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- ipc.’.ki o. “ofbeine
tjTii^^only byo.r o.vu lonient, pivun by ojr reprefcnta-
ti't” ‘ as uf a ..T> great arvaiiu^ * to us. he calls it *' the
t c'cd jai ge of liberty,” wii-lH he prays, “ may a'lMrays be
p;.lrrscd /.oiatc anJ paifcs loine very high and juft en
comiums upon it. —But pray, vs Sert is the advantagt oi
It, it perlons are appointed to repreent us without our
choice or conicnt ' At this :a’c, might not the greateft enc-
ni:e» y c hue in the world—might not thole whole iaterefts
are tiu moll iiamrtrically oppolite to oats, be chofen to re-
prcicnt us ? Nay. ir u was poiliblc that we could be repre-
fented without our own eoa/ent, would not our greatcll
enemies be the moll likely to endcaTOur to be ch ifen for
that office, for this very purpofc, that they might hayc it Ift
their power the more effe^ually to injure as. and to etalt
their own intereft upon the ruin of ours i Could iuch « right
of reprefcniation be ever defired by any lealboable —
Ari is Engli'.h liberty fuch a chimera as this! Is this the
Ti;i\c that has been the bo^il and pride of ^ngttihiiien
Mud our underflanding be mfulted in to grofs a tnanaer
Mull not the ^ amc of English Libe* tt b« the ft oft and
dcriiion of the who’e world I Was there ever a morp mon-
llrous a jiurdity to be found in tW pradice of the »i^ bar
barous nations upon earth ?—How is our glory fallen ?
The only ground and reafon why any nian Ihould be
bound by the actions of another who meddles with his con
cerns, is, that he himfelf chofe that other to the office : If
he really did thio, rhen i: is bur jail that be ihonld be bound
by the aQion ; but this cannot be if the choice be wanting,
wh.ch is the only thing that could give the right of icpre-
fenting. Thus, in the cafe of arbitrators, none have aright
to take upon them fuch an office without the choice of tKe
parties concerned; and it is that choice alone that can oblige
them to fubmit to the award. The pradice of doing ftuhnefs
by reprefentatives, was introduced for conveniency. £,very
man who haa any intereft in a place or bufinefs, has a natu
ral right to interfere in the management of iu comhm, iii
piOportloB to that intereft. But bccniife this could nihcon-
veniendy b^ done by every man in peiibn, therell|||| chi*
method of chofing one or snore perftms to reproient apd a^
for them, was adopted. As every diftiod intereftih a go
vernment ought to have its due weight in the adminiftratton
of public affisirs, ft> each of tnofe intcrefts Ihould havo the
appointment of reprelentatives, in number as near as may
be, proportiofute to their intereft in an importance to tlie
government in general. Confiftency and lanienefs of intcrclls
ought to be the rule to determine what individuals ii a Hate
ihould vote for repreienutives for that particular intmft.
The intereft of all the eledors for the fame repreienatites,
fhOnld be ftmilar and confillent, otherwife the lame peribas
could not reprefent them, nor promote the intereft of fonic,
without detriment to others. Wherever thm is fuefa'n coin-
cidance of intcrefts, all the partkalars included ip it, might
concur in the choice of the fame repreientatives, hut not
otherwise. If the interells of the eledors were dppolite,
they could not vote for the fame reprefentativesbecanfe,
by thus fetting up one intereft in oppofition to another, the
weakeft of the two would be excluded from its due mftaence
in the general aiiembly j whereas the general aftegsbly of
reprefentatives, ought to be at near as poflible an *va/> epi
tome of the whole body of the nation ; and ad as it might
rraftmably be fuppofed the nation would ad, if every in^-
vidual was duly qualiied and aded for himfelf ■■■ ■ Tho
r dM.propornon between the intereft fnbftftnig fa a
jhUti .Mft thofe in the general aftembly of the people's re*
prefcntadveB, is kept op, the better——-for this is diing
defiga'd ia the original inftitotion of reprefentattvea.
Bofion^ June 3. Our trade is in a moft de
plorable fituation, not one fifth part of Uk vef-
leli arc now employed in the Weft-IndU trade,
as Was before the late regulations; our cifli al-
moft gone before the ftamp and poft-ofl^ ads
arc «b operate; bankruptcies muitiplierf^ our
fears incrcafcd, and the friends of lib^ under
the gfeateft defpondcncy ; what thefe th^ will
end in, time only can difeover.
By letten from London we learn. That there
is not like to be any alteration with refpedtothc
Molaflcs duty this fefTion; the miniftry chufc firft
t!i iuv- Kini; “xr* -.^nt r ;
aihrm-1 by on- #. inc a iv.,
riKU it w lulj probu.c .1 vi;y jrcat lutn, at leuft
b.j,o^o!. it.rlin.; j>rr annum, .lu i that lie was
..rcviibly intormt*'.!, . ui, during the iwu firft "
months alter thf* onimrn eiiient of the ad
there had been tvilkftrd at Bofton £.14000, asul
at Charicftown £. i o,ooo ftcrling •, whereas ic*iir-
knovvn .here, that during the time afore-meillb',
oned, the whole of the collcdion did not CL
£. 1400 ftcrling. It is from hence piobablc
a certain gn at .\n>mbly ha*; been amufed
carried away with idle and falfe reports, ,
have been n* i V to cxpcifl^rcat things fronf
late regulation:, and led into meafures that nil
end will prove detrimental to Great-fifi|at^
well as her colonies. -
Wilmington, July 10.
Wc hear from Bnmfwick, thit two VeOcls *r«
our River from Bourdeaux, in Fr.ince; and alftsa
from Londoh.
A Schooner i^ arriv’d from Virginia ;)aiMl a large Vj
has been feen in the Offing. / * ..
For "p E L P H j ^
(And will fail in about 14 Days from this Date ;)
The Schooner IN D U S T R ^ V
THOMAS FISHER, Master.
F or Freight or PaOage, apply 10 faid Mafter m
lying at Wilmington ; who will agree on the mof^
realbaable TeriH>.— ■ She has good Accommodaciou fos
Paflengers. [Wilmington, fuly 8th, 176;.]
Once More!
D .-^VID brown, of mtmingtm, T«Ior^
begs of thofe who are indebted to him, m
mediate Payment: He hopea that
manity will prompt them to comply wkh this hsa
Rcqneft ; he now being at the Expmee of a thfift
meat, puHickly to aao That which he ia jnt^
^TRAY’D tway in the Night of the i8tt^ _ __
^ froin the Houfe of Evan Ellis, near Blaoih
lloufe ; A white Horfe, about 14 Hands high, nnd
cd on the Thigh with an H.— Whoever will tnhc
faid Horfe, and bring him to me Ac Subferiber, at
George Palmer’s Planution, on South-Rivnr, flidi
Twenty Shillings Reward, paid by me,
July 7th, ly^i;. DANIEL CL
N otice i$ hereby given. That I have two Urge —
ftray Horfei in my Cuftody ; each of Aem haanJ
on, one is three Years old, and branded on the mon^
Cheek Aus, a. The oAer is about twelve Years tftdl,
branded on Ae mounting Thigh thus, }. -- Wlt$
claims laid Horfes, may have Aem again, proving
perty, and paying the Expences, to -
Thomas Robeson, Junior, living in
Jane »3i,
S TRAY’D away from Samuel Suadwick, Eiq;
mington ; A bright bay Horfe, about m
high, a Star in his Forehead, with a Ronch B
Tail; has no other Brand Ala n fmaU burnt
of hia Buttocka.— --Whoever brings ||hc Aid
livers him ao Mr. janes W^lmr. foill k
Twenty Shillings Pnclamntfon Moam.
R A N away from the Aid*StradaAA, t Na
named Betty —Twenu ShtUtftgt, aa^
paid by Samuel Stredwipk, mh lo^ng her ia
npO BE-SOLD at Publick-Vead^ at
ft. under Ae Couit-Houfe, on the Pitft .
next Coenty-Court, (being TUESDAY tki
of Septembtf) A TraA oT ^yUg on the
Side of Ac Nonhweft Rkcr ; h^aeiuO at FA-
Corner; tMnce N. }tj Eafi iy6 Chains: Annct
39; thcftceS. 5j, w. t^ftChainsi thence, hf
ores of the Rrirer, 'to thO iHfft Statinn.—^ '
turntable Codbcry Prodaee, w31 be takan.ae
LIKEWISE, 'To be Sold, asftxmasnf
lalo Acres of Land on Eodt-FiA-Creek,
Weft-River; beir.g a Moiety IcF my Father,
John Bapiifia Alhe, £f^. Thomav Moi