Considerations on the dependencies of Great Britain. With observations on a pamphlet, intitled, The present state of the nation.
- Hercules Langrishe (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
In this essay, points are drawn from Irish experience to contend that the necessities claimed for taxing the colonies cannot be well founded, but “it is evident that this is not the harvest-time there for a rapacious minister.” Understanding the implicit claim looming over his own realm, the writer hoped that the English Parliament in “her wisdom” would let Americans remain “dependent in every external relation, but let them experience internal liberty, and a security in their acquisitions.”
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