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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 Eng- 
land, it is a notorious fact that, in none of the many 
wars with the Indian natives, sustained by our in- 
fant 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 com- 
merce became an object of revenue, or of advantage 
to British merchants; and then it was thought neces- 
sary to have a frigate in some of our ports, during 
peace, to give weight to the authority of custom- 
house 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 neg- 
lected by the English government; which either 
thought us not worth its care, or having no good- 
will to some of us, on account of our different senti- 
ments 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 an- 
noying the enemies of Britain. They formerly as- 
sisted 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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