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porter of the government, as my former 

 publication will show ; and thought it my 

 duty to support it, so far as my labours 

 could give assistance : but disliked the idea 

 of wars ; and, for want of experience, 

 thought they might be avoided by arbitra- 

 tion. But since I have been in America, 

 I have a very different opinion of the duty 

 of a subject to his king and country ; and 

 feel that he ought to stand forward on all 

 emergences so far as the Almighty has 

 given him power : and I hope every branch 

 of my family will do so. , The necessity 

 appears evident: for although America, dur- 

 ing my abode there, was a neutral nation, it 

 was frequent in company to hear the Ame- 

 ricans say the West -Indies would be theirs; 

 they should be soon in a state to command 

 them by war. This is to me a convincing 

 proof that a government should be able and 



