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Great Britain. Parliament. Commons, Great Britain Parliament Commons, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books The-Parliamentary-Register-or-History-of-the-Proceedings-and-Debates-of-the-House-of-Commons~~Great-Britain-Parliament-Commons General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ! pstural reafoning and deduction. The dependemcy of America he thought impoflible, from our iituaiioii, as w.ell a; from the nature of the object, to regain. She had joined with France in an amicable and commercial treaty. The latter had recognized her independency, and they wer both bound in gratitude to defend qne another, againft our refentment on the one hand, or our attempt to break it on, the other. If by conceffion pr coercion we attempted W recover the dependency of America, we had, the powers of France and America, and perhaps Spain, to encounter with. If we attempt to punifh Fiance for recognizing the injepent- d;ncy of America, America joins her, and we have in er ther cafe two, if not three powers to combat with. It is probable, that the greateft part of Europe will join in the recogr- nizance. Gratitude on the one hand, and obligation ou the other, will tie them in one bond, and we muft expert ence the joint efforts of all, if we attack one. Iff on the contrary, the committee agree to the motion, and recognize the independency of America, we fhall be no longer hound to punifli the European powers, who have already, or whp may do the fame: and we may probably fecure a larger (hare of the commerce of the Americans, by a perpetual alliance on afoederal foundation, much more beneficial than a nominal dependence. He could not avoid, however, lamenting to hear that language at this day ufcd in the Houfe of Corn mons?that the Americans were not in general inclined to independence. Could any thing be more diftant from pro. bability F Had we not feen every proof exhibited to the contrary ? Had not the provinces, one and all, entered into the moft folemn bond not to depart from, or refcind their vote of independency j and had not even thoufands of them, in the province of ...<

ISBN: 9780217101516

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ISBN: 9780217101516

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