iqever that honorable body is tobe defcribed, they do ever 
 fiiffrr their fellowrfubjefts to apply to them by petition, 
 tlirougb the hands of any one of their own members. This 
 fircumilancc is there neceffary, but it feems to make no 
 •.ffcftual difference. The right or jpriftice itfclf has never 
 leen denied or difputtd, nor therefore has it ftood in need 
 tf lac fandionof an at^l of parliament. TJhe road is yet 
 ■ ■ • ' iTkCre 
 
 
and our co»onics. 
 ccipice ; dur I'ltu^ 
 1 blinefjld ; it is 
 paced mlnifters or 
 
 this nation tode- 
 ts lafl fi-nfe of iis 
 tan we othcrv^iie 
 lence iifelt than in 
 di.eis has, by the 
 n of oararceilors, 
 parent purpcfc ? 
 gal repiefentative, 
 le matter of faft to 
 )Ut I deiire to iay 
 lelf. I hope to be 
 mean to deny our 
 t is furely juil and 
 f this confequence 
 me, that it is per- 
 e is not fome dif- 
 id a real one. All 
 majority. It is a 
 hole nation, which 
 ntmops. 1 may iri 
 [ oiiend no worthy 
 often ce at a noto- 
 
 fo than the i&&, 
 n, in the common 
 
 any body of men 
 f whom the greater 
 for that purpofe ? 
 -efcntation, nor do 
 
 one. I am on the 
 diftates of nny bet- 
 litics, or fomething 
 the writer. How- 
 or in what manner 
 ribed, they do ever 
 them by petition, 
 in members. This 
 feems to make no 
 ce itfclf has never 
 as it i\ood in need 
 
 TJhe road is yet 
 iTkCie 
 
 
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 s-.iore direa to the throne; the fubjeft prefents of himfelf, 
 and without intervention, his petition there. This right 
 was at the Revolution confirmed in as fit terms as the trueft 
 frind of the freedom of his country could have found. 
 Thcr« are therefore required no firings or belt* to dear either 
 of thefe ways ; they remain ever plain and open, jind lead 
 iinmediately to thofe who can afford us effeaual rcdrefs and 
 aflillance. Thus Hands then this point : Our throne is he- 
 reditary, our peerage is hereditary, the major part of our 
 Houfe of Commons is appointed by an inconliderabe pro- 
 portion of the nation ; can then many words be wanted to 
 J-ecommend or to enforce the praftice of petition by the 
 people and the public, or is the community to have no Ihare 
 in Its own coftitution, in its legidaturc, its government, 
 and the determination of its moft important and moft ef- 
 wntial concerns ? 
 
 However, as we have in oi^r hands proper, prudent, 
 and peaceable means of Hopping or of diverting thefe mca- 
 lures, fo let us on the other fide confider; whether we Aall 
 not by a negleftof them become partakers in the guilt of 
 Jhe wrongs done to the Americans, and of the ruin hroueht 
 on ourfelves and our pofterity. All people are refponfitle 
 for the public conduft of thofe, whom they appoint or con- 
 fent to be over them ; this is the law of men and of na- 
 tions, but It is likewife that of a higher power ; it is the 
 law of nature. I obfervc with reverence, that providence 
 feems to unite together the interelts and concerns, the fate 
 and fortunes of each ftate and of each kingdom, and to de- 
 mand at their hands an account of the adions of their re- 
 fpeftive rulers, whether princes, miniflers, or any other - 
 their profperity and their adverfity appear to be in a great 
 decree dealt out to them according to that circumftai>ce. 
 It :s ftrange, on what ground feme people found their pre- 
 fumption ; for the public does not only appoint govern, 
 ment in its firft original ^ but it is moll evident, that it 
 does afterwards continue at all times to anfwer for the con- 
 dua and the meafures of its governors both to God and 
 fo man. But with refpeft to our own cafe in the prefejit 
 mftance, can there be in the affairs of humanity a fairer or 
 a more equitable condition than for people to have in their 
 own power the means of removing theif danger, andof fe- 
 curing their liability? flowever it behoves us to remember 
 on what terms we enjoy it. The Americ^as may one day 
 require at our hands, and retaliate upon- us their own fuf- 
 
 feringsi 
 
! 
 
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 feritv^^and moft certainly will do fo, if we fnall not exeit 
 to cfted th'.fc means inherent in us, but that the ihingj 
 and the events alr'-ady begun and in motion (hall como to 
 extremity. The {lory of the war carried on by the Dutch 
 in lupport of their liberty, againft the Portuguelc and the 
 Spaniards, will fufficiently teach us this ; if we need to go 
 beyond our own rcafon for fuch a piece of inllrudtion. We 
 have in ourfelvcs, and placed in our hands, the power on 
 this occafion of inluring our own fafety, and of reiloring 
 to our colonies and our countrymen of America their righ'.s, 
 their peace, their properties, and their liberties, a molt noble 
 and incftimab'e privilege, but in all appearance n t cn- 
 truiled to us without account. 
 
 It may however be aCced, what way is then to be taken, 
 what clue can be found, that may lead us out of our pre- 
 sent perplexity and difficulties? I aniwer, that it is much 
 morecalyto embroil a ilate, which is in peace and in tran- 
 quillity, than it is to reduce ir again tj the lame defirablc 
 fituation, when it fliall once be fo embroiled. However I 
 will in fo important a matter venture to hazard an opinion, 
 although with fome uncertainty of the future fadl whereon 
 it is grounded. There is faid to be fitting, at Phila-ielpnia, 
 a Congrefs of fome of the moll refpedtable perfons ot that 
 continent. It appears probable, that there niav from them 
 come in fome (hape or another propolitions tq the public or 
 to the government. Should that be fo, let not thefe be 
 out of an ill-judged pride or idea of fuperiprity dcfpifed 
 and refufed, but on the contrary adopted and made the 
 ground and the foundation of a future lettl^ment and ella- 
 blifliment between ns and America : I won't prevaricate or 
 deny that, I mean in fome meafure a new < ne ; for of re- 
 turning again cxaftly and precifcly to the former and an- 
 cient one ,'^ there is n t the leall appearance of probability; 
 although there (hall in the way be nothing more than what 
 is known to have already happened. They have once 
 trulted to our experience and our prudence ; however they 
 have found the'.e but a weak and alleuder fecurity. They 
 will undoubtedly expe>5t fome llronger and better barrier, 
 fome line to be drawn, or fome land-mark to be fixed, in hi- 
 turity between us. I fpeak it with the utmoll fincerity ; 
 that I verily believe them to underltand the joint interefts of 
 Great-Britain and of America better than we do, and that 
 they will in the firil indance prcipofe nothing unlit or un- 
 becoming with icfpeft to this country ; but Ihuuld we n.e- 
 
 gledl 
 
ill not exert 
 the ihingj 
 ill come to 
 the Dutclj 
 leic and the 
 need to go 
 lition. We 
 ic power on 
 of redoring 
 their righ'.s, 
 a moll noble 
 nee n t cn- 
 
 to be taken, 
 c of our pre- 
 c it is mucK 
 and in tran- 
 me defirablc 
 However I 
 
 an opinion, 
 fadl whereon 
 'hila-ielpnia, 
 fons of that 
 V from them 
 he public or 
 
 not thefe be 
 )rity dcfpifed 
 nd m<idc the 
 ent and efta- 
 revaricate or 
 ! ; for of re- 
 tier and an- 
 
 probability ; 
 ire than what 
 y have once 
 lowever thiy 
 irity. They 
 itter barrier, 
 e fixed, in fu- 
 lOll finceriiy; 
 int interefts of 
 ; do, and that 
 
 unlit or un- 
 
 (hould we ne- 
 
 gWl 
 
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 Klea or reject proper terms, when thev are offered, we may 
 perhap, aficrwards not come readily' to the fame again. 
 (Ju Charles the firll granted ten tinies more at laft, than 
 would have contented and have fatisfied at firft; but he 
 ever (uffLTed himfeif to be forced; that was his evil policy 
 and evil fortune. None thanked him for what he did. 
 H; loll at Icnoth all, his head not excepted. Do nH let 
 ourllati-or our government imitate in t eir conduft that 
 u.ir>.rtuna:e pnnco. There may diredly be for a kingdom 
 noblockorkaliold; but there are juft and equal laws 
 and a levcreaiid irrtfilliBIe fatality attending upon thetranf* 
 grcii-.on oi them. What i= in the general courfe of an in- 
 finite univerk-, perpetually proceeding.in obedience to thofe 
 laws, the exulence, the liie. or the fall of a (late, any more 
 upon the comparifon than that of a fingle perfon? Thefe 
 are not light and trilling matters, which are now in ope- 
 ration, a midfummtr night's dream, or the florv of a day • 
 with which ue may divert ourfelves at our wi'll. It may 
 be depended upon ; that it is for ever, if thefe provinces 
 Ihall once be levered from us. The command and the go- 
 vernmtnt of great countries are not to be taken up again 
 at pleafurc, wht-n they lliall have fallen from the hand that 
 holds them, like the playthings of children. 
 
 But it may be obferved to have been thrown out, that 
 Trance and Spain would interfere; whereas nothing of 
 that kind has happened, nor are we difturbed by either of 
 them. lanfwer, that their minillcrs of Hate muft other- 
 wife have been much as thoughtlefs and as inconfiderate 
 as our own. It is lit, that the fiHi Ihould faften on the 
 hook or be entangled in the net, beyond the power of get- 
 ting fiec, before the hand appears which is to ftrike or to 
 make a prey of ir. He is furely but a poor politician, who 
 can be laid alltep by tlioll; two cabinets, being more cunning 
 than to Hay or to turn us in the beginning of a career^ 
 which muft be fo much to their latisfadlion and their incli- 
 nation. It is an old proverb, that any one (hould make a 
 bridge of gold for his enemy when he is flying from him 
 Is It to be doubted, but that thefe powers wouid willingly 
 pave, almoft with any materials and at anv expence, a way 
 for us to m.'.rch and to attack our own provinces ; thofe 
 provinces which have fo long been the-fupport of ourfelves 
 and the envy of other nations. It has been Jaid, that thev 
 have bef.re now fouRd the means of paving the way to their 
 own peace with us ; bat heaven forbid that they IJiouW ever 
 
 hnd 
 
 ^* 
 
[ >6 1 
 
 Rni that of putting us at daggers-draw among ourfelvcj, 
 of eneaging in a war with One another the mother country 
 and our colonies of North-America! Whenever that lU- 
 ilarred hour (hall arrive, and by whofe folly or "tifice fo- 
 ever brought about, the arms of our rivals will hardly he 
 wanted to lay the glory and the greatnefs of Bntam in the 
 ^uft. France and Spain laugh and fine in the rnean time 
 to fee what we are doing, and it may be depended upon, 
 that they know better than to meddle at this moment in 
 
 ""There is another point, to which I would fpeak a worH. 
 before I have done. Some fycophatits and makers of mil- 
 chief on the other fide of the Atlantic fecm to have had no 
 fmall part in caufing the prefcnt difturbances. Whv (hould 
 otherwife all thefe have rather arifen in Maffachufetts-Bay 
 than in Conneaicut or in Rhode-Ifland; except that we 
 appoint the Governors in the former, and that the people 
 themfeWes do fo in the latter. The counfels of thefe mCn 
 muft, upon experience, hav4 been found wrong and mil- 
 taken. They magnified the mighty power of parliaments, 
 and appear to have flr.ttered fome people here, as if their 
 finger was irrefiftible Had they pointed out events, as 
 they hate really happ. ned ; it is impoflible that we (hould 
 have condufted ourlclves as we have adually done. All 
 this may clearly be accounted for, if we fuppofeone prin- 
 ciple, which is that they meant to advance themfelves m 
 Great-Britain, however their endeavours might turn out 
 cither for us or for America, it would be a muft ftrange 
 thing, IhcMld th-lb fame perfons be ftill confulted, coun- 
 tenaficed and encouraged. We ought to be fenfible how 
 dearly we have already paid on tnat article. The writer 
 does not know the tace of one of them ; I ipeak fingly tor 
 the fake of the public ; but there can in all appeara cc no 
 common good come to the two countries of Great -Britain 
 and of North America, until that thefe fatal authors of 
 «ur mutual evils Ihall be banilhed from Jl counlels and 
 
 cooiidence. , . /• 
 
 ;>o much for my prefent objeft. I have on this occafion 
 »ot entered into the dilHculty, cr rather the i,pparent im- 
 puHibllity, of fubduingwith a few thoufands of foldiers 
 from England a very great continent, moft ftrong in itlelf, 
 and defended by fome hundreds of thoufand* oJ Us inhabi- 
 unts naturally placed over the difterent parts, and com- 
 manding all liic produce and the advantages of the country. 
 
\g ourfelvcj, 
 )thcr country 
 lever that ill- 
 ir artifice fo- 
 m11 hardly he 
 Britain in the 
 ic mean time 
 }ended upon, 
 t moment in 
 
 ■peak a word, 
 alters of mif- 
 I have had no 
 
 Whv (hould 
 'achufetts-Bay 
 tcept that we 
 at the people 
 I of thefe men 
 ong and mif- 
 F parliaments, 
 re, as if their 
 }ut events, as 
 hat we Should 
 y done. All 
 pofe one prin- 
 themfelves itt 
 ight turn out 
 a ntuft Ihange 
 ifulted, coun- 
 
 fenlible how 
 . The writer 
 eak fingly for 
 appeara ce no 
 Cireat -Britain 
 :al authors of 
 1 counlels and 
 
 1 this occaiion 
 apparent im- 
 nds of foldiers 
 hong in itfelf, 
 s oi its inhabi- 
 rts, and com- 
 of the country, 
 and 
 
1 
 
 I '7 1 
 
 an<i who arc arm:d, trained and ready to take the field in 
 defence of what they believe to be their all ; men of tried ' 
 bravery, and that have upon experience perfDrmeJ many 
 ailions of remark. 1 have not infilled on the abColute cer- 
 tainty of their finding, in cafe of a Uirefl rupture and revolt 
 from Great-Britain, foreign afiillance. I have not men- 
 tioned our miniftcrs having wantonly, and in all appear- . 
 anc? out of perfonal ambition, taken upon th^mfelves iTie 
 nffairJ of our Eall-India Company, and having by that 
 means fabjedlcd on any contention with the native powcri 
 of thofe regions, the nation to iKe danger ot being one day 
 found between the two firciof the Weft-Indies and the Fall, 
 and perhaps at the fame time a fire in Europe hotter than 
 cither of tne others, I have not examined tne burthen of 
 our national debtprefling in the midll of thefe circumrtances 
 n»oft heavily upon us. 1 have not to'uchcd on very many 
 other topicks refpedUng our prefcnt ill-judged and ill- 
 omened attempt ; thefe were ot a preceding fubj. -ft. This 
 •natter has now been only taken up on the ground whore 
 it was left upon a former argument, and upon oUr ineafures 
 and the change and the thte of affairs in America fiiicc that 
 time ; here will 1 like wife leave it once moro. 
 
 It is not owing to a want of information, to a want ofun- 
 der;bnding, to a want of a fenfe and a knowledge of the 
 iraportanceor the imprudence of our American msafures, 
 ifiijme people of property, of capacity, of independence 
 feem to Uecp fupinely, while a rock is ready to fall and tc> 
 crulh their country. There is in public concerns an ab- 
 jcftnefs, which obtains and daily increafes among us, and 
 that in a rank of men where it ought leall to prevail, 
 and to whom others are intitled to lojk up in a time oF 
 danger or of difficulty. The rife and the b:ginning of thl^ 
 might readily be pointed out, it was not firll in this 
 reign ; but thefe men may truly be told, that th.'re is ni 
 fupport for themfelvcs, but in the ftability of all ; that their 
 private fortune and poAe(fi3ns will in the common deftruc- 
 tion mod inevitably go to wreck and to ruin with the reft ; 
 the cloud from the Atlantic threatens them, as well aa th- 
 meixhant and the manufafturer, the farmer and the labourer. 
 Bat we feem not to remember, that we are born Britons ; 
 that jjovernments are inftit(jtedfor the good of the governed, 
 and tor that only ; that we have in oQr immediate, jperfo- 
 nal and c jlle£tivo capacity an inherent right to fignify oar 
 r.intini^nnof the national meafures to thofe who contrive, 
 g3v;rii and direft th;m : that the concern therein of many 
 
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 it tpon the compnrifon much a-, confidcrable one Cir one a^ 
 iheirown, but that of all united and taken together aimol* 
 as the ocean to a ('rop of water ; thiit we are men and not ;i 
 flock of Ihccp for. -h fohowour fellow, becaufe he hap- 
 pens to bear r V 1 iiiour hu neck. The writer hat thrown 
 out thcfr 'hu t,« iV'.in a i i cere and earnell defire of the ge- 
 neral fai in ' vellan ; he heartily hopei that the feed h 
 fown in ■ 0'' ound, and that it will bear fruit for the 
 bfiufit ot the . iiole; but if, after all, the hand of fate u 
 v.^uu his nation , if the period approaches in which we arc 
 dOvnjcd to perilh ; if there ii at once an incurable madnefs 
 \n our coim'-ilj, and a boundlefs obfequioufncfi |n our 
 proper guardians and proteftors ; if the conftitution is for- 
 gotten, and men of weight and of refpea abandon their 
 country 5 I niuft fay, that his will be done, who governs 
 both individuals and communities. I truft neverihelefi, 
 th.1t thefe words will not be fo loft, but that they fhall at 
 leaft preferve one private perfon from the charce and the 
 confcioufnefs of havine fcrupled to fpeak plainly his opi- 
 nion, and his expeftation of the dangers and the evils im- 
 pending over the public. 
 
 Nsv. 1775. 
 
 £W 0/ tbt APPJLNDIX. 
 
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 p. S. During the printing of thefe fheets, authentic ac- 
 counts are come of refolutions, refpefting a fufpenfion of 
 commerce between America a d Great-Britain being e-a- 
 tercd into, and recommended ;,y the Congrefs held at 1 hi- 
 lad« lphi:i. This is another material circumftance and con- 
 •- ' ratioii, pointed out and preffed in the foregoing boojc. 
 1 mean now to make no reflei\ions on the fubjedt ; time 
 will tell, whether the confequences (hall alfo be fuch as 
 are there fuppofed or conceived. There is another vote ot 
 the fame meeting, which is both fo very plain and fo very 
 important, that I cannot omit to repeat it in its own worai,, 
 which are "That the Congrefc approve of the oppolition 
 ." by the inhabitants of the Maflach uietw-Bay, to the execu- 
 
able out fiir one »s 
 ;en together aimolt 
 
 ; nrenicn and not a 
 , becaufc he hap- 
 ! writer hni throw n 
 ell defire of the ge- 
 pci that the feed is 
 
 bear fruit for the 
 the hand of fate is 
 \\e» in which we are 
 
 incurable madnefs 
 fequioufncfi in our 
 : conftitution is for- 
 fpea abandon their 
 done, who goverm 
 [ truft neverihelefi, 
 at that they ihall at 
 the charge and the 
 :ak plainly his opi- 
 :rs and the cv.ih im- 
 
 DIX. 
 
 fliceti, authentic ac- 
 ting a fufpenfjon of 
 Rt-Britain being tn- 
 :ongrefs held at Phi- 
 ircumftance and con- 
 the foregoing book, 
 n the fubjedt; time 
 .all alfo be fuch as 
 ;re is another vote oi 
 'ery plain andfo very 
 ,t it in its own words, 
 •ova of the oppoiition 
 tW-Bay,W the execu- 
 tion 
 
 t '9 1 
 
 '• tlon of the late *f^ ' of parliament, and if the fame ftiouW 
 " be attfcBiptcd to be carticd into cwcution by fwcv. nil 
 •• America ought in futh a cafe to fupport <iu ilitir 
 
 •• oppofitior. '^ This neither needs nor •♦luui any 
 
 comment; but how a -.ply does it fulfil wjtet «re %, re on 
 that head forewarncu : However, let us at lewi: not nc| ut 
 the caution whith u contaui., for the time to e^uc. I u 
 Jikewife almoll imposribk for an Engldhmaii r <it to «- « 
 ferve, with the moll fincere regret, ihjit the fitu piocted 
 ingsof anew and an elTential affembJy amon^ «irlelve 
 have been fuch, as mull by all men in oui \mcta be ua- 
 derllood to approve and to maintain, in tl.e higl ' an* 
 the harlhell of la '\>uige. the meaiures carrying on ig-v, •« 
 them. Itbecom "tlu wriier to receive with ic;,Ji.>tt t!" -s 
 refolves of our '•-'ilkture t however I Hi^l'.. ui 
 thereto, defirc oi c mo.e every pcrfon having i 
 country any cuiu rn, moil fcrioufly to confidcr, vv 
 humble, confUtuu nal, general and univeifa! pctiu<. <^ 
 rot our lall and ou; >irilv remaining, altt^.utK at tl 
 time our fare and ur certain refource, if tiwy Ihaii «k " 
 4nd properly be emp )yed and applied. 
 
 THE END. 
 
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