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t asserted by so, that as arica hath flourished under her forr e with great britain that the sa e is necessary towards her future happiness, and will always have the sa effect.

nothingbe re fallacious than this kind unt.

we y as well assert that because a child has thrived upon lk that it is o have at, or that the first twenty years of our lives is to bee a pret for the wenty.

but even this is adtting re than is true, for i answer roundly, that arica would have flourished as ch, and probably ch re, had no european power had any thing to do with her.the erce, by which she hath enriched herself, are the necessaries of life, and will always have a rket while eating is theof europe.

but she has protected us, say so.that she has engrossed us is true, and defehe ti at our expense as well as her own is adtted, and she would have defeurkey frothe sa tive, viz.the sake of trade and donion.

alas, we have been long led away by a prejudices, and de large sacrifices to