But granting, that this Branch of the Revenue is considerable, nay that it is _very_ considerable; yet there are a few unlucky Questions to be asked on this Head, which it will puzzle Mr. BURKE and all his Adherents to answer in such a Manner, as would do any Credit, or Service to their Cause. For Example; has the _English_ Legislature done any Thing towards favouring this _American_ Tobacco-Trade, and raising it up to its present Height? Yes, it has; _England_ has granted a Monopoly to the _Americans_ against herself, by severely prohibiting, in several Acts of Parliament, the Cultivation of Tobacco in _England_: So that at the worst, we have one Remedy still in reserve, viz. the taking off this Prohibition, should the _Americans_ be so wrathfully-minded as to resolve never to sell us any more Tobacco. On this Ground therefore I still proceed; and as the Friends of Mr. BURKE (if not he himself) are so very forward in exclaiming against the Restraints and Hardships, under which they pretend, that _America_ has so long groaned;--I ask, why are they so totally silent concerning the many Restraints and Discouragements, which _England_ also hath long and patiently suffered in order to enrich _America_? And where is the Candor, or Impartiality of such a Conduct? Again,--if we have granted the _Americans_ this Monopoly, in order to encrease their Trade, and so cause their Provinces to flourish; what Effects hath it produced, in regard to the Sum Total of our own Revenue? And what is the Amount of the whole Duty on Tobacco? Is it equal to the Duties paid on the simple Article of Tea,--or of Wines and Brandies;--or in short of mere Fruit for our Mince-Pies, and Plumb-Puddings, for our Tables and Deserts? No, by no Means, it is not equal to any one of these _general_ Articles: For the Duty paid on the Importation of Fruit alone greatly surpasses it. And yet we have granted no Monopolies, no Premiums, and no Bounties either to _China_, or to _France_, to _Spain_, _Portugal_, _Italy_, &c. &c. nor are these Countries, to which we have so vast a Trade, and from which we draw so great a Revenue, ENGLISH COLONIES. But nevertheless, I will now suppose, contrary to all Proof and Matters of Fact, that the Revenue of the taxable Objects imported from _North-America_, was the greatest of all others;--what Inference is to be drawn from this Concession? And doth it at all follow from such Premises, that the _North-Americans_ must, or ought to enjoy all the Privileges of _Englishmen_, without contributing any Thing towards the general Support, merely because we carry on an advantageous Trade with them, or have raised a Tax on their Commodities? Surely no: For by the same Rule, we must unite and incorporate with, we must protect and defend, the _Chinese_, the _French_, the _Spaniards_, _Portuguese_, _Italians_, &c. &c. for the same Reasons, and on the same Account. A Proposition this, which is too big with Nonsense and Absurdity, to be seriously maintained.