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of being received as a favor? And whether, when all 
parts of an empire exert themselves to the utmost in 
their common defence, and in annoying the common 
enemy, it is not as well the paris that protect the 
whole, as the whole that protects the parts? The 
protection then has been proportionably mutual. 
And whenever the time shall come, that our abilities 
may as far exceed hers, as hers have exceeded ours, 
we hope we shall be reasonable enough to rest satis- 
fied with her proportionable exertions, and not think 
we do too much for a part of the empire, when that 
part does as much as it can for the whole. 
The charge against us, that we refuse to contribute 
to our own protection, appears from the above to be 
groundless; but we further declare it to be absolutely 
false; for it is well known that we ever held it as our 
duty to grant aids to the crown, upon requisition, 
towards carrying on its wars; which duty we have 
cheerfully complied with to the utmost of our abil- 
ities; insomuch that frequent and grateful acknowl- 
edgments thereof, by king and Parliament, appear on 
the records. But as Britain has enjoyed a most 
gainful monopoly of our commerce, the same, with 
our maintaining the dignity of the king's representa- 
tive in each colony, and all our own separate estab- 
lishments of government, civil and military, has ever 
hitherto been deemed an equivalent for such aids as 
* Supposed to allude to certain passages in the journals of the House 
of Commons on the 4th of April, 1748; 28th of January, 1756; 3d of 
February, 1756; 16 and 19 of May, 1757; 1st of June, 1758; 26th and 
3oth of April, 1759; 26th and 31st of March, and 28th of April, 1760; 
oth and 20th of January, 1761; 22d and 26th of January, 1762; and 
14th and 17th of March, 1763. 
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