The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1778-04-30

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Let inaeai OF aa opprejion but thi, tne
Ill. Affected there. and perions concerned in
. eon'raoand trade, endesvoured to repre-.
TENT II as monopoly that in fome h and
bills that were icattered about at Boiion.
even iupp-ied that he had taken IF the
American three pence per pound duty, and
thar even on tat lupPoition, the d.iahest.
ed exsiisd the people TO a tum alt, upon a
piincipie totally ditinet fom all idea of
taxauon. That therefore. a. he had ne.
yer meant t4xaIion as hi. objea in the lali
tea act, 10 neithef did he in his conciliato.
~ P,oPoht'on, bat Ia the latter conGdered
Moaiy Is a means OF union and good apree.
ment between the two countrie, thar
therefore, IN what he wa, guinc to Pro pofe,
he Wa u"ihrm and confident.
Oae OF the bills he propoGed to move for
was toqa'es America upon the fubcS of
taxation, Aad to ,emsve all Tears, real or
P,sIeadei. OF railiament's ever attem mp,jng
" tx tnen agai and to take away ali
exereiie Of the right i,felf in future, 70 far
As regarded rtve.ue that az to the other
pAUcai-rs In controversy, he oblerved,
that The Americans had de6red repeal of
a, the acts psGsd hnse 1868: that ,hi,
eou not, however. be iuppoied to mean
any mNie than thofe .ets which hsd, in
iv,ne va or Other, PhG>d On them: for.
that loa'e which had pAaed in 100 were
bsneaciAl, aud iuch as they themielves
would couhier IN thAt light, being the
gtanting bouMues and premiums, or the
yeiaxs ION OF iormef hatuses that had been
g,ivsous to them. That as to the late acts.
iach as the Msifaehuietts Charter. the Fin.
cry, sad the Piohi6itory Bills. as the, were
the effe6 OF the qaaIiei, fhould cea!e and
that ~ TO cohp, lxihts of matters Of a vari-
oas Datu,e, authority hoUld he given 10
ie.tls them to tn, iatlstaetion OF America.
That all th. te matters, coniifing ofa
sreas vafiely would be better left TO the
d,,cufion OF Cons ilioners, than to be eas.
bliihed here by aa Of Parliame Mt, or BY
explicit powe's given for each ipec,fic pre-.
tence tor tia the Americans 10 the ne.
eocia,ion would eop6der every conceflion
made actually hese, 10 be part Of the ha-
is OF the treaty, and never 20 be recedSd
tom. and would accumulate new demands
upon that. therefore, as eve y thing of that
kid might be vsriou0y modified ~ agree.
nent, he was for leaving the whole to
CommiGioners.
That the. eommif8oncrs formerly ap
/, poin,ed had very large powers. 70 indeed
he underRood thote powers. But that
- Others ieemed 20 etnGGer them as moe
Jinit,ed than in reality they were. he ihould
take care now to be very explicit. and he
would give th.m full powers to treat,
e.fes(s, and conclude upon every point
wha,ever. That a. fome difhcaitie, had
s'ifea about the power given 70 the com
4 a,aioner., tfueatipg with the Coog,eh by
Z name, ne wosld now EN- owe that ciflieul.
y. BY empowering and enabling the com.
hifionst 10 treat with the Congrel,, as If
!, were legal body, gd would 10 fer give
Il au,heu,itity as to fappoie It's acts and
eonce0ions v uld bind America. That
they III uId have power, to treat with any
Of the Provincial <nemtliss uron fheis
pre- ens eoniti u,ion. and wi b any ineivi.
dual: IN heir prefeni civil eapscitie. or nj
hsa'y tommsrds with General Wafhinp.
ses, OF afy ohe' ohicer. Whenever .hey
thought il Ieqoifhe 70 o,der q iu 'penfon
~ aras.
= Th,i they fiould hs-e pox er to f.f
l'ed ,he oPsrtior Of oil ls~,. 1ha, thsy
Mos'd rave . power cf fgrsA.inp eli for,s
"paidoa', imr ua,iss sad rewards. TIA,