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gally, and full as effectually, provided for and
supported.
With regard to the second assertion, that these
colonies were protected in their injant state by England,
 it is a notorious fact that, in none of the many
wars with the Indian natives, sustained by our infant
 settlements for a century after our first arrival,
were ever any troops or forces of any kind sent from
England to assist us; nor were any forts built at her
expense, to secure our seaports from foreign invaders;
nor any ships of war sent to protect our trade till
many years after our first settlement, when our commerce
 became an object of revenue, or of advantage
to British merchants; and then it was thought necessary
 to have a frigate in some of our ports, during
peace, to give weight to the authority of customhouse
 officers, who were to restrain that commerce
for the benefit of England. Our own arms, with our
poverty, and the care of a kind Providence, were all
this time our only protection; while we were neglected
 by the English government; which either
thought us not worth its care, or having no goodwill
 to some of us, on account of our different sentiments
 in religion and politics, was indifferent what
became of us.
On the other hand, the colonies have not been
wanting to do what they could in every war for annoying
 the enemies of Britain. They formerly assisted
 her in the conquest of Nova Scotia. In the
war before last, they took Louisburg, and put it
into her hands. She made her peace with that
strong fortress restoring it to France, greatly to

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