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AN
HUMBLE ADDRESS
AND
EARNEST APPEAL
TO
THOSE RESPECTABLE PERSONAGES
IN GREAT-BRITAIN AND IRELAND,
WHO,
BY THEIR GREAT AND PERMANENT INTEREST
IN LANDED PROPERTY,
THEIR LIBERAL EDUCATION, ELEVATED RANK,
AND ENLARGED VIEWS,
ARE THE ABLEST TO JUDGE, AND THE FITTEST TO DECIDE,
WHETHER A
CONNECTION WITH, OR A SEPARATION FROM
THE
CONTINENTAL COLONIES OF AMERICA,
BE MOST FOR THE NATIONAL ADVANTAGE, AND THE
LASTING BENEFIT OF THESE KINGDOMS.
Suis et ipsa Roma viribus ruit. Hor.
BY JOSIAH TUCKER, D. D.
DEAN OF GLOCESTER.
GLOCESTER:
PRINTED BY R. RAIKES;
AND SOLD BY
T. CADELL, in the STRAND, LONDON.
M.DCC.LXXV.
AN HUMBLE ADDRESS, &c.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
hough the Author of the ensuing Tract may be below your Notice, as anIndividual, yet the Subject he treats upon, highly deserves your mostserious Attention. In the present unhappy Disputes between theParent-State and the Colonies, he undertakes to point out, what Measuresthe Landed-Interest of Great-Britain and Ireland ought to pursue infuture, for the Sake of themselves and their Posterity. And if what he hasto offer, should, after a due Examination, be found to be reasonable,solid, and satisfactory, he relies so much on your own good Sense andJudgment, as to believe, that you will not reject his Plan, merely becauseit originated from an inferior Hand. This is all the Favour he asks, orexpects from you.
[Pg 4]Upon this Subject, he waves the Consideration of every Thing, which mighthave a Tendency to keep the present Question out of Sight. Great-Britainand her Colonies are now at open War. This is the Fact. But if it shouldbe asked, How these Things came to pass? From what Causes did they spring?Which are the real, and which are the apparent Motives in thisControversy? Moreover, who were originally and principally to blame? Andwhat Methods ought to have been taken at first, in order to have preventedMatters from coming to their present Height?—The Author having alreadygiven his Sentiments on each of these Heads in his 3d, 4th, and 5thpreceding Tracts, and also in his Letter to Mr. Burke< BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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