e of the Subject,
as in the Power and Riches of the Prince; Regard being to be had as well
to the Circumstances of the one, as the other. Now the Advancement of
Trade and Manufactures in the Plantations in the highest Degree respects
both the Sovereign and the Subject, in which both the publick and
private Interest is deeply engaged; therefore should the Plantation
Trade and Manufactures be set upon the best Footing imaginable; be
carried on strenuously to the best Advantage; and be granted all
reasonable Favour, Protection, and Encouragement. They are Branches and
chief Members, why then may they not continue justly to partake of the
same Privileges and Advantages that are enjoyed by _England_, which may
truly be esteemed their Head, to which they are inseparably joined, as
being essential Parts of the same _Body Politick_? I need not relate the
Fable of the Head and Members, for every one knows the Moral inferred
from it; how that unless the Members travel and labour for the Service
of the Head and Body, and the Head contrives, and the Body conveys
Nourishment and Sustenance to the Members, the whole Fabrick, both Head,
Body, and Members would soon perish, and moulder to Dust. I presume that
the Application of this to _Great Britain_, and our Trade and
Plantations may not be altogether improper.

There can be no Room for real Apprehension of Danger of a Revolt of the
Plantations in future Ages: Or if any of them should attempt it, they
might very easily be reduced by the others; for _all of them_ will
never unite with one another; for though all the Plantations agree in
this, that they all belong to, and depend entirely upon _Great Britain_;
yet they have each Views different from one another, and as strenuously
pursue their separate Interests, by various and distinct Methods.
Besides, they can't possibly be without _Great Britain_, to which they
owe their being at first made Colonies; and afterwards have been always
supported, maintained and employed by it. They can't live without this
_Mart_ for their Manufactures and Market, for Supply of Goods that they
want; where they have a great Interest, from whence they are descended,
to which they are united by Blood, Religion, Language, Laws, and
Customs, and also they have and may always expect to find greater
Favour, Encouragement, and Protection in _England_, than from any other
Nation in the World. The Plantations cannot possibly subsist without
some Trade, Corresponde