An Appeal From the New to the Old Whigs in Consequence of Some Late Discussio
An Appeal From the New to the Old Whigs in Consequence of Some Late Discussio
Burke
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' This caufc of the -war from him I have heard of for the firft time. It is true that thofe who ftimulated the nation to that meafure, did frequently urge this topic. They contended, that the Americans had from the begin- ning aimed at independence j that from the begin- ( 37 ) ning they meant wholly 'to throw off the authority \ of the crown, and to break their connexion with ' the parent country. This Mr. Burke never believed. / When he moved his fecond conciliatory propofition in the year 17...76, he entered into the difcufiion of this point at very great length ; and from nine fe- veral heads of preemption, endeavored to prove the charge upon that people not to be true. If the principles of all he has faid and wrote on the occafion, be viewed with common tem- per, the gentlemen of the party will perceive, that on a fuppofition that the Americans had re belled merely in order to enlarge their liberty, Mr. Burke would have thought very differently o the American caufe. What might have been in the ffecret thoughts of fome of their leaders it is im- Vpoflible to fay.
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