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nation of theſe Meaſures and Mintſters in the late celebrated Piece, intituled, Taxation no Tyranny—wherein the Charge of Rebellion is brought Home againſt the Americans; and their Struggles for what they call Liberty, proved to be the froward Oppoſition of diſobedient Children, and rebellious Inſurrections againſt the Parent State.—We ſee all their pretended Claims to natural free-born Subjects refuted.—We are peremptorily told by Dr. Johnſon, that the Americans reſigned all Right and Title to the Name, Character, and Immunities of true-born Engliſhmen, when they inſolently fled from Oppoſition and Tyranny, which here they complained of and would not patiently endure; and that they denuded themſelves of all Rights and juſt Claims to Privilege and Protection, when their inflexible and pertinacious Folly led them to a Deſert; and that the Atlantic waſhed clear away every Relict of free Subjects.
