206 November 1748, 



the EngKJh, it would feem very eafy for them to 

 get the better of the French in America* 



IT is however of great advantage to the crown 

 of England, that the North American colonies are 

 near a country, under the government of the 

 French, like Canada. There is reafon to believe 

 that the king never was earneft in his attempts 

 to expel the French from their pofferTions there ; 

 though it might have been done with little diffi- 

 culty. For the Englifh colonies in this part of 

 the world have increaiied fo rnuch in their num- 

 ber of inhabitants, and in their riches, that they 

 almoft vie with Old England. Now in order to 

 keep up the authority and trade of their mother 

 country, and to anfwer feveral other purpcfes, 

 they are forbid to eftablifh new manufactures, 

 which would turn to the difad vantage of the 

 Britlfh commerce : they are not allowed to dig 

 for any gold or filver, unlefs they fend them to 

 England immediately : they have not the liberty 

 bf trading to any parts that do not belong to the 

 Britifli dominions, excepting fome fettled places; 

 and foreign traders are not allowed to fend their 

 fhips to them. Thefe and fome other reftrio 

 tions, occafiori the inhabitants of the Englljh co- 

 lonies to grow leis tender for their mother coun- 

 try. This "jcoldnefs is kept up by the many fo- 

 reigners, fuch as Germans, Dutch* and French, fet- 

 tled here, and living among the Englijl, who 

 commonly have no particular attachment to Old 



* THIS has really happened by a greater union and exertion 

 of power from the colonies and the mother country ; fo that Ca- 

 nada has been conquered, and its pofTefilon has been confirmed to 

 Great Britaiu. in the lail peace. Jr. 



