ABSTRACT
Peace, harmony and friendship, especially between kingdoms, and more emphatically still between the different parts and members of the same kingdom, are certainly objects of the highest consequence, never to be despaired of, and always to be preserved and cultivated with the utmost application. This chapter discusses three inquiries: First, Whether the colonies should not be allowed to enjoy the same political privileges and advantages with the mother-county. Secondly, Whether the frame and model of the British constitution is such, as practically to admit thereof in respect of America. Thirdly, Whether, in case that should be found impracticable, such a form of government should not be established there, as shall appear most unexceptionable, and will best secure to the colonies their just rights and natural liberties. An empire should pay equal attention to all its parts; and, if there is any difference, the most distant demand the greatest, at least in point of policy, if not of justice.
