Excerpt from Select Letters on the Trade and Government of America: And the Principles of Law and Polity, Applied to the American Colonies HE letters mbich are now fubmitted to the pub lie, were written-between the years 1763 and 1768 by Governor Bernard, who was at that time go vernor of Maficbzgfetr Bay, and had a principal part in the proceedings which gave occafion for them. A little before that time an ac? Of parliament was paired for railing money in America by a fiamp duty, and bringing it into the Exchequer of England; without due confide; ration being had of. The Praeticability of fnch (cheats, or of the Propriety of it if it was praeticable. At this time America was 'jufl recovering herfelf from a wan, in which the bald tborne a principal and burdenfome part and therefore was a very unfit (ubjeet for a pre ifent Taxation. E But what lhould' have prevented a Taxation at that time was, ithat her governing powers were not fitted or able'to carry into execution'that, or any ordinance of Parliament that, was like to be difputed. There was no fixed idea of the Relation between Great Britain and America; not one of the Governments there had, what: not one oftthem fltould have been without, a Parana l 21 [l 11 3, menfary Confiitution. And therefore it is not to be won dered at, that when they were called upon to pay money to the order of Parliament, they lhould anfwer, We know not what is the Relation between, you ahfi us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.