That happy Union that is Established between the King and his People under the British Constitution, has so closely connected their Mutual Interests, that whatever tends to the advancement of the peace and prosperity of the People, it may be Humbly presumed will be a Good reason why it should meet with his Majestyes approbation and Encouragement, but it is Conceived that the passing that Law, will tend as much to Advance the Interest of his Majestyés Crown, as the welfare of His people if it be Considered that the Scituation of this Colony is in the very Heart of the British Dominions in America, that it Contains a passage from the Ocean almost all the way by water, to the most -- distant Nations of Indians, which lye Northward of the Bay of Mexico. It is near to Canada once the seat of a dangerous Enemy, and now its rival in the ffur trade, which is of so much Importance to Great Brittain that Pts in the neighborhood of a People Extremly Jealous of its Interests, and ever watchfull to seize on every Advantage for the Extension of their settlements

upon the Lands undoubtedly belonging to the British Crown - (witness the late Settlements, of the ffrench at Crown Point, and Niagara, and thei late attemps to get a ffooting in the Cinekes Country). That a fatal blow will be given to this British Interest both in Europe and America, if this Country should ever fall into the hands of the ffrench, these and many other weighty considerations, makes the welfare & prosperity of this Colony, of the last Consequence to the Crown of Great Brittain, it is generally Acknowledged, that not one Plantation in America has greater Advantages than this with respect to the fertility of its