Which is best (supposing your case) to have a total separation, or a change of the seat of government?--It by no means follows, that promoting and advancing the landed interest in America will depress that of Britain: the contrary has always been the fact.
Franklin poses a rhetorical question about the implications of separating or relocating the government, suggesting that promoting American interests can benefit Britain as well.
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