Benjamin Franklin: “Some indeed among us are not so much grieved for the present state of our affairs, as apprehensive for the future.”

That it would be treating them as a conquered people, and not as true British subjects.

You are a member of that parliament, and have formed part of that majority, which has condemned my native country to destruction.

But when Britain values herself as affording us protection, we desire it may be considered, that we have followed her in all her wars, and joined with her at our own expence against all she thought fit to quarrel with.

By our greatly encreasing the demand and consumption of British manufactures, their price is considerably raised of late years; the advantage is clear profit to Britain, and enables its people better to pay great taxes; and much of it…