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Rh advice of the great, contitutional Council of the nation; and then the King ceaed to be their father: Still the nation were their brethren, their friends: So late even as the preent year, when war was declared againt the bulk of the nation, there remained yet many of them friends; entitled to "applaue and gratitude for their patriotim and benevolence ."—At lat they perceived that thoe friends could not erve the turn expected of them; could no more miguide the nation, than deceive the King and Parliament: And now King, and Parliament, and nation, and patriots, and friends, are all involved in one common accuation; all pointed out as objects of one common odium. Still however they regret, and feelingly no doubt, that neither warnings, "nor appeals," nor "conjurations," have excited us to "diavow" what they tigmatie as "unwarrantable juridiction;" Acts of "uurpation"—to liten to what they call "the voice of jutice and conanguinity." That is, in other words, they regret mot heartily, that neither they, nor their emiaries, have been able to prevail with us to join in their rebellion. Their hopes peradventure had been anguine; their diappointment therefore may be evere. They appealed to the paions: But they had forgotten, it hould eem, that there is another appeal, to which, ooner or later, Britons do not fail to liten—An appeal to good ene.

To the good ene of my countrymen I venture to appeal. To that good ene with confidence do I ubmit the following Anwer to the Declaration. Honet, I am ure, it is; I trut, not inadequate. Were the charges of "unwarrantable juridiction," of "tyranny," of "uurpation," o boldly urged Rh