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;strong2.3 THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AMERI AFFAIRS;/strong
In the following pages I offer nothihan sile facts, pin argunts, and on sense; and hae no other Prelio settle with the reader, than that he will diest hielf of prejudid prepossession, and suffer his reason and his feelings to deterne for theeles; that he will put ON, or rather that he will not put OFF the true character of a n, and generously enrge his iews beyond the present day.
Volus hae been written on the subject of the struggle between Engnd and Aribsp; Men of all ranks hae earked iroersy, frodifferent ties, and with arious designs; but all hae been iual, and the period of debate is closed. Ar, as the st resource, decide this test; the appeal was the choice of the king, and the ti hath aepted the challenge.
It hath beeed of the te Mr. Pelha(who tho an able nister was not without his faus) that on his being attacked in the house of ons, on there, that his asures were only of a teorary kind, replied quot;THEY WILL LAST MY TIME.quot; Should a thought so fatal and unnly possess the ies in the prese, the na of aors will be reered by future geions with detestation.
The sun neer shined on a cause of greater worth. Tis not the affair of a city, a ty, a proince, or a kingdo but of a ti - of at least oh part of the habitable globe.
Tis not the of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are irtually inoled iest, and will be re or less affected, een to the end of ti, by the proceedings now.
Now is the seed-ti of tial union, faith and honour.
The least fracture now will be like a na engraed with the point of a pin oender rind of a young oak; the wound will eh the tree, and posterity read it in full grown characters.
By referring the tter frunt to ar, a new aera for politics is struck; a hod of thinking hath arisen.
All pns, proposals, bsp; prior to the eenth of April, i. e. to the e of hostilities, are like the alnacs of the st year; which, though proper then are superseded and useless now. Whateer was adanced by the adocates oher side of the questioernated in one and the sa point. iz. a union with Great-Britain: the only differeween the parties was the thod of effeg it; the one proposing force, the other friendship; but it hath so far happehat the first hath failed, and the sed hath withdrawn her influence.
As ch hath been said of the adantages of reciliation which, like an agreeable drea hath passed away a us as we were, it is but right, that we should eahe trary side of the argunt, and inquire into so of the ny terial injuries which these ies sustain, and always will sustain, by beied with, and depe o Britain: To eahat e and dependence, on the principles of nature and on seo see what we hae to trust to, if separated, and what we are to epect, if dependant.
I hae heard it asserted by so, that as Arica hath flourished under her forr e with Great Britain that the sa e is necessary towards her future happiness, and will always hae the sa effect.
Nothing be re falcious than this kind unt.
We y as well assert that because a child has thried upon lk that it is o hae at, or that the first twenty years of our lies is to bee a pret for the wenty.
But een this is adttihan is true, for I answer roundly, that Arica would hae flourished as ch, and probably ch re, had no European power had any thing to do with her. The erce, by which she hath enriched herself, are the necessaries of life, and will always hae a rket while eating is the of Europe.
But she has protected us, say so. That she has engrossed us is true, and defehe ti at our epense as well as her own is adtted, and she would hae defeurkey frothe sa tie, iz. the sake of trade and donion.
As, we hae been long led away by a prejudices, and de rge sacrifices to superstition. We hae boasted the prote of Great Britain, without sidering, that her tie was I not ATTAT; that she did not protect us froOUR ENEMIES on OUR AT, but froHER ENEMIES on HER OWN AT, frothose who had no quarrel with us on any OTHER AT, and who will always be our enees on the SAME AT.
Let Britain wae her pretensions to the ti, or the tihrow off the dependence, and we should be at peace with Frand Spaihey at war with Britain.
The series of Ha war ought to warn us against es.
It has tely been asserted in parliant, that the ies hae ion to each other but through the parent try, i. e. that Pennsylania and the Jerseys, and so on for the rest, are sister ies by the way of Engnd; this is certainly a ery round-about way of proiionship, but it is the and only true way eneship, if I y so call it.
Frand Spain neer were. nor perhaps eer will be our enees as AMERIS, but as our being the subjects of GREAT BRITAIN.
But Britain is the parent try, say so. Then the re sha upon her dubsp; Een brutes do not deour their young, nor saages ke on their falies; wherefore the assertion, if true, turns to her reproach; but it happens not to be true, or only partly so and the phrase PARENT or MOTHER TRY hath beeically adopted by the king and his parasites, with a loistical design of gaining an unfair bias on the credulous weakness of our nds. Europe, and not Engnd, is the parent try of Aribsp; This new world hath been the asylufor the persecuted loers of ciil and religious liberty froEVERY PART of Europe. Hither hae they fled, not frothe tender eraces of the ther, but frothe cruey of the nster; and it is so far true of Engnd, that the sa tyranny which droe the first egrants froho, pursues their desdants still.
In this etensie quarter of the globe, we fet the narrow lits of three hundred and sity les (the etent of Engnd) and carry our friendship on a rger scale; we cibrotherhood with eery European Christian, and triuh in the generosity of the se.
It is pleasant to obsere by what regur gradations we surunt the force of local prejudice, as we enrge our acquaintah the world. A n born in any town in Engnd diided into parishes, will naturally associate st with his fellow-parishioners (because their is in ny cases will be on) and distinguish hiby the na of NEIGHBOUR; if he et hibut a few les froho, he drops the narrow idea of a street, and salutes hiby the na of TOWNSMAN; if he trael out of the ty, a hiin any other, he fets the nor diisions of street and town, and calls hiTRYMAN, i. e. TRYMAN; but if in their fn ecursions they should associate in France or any other part of EUROPE, their local rerance would be enrged into that of ENGLISHMEN. And by a just parity of reasoning, all Europeaing in Arica, or any other quarter of the globe, are TRYMEN; fnd, Holnd, Gerny, or Sweden, when pared with the whole, stand in the sa pces on the rger scale, which the diisions of street, town, and ty do on the sller ones; distins too lited for tial nds. Not ohird of the inhabitants, een of this proince, are of English dest.
Wherefore I reprobate the phrase of parent or ther try applied to Engnd only, as being false, selfish, narrow and ungenerous.
But adtting, that we were all of English dest, what does it aunt to? Nothing. Britain, being noeinguishes eery other na and title: And to say that reciliation is our duty, is truly farcical. The first king of Engnd, of the present line (Williathe queror) was a Fren, and half the Peers of Engnd are desdants frothe sa try; therefore, by the sa thod of reasoning, Engnd ought to be goerned by France.
Much hath been said of the urength of Britain and the ies, that in jun they ght bid defiao the world. But this is re presution; the fate of war is uaiher do the epressions an any thing; for this ti would neer suffer itself to be drained of inhabitants, to support the British ar iher Asia, Africa, or Europe.
Besides what hae we to do with setting the world at defiance? Our pn is erce, and that, well atteo, will secure us the pead friendship of all Europe; because, it is the i of all Europe to hae Arica a FREE PORT. Her trade will always be a prote, and her barrenness of gold and siler secure her froinaders.
I challehe warst adocate for reciliation, to shew, a single adahat this ti reap, by beied with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge, not a single adantage is deried. Our will fetch its pri any rket in Europe, and our iorted goods st be paid for, buy thewhere we will.
But the injuries and disadantages we sustain by that e, are without nuer; and our duty to nkind at rge, as well as to ourseles, instruct us to renouhe alliance: Because, any subssion to, or depende Britain, tends directly to ihis ti in European wars and quarrels; as us at ariah nations, who would otherwise seek our friendship, and against who we hae her anger nor pint. As Europe is our rket for trade, we ought to forno partial e with any part of it.
It is the true i of Arica to steer clear of Europeaions, which she neer do, while by her dependen Britain, she is de the ke-ght in the scale of British politics.
Europe is too thickly pnted with kingdo to be long at peace, and wheneer a war breaks out between Engnd and any fn power, the trade of Arica goes to ruin, BECAUSE OF HER E WITH ENGLAND.
The war y not turn out like the st, and should it not, the adocates for reciliation now, will be wishing for separation then, because, rality in that case, would be a safer oy than a n of war.
Eery thing that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the sin, the weeping oice of nature cries, TIS TIME TO PART.
Een the dista which the Alghty hath pced Engnd and Arica, is a strong and natural proof, that the authority of the one, oer the other, was he design of Heaen. The ti likewise at which the ti was dered, adds ght to the argunt, and the nner in which it eopled increases the force of it. The refortion receded by the dery of Arica, as if the Alghty graciously ant to open a sanctuary to the Persecuted in future years, when ho should afford her friendship nor safety.
The authority of Great Britaihis ti, is a foer, which sooner or ter st hae an end: And a serious nd draw no true pleasure by looking forward uhe painful and positie i, that what he calls quot;the present stitutionquot; is rely teorary. As parents, we hae no joy, knowing that THIS GOVER is not suffitly sting to ensure any thing which we y bequeath to posterity: And by a pihod unt, as we are running the geion into debt, we ought to do the work of it, otherwise we use theanly and pitifully. In order to der the line of our duty rightly, we should take our children in our hand, and fi our station a few years farther into life; that enence will present a prospect, which a few present fears and prejudices ceal froht.
Though I would carefully aoid giing unnecessary offense, yet I aio beliee, that all those who espouse the doe of reciliation, y be included within the following descriptions.
Ied n, who are not to be trusted; weak n, who OT see; prejudi, who WILL NOT see; and a certai of derate n, who thier of the European world than it deseres; and this st css, by an ill-judged deliberation, will be the cause of re caties to this ti, than all the other three.
It is the good fortune of ny to lie distant frothe se of sorrow; the eil is not suffit brought to their doors to ke THEM feel the precariousness with which all Ari property is possessed.
But let inations transport us far a few nts to Boston, that seat of wretess will teach us wisdo and instruct us for eer to renounce a power in whowe hae no trust.
The inhabitants of that unfortuy, who but a few nths ago were in ease and affluence, hae now, no other aerhan to stay and stare, or turn and beg. Endangered by the fire of their friends if they tihiy, and plundered by the soldiery if they leae it. In their present dition they are prisoners without the hope of redetion, and in a general attack for their relief, they would be eposed to the fury of both ares.
Men of passie teers look sowhat lightly oer the offenses of Britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, quot;E, E, WE SHALL BE FRIENDS AGAIN, FOR ALL THIS.quot; But eahe passions and feelings of nkind, Bring the doe of recilia;bdo;/bdotion to the touchstone of nature, and then tell , whether you hereafter loe, honor, and faithfully sere the power that hath carried fire and sword into your nd? If yon ot do all these, then are you only deg yourseles, and by your dey bringing ruin upon posterity. Your future e with Britain, whoyou either loe nor honor will be forced and unnatural, and being ford only on the pn of present enience, will in a little ti fall into a repse re wretched than the first.
But if you say, you still pass the iotiohen I ask, Hath your house been burnt? Hath your property beeroyed before your face! Are your wife and childreute of a bed to lie on, or bread to lie on? Hae you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched surior! If you hae not, then are you not a judge of those who hae. But if you hae, and still shake hands with the rderers, then are you unworthy the na of husband, father, friend, or loer, and whateer y be your rank or title in life, you hae the heart of ward, and the spirit of a phant.
This is not infng gerating tters, but trying theby those feelings and affes whiature justifies, and without which, we should be incapable of discharging the social duties of life, or enjoying the felicities of it.
I an not to ehibit horror for the purpose of prooking reenge, but to awaken us frofatal and unnly sluers, that ursue deternately so fied objebsp; It is not in the power of Britain or of Europe to quer Arica, if she do not quer herself by DELAY and TIMIDITY. The present winter is worth an age if rightly eloyed, but if lost lected, the whole ti will partake of the sfortune; and there is no punishnt which that n will not desere, be he who, or what, or where he will, that y be the ans of sacrifig a season so precious and useful.
It is repugnant to reason, to the uniersal order of things, to all eales frofes, to suppose, that this ti longer rein subject to aernal power.
The st sanguine in Britain does not think so. The utst stretch of hun wisdoot, at this ti, pass a pn short of separation, whibsp; prose the ti een a years security. Reciliation is NOW a falcious drea
Nature hath deserted the e, and Art ot supply her pbsp; For, as Mion wisely epresses, quot;neer true ret grow, where wounds of deadly hate hae pierced so deep.quot; Eery quiet thod for peace hath been iual. Our prayers hae beeed with disdain; and only teo ince us, that nothing Batters anity, or fir obstina Kings re thaed petitioning-and nothing hath tributed re than that ery asure to ke the Kings of Europe absolute: Witness Denrk and Sweden. Wherefore, sihing but blows will do, fods sake, let us e to a final separation, and not leae the geion to be cutting throats, uhe ioted unaning nas of parent and child.
To say, they will tet it again is idle and isionary, we thought so at the repeal of the sta-act, yet a year or two undeceied us; as well y we suppose that nations, which hae been once defeated, will neer rehe quarrel.
As to goer tters, it is not in the power of Britain to do this ti justibsp; The business of it will soooo ghty, and intricate, to be naged with any tolerable degree of enience, by a power so distant frous, and snorant of us; for if they ot quer us, they ot goern us. To be always running three or four thousand les with a tale or a petition, waiting four or fie nths for an answer, which when obtained requires fie or si re to epin it in, will in a few years be looked upon as folly and childishness--There was a ti when it roper, and there is a proper ti for it to cease.
Sll isnds not capable theeles, are the proper objects for kingdo to take uheir care; but there is sothing ery absurd, in supposing a tio be perpetually goerned by an isnd. In no instah nature de the satellite rger than its priry p, and as Engnd and Arica, with respect to each other, reerses the on order of nature, it is eident they belong to different syste; Engnd to Europe, Arica to itself.
I anot induced by ties of pride, party, or reseo espouse the doe of separation and independance; I aclearly, positiely, and stiously persuaded that it is the true i of this tio be so; that eery thing short of THAT is re patchwork, that it afford no sting felicity, --that it is leaing the sword to our children, and shrinking back at a ti, when, a little re, a little farther, would hae rehis tihe glory of the earth.
As Britain hath he least ination towards a prose, we y be assured that no ter be obtained worthy the aeptance of the ti, or any ways equal to the epense of blood and treasure we hae been already put to.
The object, tended for, ought always to bear so just proportion to the epehe real of North, or the whole detestable junto, is a tter unworthy the llions ended. A teorary stoppage of trade, was an inenience, which would hae suffitly bahe repeal of all the acts pined of, had such repeals been obtained; hut if the whole ti st take up ar, if eery n st be a soldier, it is scarcely worth our while to fight against a ptible nistry only.
Dearly, dearly, do we pay for the repeal of the acts, if that is all we fight for; for in a just estition, it is as great a folly to pay a Bunker-hill price for w, as for nd. As I hae always sidered the independancy of this ti, as a, which sooner or ter st arrie, so frothe te rapid progress of the tio turity, the eenuld not be far off. Wherefore, on the breaking out of hostilities, it was not worth while to hae disputed a tter, which ti would hae finally redressed, unless we ant to be in ear; otherwise, it is like wasting ae on a suit at w, tute the trespasses of a tenant, whose lease is just epiring. No n was a warr wisher for reciliation than self, before the fatal eenth of April 1775, but the nt the eent of that day was de known, I rejected the hardened, sullen teered Pharaoh of Engnd for eer; and disdain the wretch, that with the preteitle of FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE unfeelingly hear of their sughter, and posedly sleep with their blood upon his soul.
But adtting that tters were now de up, what would be the eent? I ahe ruin of the ti. And that for seeral reasons.
FIRST. The powers of g still reining in the hands of the king, he will hae a ie oer the whole legistion of this ti. And as he hath shewn hielf su ie eo liberty. and dered such a thirst for arbitrary power; is he, or is he not, a proper n to say to these ies, quot;YOU SHALL MAKE NO LAWS BUT WHAT I PLEASE. And is there any inhabitant in Arica so ignorant as not to know, that a to what is called the PRESENT STITUTION, that this ti ke no ws but what the king gies leae to; and is there any n so unwise, as not to see, that (sidering what has happened) he will suffer no w to be de here, but such as suit HIS purpose. We y be as effectually ensed by the want of ws in Arica, as by subtting to ws de for us in Engnd.
After tters are de up (as it is called) there be any doubt, but the whole power of the will be eerted, to keep this ti as low and hule as possible? Instead of going forward we shall go backward, or be perpetually quarrelling or ridiculously petitioning.
--WE are already greater than the king wishes us to be, and will he not hereafter endeaour to ke us less? T the tter to one point.
Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to goern us? Whoeer says No to this question, is an INDEPENDANT, for independans han, whether we shall ke our own ws, or whether the king, the greatest ehis ti hath, or hae, shall tell us quot;THERE SHALL BE NO LAWS BUT SUCH AS I LIKE.quot; But the king you will say has a ie in Engnd; the people there ke no ws without his sent. In point ht and good order, there is sothing ery ridiculous, that a youth of twenty-one (which hath often happened) shall say to seeral llions of people, older and wiser than hielf, I forbid this or that act of yours to be w.
But in this pce I dee this sort of reply, though I will neer cease to epose the absurdity of it, and only ahat Engnd being the Kings residence, and Ariot so, kes quite another case. The kings ie HERE is ten tis re dangerous and fatal than it be in Engnd, for THERE he will scarcely refuse his sent to a bill for putting Engnd into as strong a state of defense as possible, and in Arica he would neer suffer such a bill to be passed.
Arica is only a sedary obje the systeof British politics, Engnd sus the good of THIS try, no farther than it answers her OWN purpose. Wherefore, her own i leads her to suppress the growth of OURS in eery case which doth not prote her adantage, or in the least interferes with it. A pretty state we should soon be in under such a sedhand goer, sidering what has happened! Men do not ge froeo friends by the aeration of a na: And in order to shew that reciliation now is a dangerous doe, I affir THAT IT WOULD BE POLI THE KING AT THIS TIME, TO REPEAL THE ACTS FOR THE SAKE OF REINSTATING HIMSELF IN THE GOVER OF THE PROVINCES; in order, that HE MAY APLISH BY CRAFT AND SUBTLETY, IN THE LONG RUN, WHAT HE OT DO BY FORD VIOLEN THE SHORT ONE.
Reciliation and ruin are nearly reted.
SEDLY. That as een the best ter, which we epect to obtain, aunt to han a teorary epedient, or a kind of goer by guardianship, whibsp; st no lohan till the ies e of age, so the general fad state of things, ieri will be uled and unprosing. Egrants of property will not choose to e to a try whose foer hangs but by a thread, and who is eery day t on the brink of otion and disturbance; and nuers of the present inhabitants would y hold of the interal, to dispense of their effects, and quit the ti.
But the st powerful of all argunts, is, that nothing but independence, i.e. a tial foer, keep the peace of the ti and presere it iniote frociil wars. I dread the eent of a reciliation with Britain now, as it is re than probable, that it will be followed by a reo sowhere or other, the sequences of which y be far re fatal than all the lice of Britain.
Thousands are already ruined by British barbarity; (thousands re will probably suffer the sa fate) Those her feelings than us who hae nothing suffered. All they NOW possess is liberty, what they before enjoyed is sacrificed to its serice, and haing nothio lose, they disdain subssion. Besides, the general teer of the ies, towards a British goer, will be like that o;cite;/citef a youth, who is nearly out of his ti; they will care ery little about her.
And a goer which ot presere the peace, is no goer at all, and in that case we pay our ney for nothing; and pray what is it that Britain do, whose power will he wholly on paper. should a ciil tu break out the ery day after reciliation! I hae heard so n say, ny of whoI beliee spoke without thinking, that they dreaded an independence, fearing that it would produce ciil wars.
It is but seldothat our first thoughts are trulrrect, and that is the case here; for there are ten tis re to dread froa patched up e than froindependenbsp; I ke the sufferers case own, and I protest, that were I drien frohouse and ho,  roperty destroyed, and circes ruihat as n, sensible of injuries, uld neer relish the doe of reciliation, or sider self bound thereby.
The ies hae ed such a spirit of good order and obedieo tial goer, as is suffit to ke eery reasonable person easy and happy on that head. No n assign the least pretence for his fears, on any rounds, than such as are truly childish and ridiculous, iz. that one y will be striing for superiority oer another.
Where there are no distins there be no superiority, perfect equality affords ation. The republics of Europe are all (and we y say always) in peabsp; Holnd and Switzernd are without wars, fn or dostibsp; Monarchical goers, it is true, are neer long at rest; the itself is a tetation to enterprising ruffians at HOME; and that degree of pride and insolence eer attendant al authority, swells into a rupture with fn powers, in instances, where a republi goer, by being ford oural principles, would iate the stake.
If there is any true cause of fear respeg independe is because no pn is yet id down. Men do not see their way out-- Wherefore, as an opening into that business, I offer the following hints; at the sa ti destly affirng, that I hae no other opinion of theself, than that they y be the ans of giing rise to sothier. uld the straggling thoughts of indiiduals bllected, they would frequently forterials for wise and able n to iroe into useful tter.
LET the asselies be annual, with a President only.
The representation re equal. Their business wholly dostid subject to the authority of a tial gress.
Let each y be diided into si, eight, or ten, e districts, each district to send a proper nuer of delegates to gress, so that each y send at least thirty. The whole nuer in gress will be at least 390. Each gress to sit and to choose a president by the followihod. When the delegates are t, let a y be taken frothe whole thirteen ies by lot, after which, let the whole gress choose (by ballot) a president froout of the delegates of that proince.
In the gress, let a y be taken by lot frotwele only, otting that y frowhich the president was taken in the fress, and so proceeding on till the whole thirteen shall hae had their proper rotation.
And in order that nothing y pass into a w but what is satisfactorily just not less than three fifths of the gress to be called a jority-- He that will prote drd, under a goer so equally ford as this, would hae joined Lucifer in his reo.
But as there is a peculiar delicacy, frowho or in what his business st first arise, and as it see st agreeable and sistent, that it should e froso interdiate body between the goerned and the goernors, that is, between the gress and the people. let a TIAL FERENCE be held, in the following nner, and for the following purpose.
A ittee of twenty-si ers of gress, iz. two for each y.
Two Meers froeach House of Assely, or Proincial ention; and fie representaties of the people at rge, to be chosen in the capital city or town of each proince, for and in behalf of the whole proince, by as ny qualified oters as shall think proper to attend froall parts of the proince for that purpose; or, if re e, the representaties y be chosen in two or three of the st populous parts thereof. In this ferehus asseled, will be uhe two grand principles of business KNOWLEDGE and POWER. The ers of gress, Asselies, or entions, by haing had eperien national s, will be able and useful sellors, and the whole, being eowered by the people, will hae a truly leg;sa;/saal authority.
The ferring ers bei, let their business be to fra a TIAL CHARTER, Or Charter of the United ies; (answering to what is called the Magna Carta of Engnd) fig the nuer and nner of choosing ers of gress, ers of Assely, with their date of sitting, and drawing the line of business and jurisdi between the (Always reering, that our strength is tial, not proincial:) Seg freedoand property to all n, and aboe all things, the free eercise ion, a to the dictates of sce; with such other tter as is necessary for a charter to tain. Iediately after which, the said fereo dissole, and the bodies which shall be chosen able to the said charter, to be the legistors;tt..t and goernors of this ti for the ti being: Whose pead happiness y God presere, An.
Should any body of n be hereafter delegated for this or so sir purpose, I offer thethe followiracts or that wise obserer on goers DRAGOI.
quot;The scequot; says he quot;of the politi sists in fig the true point of happiness and freedo
Those n would desere the gratitude of ages, who should der a de of goerhat taihe greatest suof indiidual happiness, with the least national epense. [Dragoi on irtue and rewards] But where, says so, is the King of Arica? Ill tell you.
Friend, he reigns aboe, and doth not ke haoankind like the Royal Brute of Britain. Yet that we y not appear to be defectie een ihly honors, let a day be solely set apart for prog the charter; let it be brought forth pced on the diine w, the word of God; let a be pced thereon, by which the world y know, that so far roe of narchy, that in Arica THE LAW I;s;/sS KING. For as in absolute goers the King is w, so iries the w OUGHT to be King; and there ought to be no other. But lest any ill use should afterwards arise, let the at the clusion of the y, be delished, and scattered ang the people whht it is.
A goer of our own is our natural right: And when a n seriously reacts on the precariousness of hun affairs, he will bee ihat it is infinitely wiser and safer, to fora stitution of our own in ol deliberate nner, while we hae it in our power, than to trust su ii to ti and ce.
If we ot it now, so [Thos Anello otherwise Massanello a fishern of Naples, who after spiriting up his tryn in the public rketpce, against the oppressions of the Spaniards, to whothe pce was then subject proted theto reo, and in the space of a day beca king.] Massanello y hereafter arise, who ying hold of popur disquietudes, llect together the desperate and the distented, and by assung to theeles the powers of goer, y sweep away the liberties of the ti like a deluge. Should the goer of Arica return again into the hands of Britain, the t situation of things will be a tetation for so desperate adeo try his fortune; and in such a case, that relief Britain gie? Ere shuld hear the news, the fatal business ght be done; and ourseles suffering like the wretched Britons uhe oppression of the queror. Ye that oppose independenow, ye know not what ye do; ye are opening a door to eternal tyranny, by keeping at the seat of goer. There are thousands, and tens of thousands, who would think it glorious to epel frothe tihat barbarous and hellish power, which hath stirred up the Indians and Negroes to destroy us; the cruey hath a double gui, it is dealing brutally by us, and treacherously by the
To talk of friendship with those in whoour reason forbids us to hae faith, and our affes wh a thousand pores instruct us to detest, is dness and folly. Eery day wears out the little reins of kindred between us and the and there be any reason to hope, that as the retionship epires, the affe will increase, or that we shall agree better, when we hae ten tis re and greater s to quarrel oer than eer? Ye that tell us of harny and reciliation, ye restore to us the ti that is past? ye gie to prostitution its forr iher ye recile Britain and Aribsp; The srd now is broken, the people of Engnd are presenting addresses against us.
There are injuries whiature ot fie; she would cease to be nature if she did. As well the loer fie the raisher of his stress, as the ti fie the rders of Britain. The Alghty hath inted in us these uinguishable feelings food and wise purposes.
They are the guardians of his ige in our hearts. They distinguish us frothe herd of on anils. The social pact would dissole, and justice be etirpated the earth, or hae only a casual eistence were we callous to the touches of affe. The robber, and the rderer, would often escape unpunished, did not the injuries which our teers sustain, prooke us into justice.
O ye that loe nkind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Eery spot of the old world is oerrun with oppression. Freedohath been hunted round the globe. Asia, and Africa, hae long epelled her--Eurards her like a stranger, and Engnd hath gien her warning to depart. O! receie the fugitie, and prepare in ti an asylufor nkind.
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