This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
This essay presents a formidable array of financial figures to assert that imperial defense necessitates the involvement of all parts of the empire for support. Because Britain’s defeated rivals had failed to raise sufficient funds, they have less debt. Having less debt, they require fewer taxes, giving them an advantage which will allow them to recover sooner. Thus “present safety cannot be had without an expensive peace establishment,” and such an “establishment prevents relief from taxes.”
The text presents a distinctive set of views, excoriating both Josiah Tucker and Samuel Johnson, the first for countenancing the idea of setting the colonies free; the second for attempting to enslave them. The argument contends instead for the old “mixed government, or constitution of England,” and a well-regulated commercial policy, rather than Tucker’s proposal of free trade with the world: “Now who is it that reads this…but must suppose you to be the consul elect of Russia?”
This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.
