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NHG-P.768.044
28 Oct 1768:11,12 (629)
London, August 17, 1768. From the St. James's Chronicle,
August 4. . . [79 lines, 7 lines about the Stamp Act and the
divisions it caused between Britain and the Colonies]
Had I the trumpet of an angel I would sound, O Britons go
not to war with one another!
Submission by force can be of no more service than the
forcing submission. Our mutual advantages depend upon our
harmony with each other; and not by submitting without
conviction, or inflicting punishments where there is no real
transgression. We are a great people here: They are a
great people in America. What can we get by making them
submit?
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