pain; and expoſed, if incurably tainted, to amputation, by which the body likewiſe will be mutilated.
The Mother-country always conſiders the Colonies thus connected, as parts of itſelf; the proſperity or unhappineſs of either is the proſperity or unhappineſs of both; not perhaps of both in the ſame degree, for the body may ſubſiſt, though leſs commodiouſly, without a limb, but the limb muſt periſh if it be parted from the body.
Our Colonies therefore, however diſtant, have been hitherto treated as conſtituent parts of the Britiſh Empire. The inhabitants incorporated by Engliſh Charters, are entitled to all the rights of Engliſhmen. They are governed by Engliſh laws, entitled to Engliſh dignities, regulated by Engliſh counſels, and protected by Engliſh arms; and it ſeems to follow by con-
