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: The KorthJaroIha. M A G A Z I N E, .for .-17633 110 meant a revolt, nothing is further from their "nature, their intereft, their thoughts. U a defection from the ato of the mother coun try be fuggefted, it ought to. be, and ean be truly faM, that their fpirit .abhors the ferife of fuch their attachment to. ther pJofeftanr fuc ceffion in the houfe of-Hanover,-will-evcr "Kn-aWpd.;--It is a more artful and dange rous way of attacking our liberties, than to charge us with being in open rebellion. -That. . could, be confuted inftantly ; but th is feeming ; indirect way of charging the colonies, with a delire of throwing off, their dependency,., re duires more pains to confute it than the other, thtretore it has oeen retuncu u. wui. is,; Gentlemen have had departments in Ame- a,A . . h Tto u n -m n d n o t h i n e can eradicate. mechanical, affedion to Great-iintam, w men rr The ' ,e have b they conceive under noother fcnfr, nor cal by 2cred URJzthzd Pr 2Tiy" other" name than tnat ot J ( nriTmeafures. They have been reprefent- fukftion,,therefore,,is a fnd nA rmrfmtpA as afciriris after, mde X . 1 T 1 1 A t of a The inconhltency ot tnis iieavc.... - Did that the loyalty of the colonies has never - been fufpeded ; this muft be reitriaed to a lull fufnicion. For it feems there nave long V r r . da mtrwfc been srounuieis lutpicioub 01 ua m of individuals. And there have always been thofe who have endeavoured to magnify thefe chimerical fears. I find Mr. Dummer . com plaining of this manyears fince. " There is, iaysJie one thing more I have heard often u rged againft the. charter colonics, and indeed 'tis what one meets with from people of all conditio and qualities, tho!iwith.duerje(pea. to their better judgments, I can fee neither rea fon nor colour for it. 'Tis laid that their increa TingnmnberTand wealthrjoined "to theiri great diftance from Britain,: will give them an op portunity, in the courfe of fome years, to throw off their, dependence on the nation, and declare themfelvcs a free flate, if not curb d m time,' by being rndc entirely fubjeff to the crown." . ' : ' ,. , e This jealoufy has been fo long talked of, that many Teem to believe it really well ground 1. Not that there is danger of a " revolt , for to the Kinc: and Parliament tKv Viavp hpn ever fubmiflive and obedient. ' S TKefc gobd peopie of England fwallow with as much eafe, as they would-a other ftory of a cock and a bull r and the worlt; of it is, among tome of the moft credulous, . have been found Stars ahd-Garters. However, they may all reft affured, the Colonifts, who do not pretend to underftand themfelves fo well as the people of England, tho the author of the Adminiltration makes them the fine Compliment, to fay, they know their bu "fifitfs nultteT,,, yet will never think of independericy. vv.ere tney inciincu 10 h. they know the blood and the treafure it would coft, if ever effeded and when done, it would be a thoufand to one if their liberties did not fall a facrifice to the viclor. - We iU think ourfelves.happv under Great Britaim VVe love, ettcem andHeverence our mother country,, and adore 'our King. And could the choice of independency be offered the colonies, or "fubjeflt.ion to Great-Britain upon any - terms above abfolute (livery,, Hm the.v would accent the latter. The cd. Not that there Ift W SrK undutifuU till dri ven to Jt, as the lall fatal re- or torce, mui.ui;?r. m;nift...ris.l oVinreffiohr wh ch will deed", of an independent iegiflature. This, I think, would be a revolting wun a 'iSwvw. V hat higher revolt can there.be, than for a province to affume the right of an independent legifiative, or' ftate ? F muft therefore think this a greater afperfion On the Colonilts, than to charge them with a delign to revolt, in the " Xehfe" to wbjch'tBc .'GcnUcmin" allow sibey have fort again ft minifteriaropreffiott; which will make the wueitmaa, ana ine wearicu iuuii The(oionies are-- and always jicbggn. entirely fubjedl to the crovvn,,, in the legal fenfc of the terms. But if afiy politician of experience, mifled to. be meddling, . means, bv curbing tl)-cglonie-in tirne" and bX 4 '- : - - vvi -.--'"bcing- ..u.-e X .'-5
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