Benjamin Franklin: “Whereas in America, men bred to close employment in their private affairs, attend with ease to those of the public, when…”

And as Canada is chiefly supported by that trade, if it could be drawn into the hands of the English (as it might be if the Indians were supplied on moderate terms, and by honest traders appointed by and acting for the public) that alone…

Each union would separately be weaker than when joined by the whole, obliged to exert more force, be oppressed by the expence, and the enemy less deterred from attacking it.

The Indian trade would be better regulated by the union of the whole than by partial unions.

But above all this, the state and circumstances of our settlements render such a measure not only proper and eligible, but absolutely necessary.