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. m Tt&m* T \° 1* ®?“P* 1 that 7<>“ Aould difcoarage the imporu
>'■ ( rawtoateritTs from every country but America, tad therc-
1 * $• m ***** *°nt wifely in laying heavy dutie upon Bob, hemp,
*m
alfb upon pot-alb, pearl-ash, raw-silk, cotton,
wool, aiwftveral outer articles ncceffary for your manufacture*. For you
ought l*oT tOibuy these things at the heft and-chcapeft hand, but at the
ri*fis, of us. -r—
----ad, Jc-iarig ht, O ve Britons! that you (bo did give more for feme of our
American produce, thsttrtf is really worth, by paying an additional price,
called, a SOO ntt. And your Gtm/U Sbtfktrd displayed his knowledge
mfoor ewifriFtrt temper!, by augmenting these bounties, and by ad
ding to th# number 6f them, in the articles of hemp, flax and timber;
to Whom tflferirfore, we, the American part ofhis master’s flock, have made
•Ifcitftbiefetdhi.
,* Is right, Oye Britonsl to get tu frefo indulgences, aud to extend
•nr p vileg e every day; for the more favoursyou grant, the more cla
teorOuf *fe (hattgrow in demanding; greater. The Gault Shepherd put us
In pofleflkm ofbaextenfive whale filhrry, by giving us a great advantage
met you pby Which menus we have employed 300 fail already t There
fore we now demand the entire possession of all your fifttcries. The Gault
Sbtfbef ditto relaxed the restraints u/ually laid upon rice, by requiring no
-advance of duty for the rice intended to be exported; and he granted us
fovetai Other great encouragements; but we (so being thankful
f&r tboß couctffions) now demand a liberty, at matter of sioht, to ear
ly every thing else, at well at rice, direftly to a foreign market. Once
Wore your patriotkk ministers repeal the ftamp-aA in the hurry of a few
weeks, after the plan had been digested under pour cool deliberation up
trends of* ytar ; we therefore, having this glaring proof of your great
Weakness and inconsistency,. do now demand a repeal of every other aft.
If-not to American politicks.
4th, It was right, O ye. Britons t to go to wsp with the French at our
foquellt foe when you were fpen ding To many millions, end reducing
yourselves to beggary for our lakes, at that very jnnfture we were receiv-
Inga great part of those millions, and getting iramenfelv rich } when you
Were fighting with the enemy in all quarters of the globe, then we were
toadhig with them in the moft profound harmony and concord; when yon
fboliflMy imtgtaed'that we were afraid of being over-run by them, though
in fad we ourselves had told you that we were tweuty to one, and conse
quently cotrtd not be afraid, unless we had been the moil daflardly cow
frdt on earth, that was the very time when (to (hew our fear) we were
supplying them with plenty of provisions ; nay, with amunition, with
fttps to be converted into privateers, and wkh all forts of warlike floret,
to fight agafcrft you, Our dfcar proteftors and defcadert; and when you
were endeavouring to bring this ruinous war to a fpcedy conclusion, we
tvereaiming to protfaft it as tong as possible, in order to drain you the
drier, and to takti advantage of your extreme folly and credulity.
‘sth, It will bqright, Qye Britons! to go to war again with the French;
with thl Spaniards, or with any other nation, when we (hall find it our
lutereft to require you so to do; for when you have spent another 80 mil
lions ip our feivice (and tire will take care tuat you (hall not spend less, if
we orhur fritmh (hall have the conducing of the war) then you wi*l in
evitably become a bankrupt nation, then you will be forced to remove the
*3 dr government, whether you will chafe it or not; and your ifiand of
Great-Britain must become 4 petty province of our mighty empire in
America. This favourite point, via. Os making your panltry little
kingdom in Burbpe become a province of our vtft empire in America, ’
Is a meffore which the ablest of our politicians have frequently suggested
lb many of their writings, as well as laboured to recommend by. private,
coaverution % and i{ is a point which, we hope, will be accompli&ed
within the fcompafs of b few.years.
- ‘W R O N G.
Tj>|RßT, from the Above date of the case, it is wrong, O ye Britons!
‘JP toexpeftniiy real a Sifts ace or obedience from os, in retorn foryoer
manifold favours and bounties, your vast expences aad daily protection,
for we will give you no affiftsace whatever, unless it may be fuels aflif
taaceas may lead you into another ruinous war, aor will we obey any of
your ads of nartiamcht, (hose only excepted, which may be calculated
TUfUmpovcrifluag you, and enriching us.
* td. It is wrong, Oye Britons! to imagine, that we will give your dir
•ty iflafid the preference in the foie of any of oar commodities, because for
footh, xoa stupidly give the preference to America. We never intend to
girt y#t any preference but one, via. The preference of being our credi-
Wn l i*d ia that indeed we will make choice of yon before any people on
worth 1 tor whHft We. pay vast sums of ready money to other nations, parti
tuforly your eneraiestbe French, roe swuocuao oooas, we chufo to
MiiMfctrith fU ; an d then wo^omplaiuofoqy urpatufqtflb ,
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these very debts the plea of oar poverty, aad the weapon to bally jftMFfo*
to a compliance with all our demands.
g £*'** wroo K P7* Britons! to exped a reciprocation of good of*
fices between us and you > for our ftaodiog maxim is, to put every but-
j o ?’ ** lc * W bout to ouascaves. We know
no ether Cod of colonisatioa but this, nor will we acknowledge say other
connections, dependence, or fttbordinatioa, but foch as these? And these
dear ties we will acknowledge as mach and ms long as yoo please; even
till you yourselves (hall be tired of them. This much as to the Amcri.
can ideas of aiOMT and waoNU. ,
. OAHTTEBR, Btgrct 9, 1767.-
AMBaiCAN loans / what is rtft/rmaldt, mcardtng a rkt rtrnmim mtmktP +
r T p-ftS th * Q***ttr tffbur/dgf Uft. •
TPON the Krength of the foregoing principles of right and wrong,
We Patton rfl of all, that we may be permitted to import (E
reign sugars into North-America at a much less duty than at prefentTwhscb
C *wFL C n b i th * b 7 y° P*7 in England so. +d. per
.. 0f B flt, (h Plantation tagars) and then, at we flwll buy thefo so.
reign fogars at almost half the firft cost of yours, wo (hall be enabled to re*
A- m ™ uch cheaper than you oan refine yours; the coufequeace of
which it, that we (hall fopply, not only ourfelvm ia America with re*
S-ied sugars, to _ the Cxclufion of yours, but feaU also uaderfoU you ia
that commodity in every market in tmnft. .
It is, therefore, reasonable, that you (hould gnat as this request, M
w pall mot lt abktgpmj tor dtbtt. As to that filly propofol of fomc of war
London fogar-bakers, vi*. to permit us to import foreign raw sugars ia
North-Amenca, and to lodge them in a wsre-houfe there till they are re*
exported into Englhnd, where they are to pay a duty of one third more
fo*u Bmijh Plantation fugars,We do not relilh this proposal at all.
For as it is calculated for the benefit of the mother country, for the in*
Cl ?r*- her revenue, trade aad navigation, it doth not answer the ends
which we principally have in view.
r .** )^ e P etition > tklt *dv*ntage be given to Great-Britaia ia the
sale of foreign logwood, bt that w* may hc>srmlttd to carry thu log.
wood direAly to whatever Boropcaa market we (hall pleafo; and then
when we have enabled your rivals so dye their goods at a cheaper ract,
we wIU take fach goods ip exchange for our logwood, and wilt laugh ah
your laws of restraint aad prohibition. This therefore it another rtmfiggMt
request, which we hopeyou will grant, otherwifo wsr Jbeilm* btebUnpet
nr dtbtt. *
3. We petition, that we may be permitted to import (umber, pot ash,
provisions, and flax-feed, • direftly into Ireland without reaching at any
port in EngUtnd. But as this is an article which you yourselves seem will*
mg to grant, under certain modifications, we will not concern ourselves
much about it.
4. For the fame reason we (hall be fileat, as to the importation of Ma*
deira wines from America into England, drawing back the American da*
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5. But we petition mod ftrenooufly for having the fiftieries on the banlli
of Newfoundland, and on the coasts of Labrador, absolutely free. Fdr
as #e are mach better situated for carrying on these fifheriea than yoo are,
and as we have many advantages which you cannot possibly acquire, there
fore we (hould fooa ruin you in the competition, and monopolise the whole
trade to ourselves, were we allowed to have any (hare in these fifotrics I
and then we would exchange fach fi(h with the French, (as vou know vie
have began to do already) for their velvets, silk and laces; for their wints
and brandies; for their cloths, linens and fluffs; for their teat, ehina,
callicoes, and all forts of East-India gcods; and what we could not dlf
, pose of ia ihat manner, we woald carry direftly to the free ports of Spain
and Italy, and there take in, under a pretence of loading folt, all mat*
per -of manofoftures, aad all forts of goods, according as we dull think
; aor would it be in the power of your cuftoa-houfo officers on otr
coasts to prevent us, if they were willing: But all the world knows, that
thewfonfciences are im more(crupolooi than our own y nqy, we even now
carry on as extenfiye a Aaaggliag trfide with thsfe free ports, eebrrt mm.
fautntt ertjrrpertdf*’ at, as we ppffihly can, under the colour of taking
sa fait. This therefore, as it ftnkes at al( your strength by sea, vis. your
breed of Tailors, (for qs to our American Tailors they will not enter on boasß
Vour ‘royal navy; and be it known auto you, we will not permit thdm to
be pr#fifed; and if you dare to attempt it, our American method ia to ft*.
the officer.) This reqaeft therefore, as it ftrijtes at yhur strength by sea,
and as ir would Asp plant your capital mahafaftares by land, aad greatly
injure vour revenue in the duticaef East India Goods; we must infill op.
00 to be the rwtfmgbU of any; and if you will not giant it, we tell
you plainly, that w -will w*t p+y mr dtbtt. 1 ,
6. Wo petition, that the free ports lately opened in foe iflaads of Ja
maica aad Dominica, (hould be made more fubforvkat to su, and less lb
pm, than they now are; and we ire at a loss to find oat the caufo, how it
Comes to pals, or who could unluckily put it into your heads, that yok
(hould have any notion of preferring the interefo of Great-Britain ia this
affair, to the intoeft of America, *^* ; ‘g *V* j-\hfTt lnr ll fiftr^tte