Author: Josiah Tucker

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780483198920

Excerpt from Four Tracts on Political and Commercial Subjects Preface. Xiii Country, the more heavy would the Bur dens grow upon the latter, and the greater would be the Opportunities for the artful and defigning Men of both Countries to irritate and inflame the giddy, unthinking Populace; tho' he admitted, I fay, and allowed all thefe Premifes, he could not come at the Conclufion: For he Ptartled as much at the Idea of a Separation, as if he had feen a Speetre And the Notion of parting with the Colonies entirely, and then making Leagues of F riendfhip with them as with fo many independent States, was too enlarged an Ideafor a Mind wholly occupied within the narrow Circle of Trade, and a Stranger to the Revolutions of States and Empires, thoroughly to comprehend, much lefs to digef'r. In Confequence of this, I was obliged, as the Reader will fee towards the Conclu fion, to give the Argument fuch a Turn, as expreffed rather a cafual Threat to feparate, than a fettled Projeet of doing it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.