The Critical Moment, on Which the Salvation or Destruction of the British Empire Depend. Containing the Rise, Progress, Present State, and Natural Consequences of Our American Disputes
- Janus (Anonymous) (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
The Latin epigraph for this pamphlet, “he who determines any matter without hearing both sides, though he may have decided right, has not done justice” emphasizes the evenhandedness with which the author hopes to approach the incendiary American question in 1776. In great detail he examines the history of the political and economic relationship between Britain and America, then closes with a plea for acknowledgement of the sufferings of the Americans and the hope that war may be avoided.
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