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there had been no Complaints. But admitting the Law Bur-
thensome was not the Cyder Tax a heavy Burthen on particu-
lar Countys & yet Enforced for the General good of the Com-
munity.
The Objections for want of Representation were absurd.
Who were affected by the Dutys on Hardware but the people
of Manchester Bermingham and Leeds and how were they
represented ?
But Supposing the Act lyable to Exceptions was this a time
to Discuss them? When the Pretender was at Derby Did
you then Enter upon a tame Consideration of Grievances?
The present Rebellion was more unnatural & not less Noto-
rious than that of 1745; The Kings Governors had been
hanged in Effigie, his Forts & even General beseiged, & the
Power of the Civil Magistrate annulled or totally Suspended.
Would you remain Inactive till the Kings Governors were
hanged in earnest ? Were the Legislature always to be Dic-
tated to in Riot & Tumult? the Weavers were at your doors
last year because you would not Pass a Law to please them:
the Americans are this year up in Arms because they do not
like what you have Passed. Suppose the House on Fire &
through the unskilfulness or unwillingness of the Firemen no
Endeavours used to Stay the Flames. Were the Legislature
to wait till it was burnt down before they Interposed? Were
they to see the Infection Spreading & not endeavour to Stop
the Contagion? No matter what or whence the Spark, the
Combustible nature of the matter created the danger. The
Speech & Address were equally Flimzy. might be Construed
to Shew the Parliament afraid or in doubt, and would give
Spirits to the Riots unless Checked by the Amendment.
Prindpiis obsta. First Suppress the Rebellion & then
Enquire into the Grievances If any there are.
The opposition given to the Law by the Assemblys of
America was known many months since. Why was not the
Parliament sooner called ? A late Act had given Power to
Summon them on 14 Days Notice in cases of Rebellion or
other Emergency Why now called to do nothing; what
occasion for Papers when there is a Notoriety Sufficient to
found the Amendment, & that Amendment determines nothing
further than that Government will be Supported. Will you
not know what is known by every Merchant on the Exchange
of London? Do you want a full Parliament before you give
Orders to Suppress a Riot ?
When the late Administration left the helm Several Import-
ant Negotiations were in a happy train & bad fair in due time
for a Satisfactory conclusion. We have since heard of Spirited
Representations to Foreign Courts and We have heard of as
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