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From the G A Z E TT E E R, April ig, 1767.
HGHT,‘-WRUNG{ and R.EASON AB f.E, with regard to America, ac
qj jpordiiig to the ideas of thfe Gentle Shepherd, l and the genuine meaning
v the papers and pamphlets lately publiihed bv him and his afibciates.
.. •* EIGHT.’
jyT-if right, Oye Americans ! when we difeourave the importation of
f^E.. thola raw materials from foreign countries that wc can have from
you,! ami do it for this fchreafonl thatfoteignerrs drain ns of our
■ Soupy for-rhofcarii’ les, white you take only oar mannf.iflari-s, yet
v,, ~/w (hopid charge this opoiryOn at Afavour, for which yon are tfn
jlcMhtgreatejlabltgatians. s. ’ > •
t Secondly, it is right,’ Oye Americans ‘. that, when knowing the dear
oofs oflabour in your country'/ we do, to enable you to fu nifh as with
thole commodities, and take oar manufactures in returrt, give you a bet
ter price titan we did use to give to foreigners, which we can well aifofd,
£onfid*ruig.4ke faring*of money to our nation, the profit on our manu
factures, ana the encreafed demand for them : We are, neverhtiefs, to
Call ihiiubyifc* nam pof Bounty, the belter to exp refs our GooJnft to you,
•#scL<h(fltt*W6c4*r|yi tointimate th e great obligation you art under for fnch
Goodnels ; and alfo'to make manifelt the nngrntefulneft of your tempers,
pf you 4q-fl9t. in return for such Bounty, take upon yourselves fouie bur
den ten hundred times greater than the Bounty amounts to/ ’ ‘ *
, Thirdly.,; It is right, Oye Americans! that We, having called all these
segulato*s jn commerce by thenaine of ** Indulgences and Favonrs,’* and
coofidered them as ,** PrSvi egts” granted to your, do also, whenever you
point out, to uathe regulations ©f the fame nature,'that may be equally
advantageous r to os, call the*advice yOu give, “Clamour for more arid
. greater indulgences* Favours arid Privileges.”’ And it is further right, O
yt Americans! though it is well known yob clubbed man for man with
pain the American war, aud fought fide by fide with ns in extending by
ponqueft -the whale, and other fifteries, that you should not fconceiVe
pqurfe/ves equally entitled -totheufeof them with other Britifti fubjeds ;
bu t the (hare,allowed you is to beconfldered as Bowing from the mere Grace
apd Favour afithe Gentle Shepherd. And tho* the permitting you to carry
jice to foreign markets", dimply without the tJtmhenrdm'e, ufc!f expence,
aad. fofs or lime occasioned by coming out of your way to land arid're
fhip it here, has enabled jou to make g-eater remittances to Britain, add
puichafe greater quantities of ouV manufafl’ /res,‘ yet if experience in Ihi3
qafe prompts you to hint the advantage it‘would be to us to extend the
.yermiSPA to fome other-articles-, it n right in us to Charge you with In.
gratitude, and to tell you that you would never have been foimreafqmible,
1 wehad not repealed the “ coofy deliberated; well digefted,’* And won*
ArfoUy.ttfoful meafureoMhe Gentle Slrepherd, called his (lamp-aft
Though it is a certain tVuih that we went to war with the
MfdßfhJtk America, merely on adifpute between the two Crowns, con
cern iugThi: bounds of wilder nefs lands, belonging to no American, and
tetfcf&rc the Indian tcade carried oh’ there with our manufaflures, and
tbcreQfre.foMy-xnintereft of ours ; and though you yourselves told i/s
¥ JidU were in *o danger from the French, for that yOu were near twenty
| one,” yet it .is rights tO ygy^mericans! for us to declare We went there
for your defence, ntjeur requejl, and charge you with all the millions spent
iq that wur.Agifing you no credit.for the million* you spent in maintain.
ip gp a-numberf troops equal to ours, and yet our taking the whole terri
tory ©aoquered, -which is now daily granting in large trafts, t 6 the gen
tlemca of thiscounuy, while we allow, in a case precisely the fame, that
the acquisitions made by the Ealt-India Company, with our affiltance, arc
tfceir own indubitable property.
ItU right, O ye Americans f fpr 05*10 charge you with drttun
ing chjtt you have it in your power to iriake us a bankrupt nation, by en
gaging us in .new wars ; with drtaming that you may thereby encreafe your
Qwn nrength and prolperity ; with dreaming that the feat of government
yill then-bo transported to America, and Britain dwindle to one of its
And, because {ofeph's brethern hated him for a dream he
rtaily dreamed,- we, for a dream you never dreamed, aqd which we only
dreamed art to hate you moft cordially.
411 1 1,-i-jv♦ ■* W*- R * ‘O- N G,“
First, From the above Bate of the case, It is •wrong, O ye Americans!
<b* yowtoexpeCbbereafter,-anjrproteftion t r cOuntcria’bce from us, in re
turn sot the loyalty and zeal you manifefted, and the blood and treasure
you have expended in our cause during* that war; or that we will make a
ny adsof parliament relating to you, from the time we, the GenrlC Shop
herd^and hi* Bock, get into power, ** but such as are calculated for im
** poverifiling you and enriching us.”
•* beebndly, ft is wrong, O)l Americaqi! for you to imagine, we
will hericefortk give you a preference'tb foreigners/ in purchafmg raw
materials from you, because ** forfooth, ydu stupidly give the preference
all the modes and manufactures” of Briuin, and consume all your
labour is the fuperfluities of this country.- And, when you have foolifh
ly rtb iu our debt for -themy it is •wrong in ydu to hint to us any newte
gulsuionof trade; by which you may be betteV enabled to pay us. And
though you have not, and never had Any fariities of gold arid silver in yoiA-
Country, yet it is wrong in you W cofoplaAn whcfl tveTeftriin yodf thrift
wED ft E S'D"A r, . July 2 9 , ,767;
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Countri “* h y so procure cash for us,
w nen we evert hinder, your fmg paper-money among yourselves, that en
abled you to iparc your cash to ust and when dry, as we have drawn you,
we want tofqueezc blood out of you by new taxes, intlve laying of which
you have no participation. 7
, t J* V wr *"*’ o ye Americans! “to exeeA a reciprocation of
~ ® .i 1 , 1 1% „ ” ct "Pcn us and you ; for our ftandiog maxim is, that you
„ on f V/. our fafee4 know no other end of colonization out
4 ; j nor acknowle<l g e *ny connexion or relation between
us and ypU, than those betweeu a mailer and his slaves. Your Lords
AT-’ r u -f* We deem . vc ’ or i,,tc,ul to ye “ But the dear
r _ l l °l. .5* r t C . ,0n vvill acknowledge and maintain” as long as wc
“P°fltble, after you “ are tired of them.” .
w, nl J, |f ttll,Ch fu t 0 u* e . Gen ! lc Shepherdian Ideas of Right and Ifamg.
Wf fna.ll now lhew their notions of what is Riojcnablt. - F
British Tueas, of what is Reasonable, in American afioirs, accord*
-i,. 1 ”? to . tb . e genuine meaning of fome late pamprflets, 4cc.
n P r,nc, P le * of Tight and -wring being eilabliflied, It is ttnjouable ,
\ wc oblige you to bring your coarse fu -ars
t England to be refined, and carry th m back again when refined, that
mk yj?y tw °[right* and two insurances, to no bther purpofc thaq
” m?? ‘ h,il,n ll | a f we ma y get a groat. “ Otherwise you will grow
able to pay yoar debts.” , * 7 6
Itis rulfonahlt, Oye Americans! that when one of your ways of raif
mg money to pay for our manufaauxes, is by cutting logwood, with im.
menfelibout In the unwholesome of Honduras, aid fe iirg to
foreigners what the demand here cannot take off, remitting hither the nett
proceeds, yet you fhoald be obliged fii ft to bring the faine into fome Bri.
tim port, land, and re-ship it, at so great an expence, whh the loss of
time, and hindrance of voyage, as to devour all the profits.; “ otherwise
we cannot keep you so poor, but that .you will pay your debts.”
3, It is reafenable, Oye Americans! that when, for the produce of your
lands, you iWe obtained wines, at Madeira, and have paid the duty on
t£fm , w#nil*^ Xa P Amer l ca ’ y° u fha l , neaerthelefs, when you fend
them to England by way of remittance, pay the full duty here, without
any drawback of what you have already plid; “ otherwi/c you may,
that way, pay fome of your debts.” 7 1*
l tls Oye Americans! that though you fought bravelv
!n? nJU M l | n j lth us W obtain and secure theiiflieries
land and Labrador, yet you (hall not enjoy a freedom pf fifoing there in
eomiftod With other.Bmifli fubjear, or even she freedom allowed byHße
E^S. 0 “ r e \'T ieS ’ And th uh ’ y° ur you can carry
A r h n fi f ery * at l f S , ex P ence than the French, and, ofcourfe, could ui.
?hl fC o th? A- 1 ” i> P amlb ; Portu g ue fc. nd Italian markets, and remit
mir “l 1 r eOCC t0 ü ßntai ”* L #or yet we are not to per
flS’ chufin K ,0 fi g ht a g ai ft atre, will contend with the
French our ft! ves, who are (ure, ip this article, to outdo us—“otherwife
“ you hitght pay your debts.” re
5. hisrea/bnab/eforus Oye Americans 1 to fend cuftomhoufe.officer.
over to you, of our own chufipg,with flarving faiaries, that lay them undar
the temptation, and almost under the ncceflity of conniving at smugglers
or (haring their profit, and then to charge you with their want ot con*
fcicnce or neglect of doty. And though there is scarce a family in Britain
Ffenfh fi n iks fih ls^ r h fUfe 1 pUrC l afing ‘ mu ß& lcd cambricks, India goodi!
f-. V 1 ’ br i? n< J. ,cs . &e *// aprnnywoxh, we are, neverthclefs
to efteemit the greateftof crimes in you, to fmu C gleeven the neceffariee
of life. lor, if you.buy any thing you waqt, efieaper of others than we
by yoaoexpeoces^
6. It IS reasonable fox us, O ye Americans! tho’ we know the fond prefer
ence you give to the manufactures. of your mother.country is so greatXr
a piece of french cloth, or fik, was never worn among you, but even When
taken in pr.zes, has been sent away to th French Wanda, as unfalcable
with you, yet, to make you odious here, draw severities upon you, and
wean that affetion you havp for this country, which is so advantaeeoos
to our commerce, we ar. to charge you wi;h a fondnefs for French manu
fatures, without the Last foundation of truth. In fine, It is reafonaLle for us
to.deprive you even of the common privilege of Eng lift men, trial. MW
Juries . to reftram, by every means, your procuring money from foreign
ers, to refufe you even the use qf paper money, whereby you might bet-*
To be leafed for Twelve Months ,
T HE PLAMTATION anJ HOUSE known by .he name of Smi*.
X formerly the property of William Smith deceased within
onthe I 6 th of August 1767, when the prefeut polfeffor’s ieaie will ei-