If therefore these Points are so self-evident, as not to be denied, the only Question now remaining is this, Can it be supposed, or is it credible, that a popular _British_ Senator, a _British_ Pamphleteer, or a _British_ News-writer, in an Age so pure and uncorrupt as ours, would accept of a Bribe, or a Pension on such dishonourable Conditions? And are not all these illustrious Personages either of such well known independent Fortunes, or of such spotless Characters, and approved Virtue, as to be superior to any Temptation of this Sort? Now here I say nothing, but chuse to be silent; and earnestly entreat every Reader to judge for himself. Indeed there was a Time, when a Text of sacred Scripture might have been urged, as carrying some Weight in deciding the present Question: "Beware of false Prophets, who come to you in Sheep's Cloathing, but inwardly they are ravening Wolves. Ye shall know them by their Fruits. Do Men gather Grapes of Thorns, or Figs of Thistles? Even so every good Tree bringeth forth good Fruit; but a corrupt Tree bringeth forth evil Fruit. A good Tree cannot bring forth evil Fruit, neither can a corrupt Tree bring forth good Fruit.--WHEREFORE BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM." I say, there was a Time, when the Authority of such a Caution would have been regarded as more decisive than the Productions of our modern licentious Presses. But as we now live in very extraordinary Times, full of new Lights, and new Discoveries, I forbear, lest our Patriots should accuse me of Bigotry, Priestcraft, or Superstition[1]. 4thly. I expressly except against all Persons of _Republican_ Principles for very obvious Reasons; for tho' they dignify themselves by the Name of WHIGS, yet as they are not the genuine, _constitutional Whigs_ of this Kingdom, but an unnatural Superfoetation, and the avowed Enemies of the _British_ Constitution, they ought not to be allowed to sit in Judgment in a _British_ Cause. They are, it is well known, the professed Advocates for continuing and cementing the Union between _Great-Britain_ and her Colonies; and yet they wish, above all Things, to see these Colonies totally exempt from, and independent of, the Power and Jurisdiction of the _British_ Legislature. Now, how are we to reconcile these glaring Contradictions? And what is the Reason for professing such a preposterous Zeal for _America_, in Preference both to the Interests and Honour of their native Country? The Reason is this:--They think, that by cherishing and protecting a republican Government in the Colonies, they are paving the Way for introducing a similar Establishment into _Great-Britain_. Therefore _Republicism_ is the Bond of Union between these unnatural _Englishmen_ and their Fellow-Labourers of _America_: _Republicism_, I say, [pardon the Use of a new Word, where the Language doth not afford a better] is made the _common Cause_ for uniting Persons of the most discordant Interests and different Inclinations in other Respects.