nce, Union, and Alliance in _Europe_, and
absolute Necessity obliges them to fix these perpetually in _Great
Britain_. Upon which, as upon a Stock, they are ingrafted, spring forth,
blossom and bear Fruit abundantly, and being once lop'd off from it,
they would soon wither and perish; thus is it the Interest and Safety,
as well as the Duty and Inclination of the Inhabitants of our
Plantations, always to be subservient to the Government of _England_, by
which they are planted, protected, supported, assisted, and encouraged.

'Tis true indeed, that the _Roman_ Colonies, so famous and flourishing
of old, are long ago all quite extinct; but then this is to be
attributed to the Decline and Destruction of the _Roman_ Empire it self,
and had that continued, in all Probability _England_ it self had still
been a _Roman_ Colony, as it once was; but when the _Romans_ forsook
_England_, then _England_ soon disowned _Rome_, being obliged to apply
for Succour to the _Saxons_, afterwards to the _Danes_, and afterwards
being brought to the _Norman_ Establishment; from whence it has
wonderfully and gradually advanced its own Grandeur, Wealth, Dominions
and Trade, to its present immense and glorious Bulk; in which thriving
and flourishing Course may it still prosperously proceed in the present
Establishment in Church and State, till Time it self shall have an End.

The _Roman_ Colonies were for the greatest Part inhabited by the Nations
to whom the Countries belonged before the Approach of the _Roman_
Legions, who first subdued them, and then made them as Slaves rather
than Fellow Subjects; so that when the Forces that kept them in Awe and
Slavery were removed, they then readily embraced the joyful Opportunity
of recovering their antient Rights and Laws, and reassuming their old
Religions and Liberties, and rescuing themselves and their Country from
Slavery and Bondage, wherewith they had been captivated by the _Roman_
Conquests.

But in our Colonies and Plantations the Case is vastly different; we
have there few or none of the _Indian_ Inhabitants intermix'd with us;
the Country is capacious enough for our Reception in the Islands and
along the Coasts, and there is sufficient Room for the _Indians
backwards_ upon the Continent. Our Colonies are all inhabited for the
most Part by _Britons_ and _Irish_; their Trade and Interest, Customs,
Laws, and Religion are agreeable to, or the same with ours; neither is
there any Necessity for Fleet