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 of government tolerably suitable to the cafe before him; because, in this, as in many other things, there is but one right, though very many wrong methods of proceeding; and the doctor has unfortunately forgot to state the only right proposition, upon the subject in question, that can be admitted consistently with the necessary principles abovementioned of Law, Equity, and sound Politics; viz. to do justice to our brethren of America; that is, to govern them according to the established Principles of the English Constitution, and known Laws of the Land, and candidly to acknowledge their unalienable right to the same happy privileges by which the liberties of the mother-country have hitherto been maintained; the most essential of which is the privilege of paying no other taxes than what are voluntarily granted by the people or their legal representatives in general councils or parliaments.

Dr. -- is inexcusable