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- lmcreu anu lmiucntc in r.nmanu, in enueavouriri
iK ro promote tne rroipenty
this Colony by every Nleanrin -his Power, confiftem with his Duty to his Kink
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ana country ; anu niouiu tninK nimieit nanDV; in diio avinr? that JJutv. it he ,
1 at the. lame I imc cohtribute.'to theSetvice ot his Maieltv'j
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l ie mentioned, and with Moderation cenfured. the Gondubf fonie of. thc V
v polonies, where: the Officers dflt he Cjjpwn Jiad been infulted, thaf :Houres pui-T
ZT :.0WJPr -their furniture and Erfts defhove J
. 'aded by burning the" Stampr-Par ta
. lopes that no Violence ot" that Sort mitbeattempted, inlC
jndthe dintgreeable Contequence which mirattetid them. The parliamentary. :
vigiu of Taxation, he faid, he would by notMam!s at that Time entei into the -" '
Dilcufiioa of, but hoped thatnone in this Ipf&ince were defirous of dcllrov-
inrr tn " 'Tfwndanrp nn the Mnr htr Cntimrv
therefore ftronoly urced the
Prudence of not oppofing the Legiflature of Great-Britain. He took Notice, of
Ihrlmpoffibilit
where the whole Cafh of the Country would Scarcely pay a fin gle Year of the
Tax , and declared his Intention of 'repTcfenung at Home our Circumftarices,' in
fuch a Marineir, that wc might reafohabiy expert, whether the Adt was repealed
or hot, "a' favourable Colony, unlefs his En-
deavoursere,fru(lrated-by-ihe"Conducl: of-the People. He enrorced his Obfer-"
vation by expatiating on the Advantage which we fliould receive on a Submiflion
to the A61, by-carrying on an extenfive Commerce, while our Rival Colonies on
the Continent, by their' Kefufal of the Stamps, hd entirely; obftrudted their own
Tradej:iAnd as afurtherJnducemeht.to the Reception df-'the fmall-Stamps,-his
Excellency generouQy offered to pay, himlelL tfie -whole Duty arifing on any In
itruments executed oh ilampt Paper; on whiche mould have any Perquifite or
Fee-,, fuch as' Warrants and Patents for Land Teftimonjalsv.Injundtions in
Chancery Licences for Marriages Lettersof Admiriiftfationiand Teftamcnt
ary , with four Wine' Licences for eachjaf the Towns orEdenton, Newbern,
Wilmington, Salifbury and Halifax ; two for ; Bfunfwick and Crols-Crfek y and
for Bath and Tarborough, one Licence each. ' . -
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On thefc Propofals, the Gentlemen, after retiring to confider them, waited on
his Excellency the next Morning, with tlie': following ADDRESS :
.SIR,
!TVH.E Gentlemen to whom your Excellency was pleafed to communicate
, your Sentiments, Yellrday, rclating.;to the Stamp-Act, unanimoufly beg
Leave to return their, moll hearty Thanks ahd'AcknQwJcdgments for the obliging
Manner in which your Excellency exprefs ypur'Dcxc of rcndcrlng.this ProvincCi.
all the important Services in your Power. ,
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