[Footnote i-195: In Franklin's view, slavery was also politically subversive. In 1756 he feared that the slaves, along with servants and loose people in general, would desert to the French (_Writings_, III, 359). Since the danger undoubtedly existed (_ibid._, VII, 48, 69), Franklin had a right to be sardonic in commenting on Dr. Johnson's advice that slaves be incited "to rise, cut the throats of their purchasers, and resort to the British army, where they should be rewarded with freedom" (_ibid._, X, 110-1).] [Footnote i-196: Printed in _Maryland Gazette_ (Dec. 17, 1728); later as pamphlet (April 3, 1729).] [Footnote i-197: Carey, _op. cit._, 7. See _Writings_ I, 306-7, for Franklin's own account of the effect of this work.] [Footnote i-198: C. J. Bullock, _Essays on the Monetary History of the United States_, 51.] [Footnote i-199: Weeden, _op. cit._, II, 485.] [Footnote i-200: _Financial History of the United States_, 21. Bullock observes another factor: "Sooner or later all the plantations were deeply involved in the mazes of a fluctuating currency, for the burdens attending the various wars of the eighteenth century were so great as to induce even the most conservative colonies to resort to this easy method of meeting public obligations" (_op. cit._, 33).] [Footnote i-201: _Writings_, II, 133-5.] [Footnote i-202: See Carey, _op. cit._, chap. I, for suggestive survey of this pamphlet. Carey points out Franklin's indebtedness to writings of Sir William Petty.] [Footnote i-203: Carey (chap. II, "Value and Interest") quotes Franklin: "Riches of a Country are to be valued by the Quantity of Labour its inhabitants are able to purchase, and not by the Quantity of Silver and Gold they possess" (_Writings_, II, 144).] [Footnote i-204: See, for example, _Plan for Saving One Hundred Thousand Pounds_, 1755 (_Writings_, III, 293-5).] [Footnote i-205: Writings, IV, 420: _Examination of Benjamin Franklin_. He was obliged to admit that Massachusetts colonists had taken a calmer view of the 1751 act (IV, 428).] [Footnote i-206: G. L. Beer, _British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765_, 188.] [Footnote i-207: Although it is true that Pennsylvania suffered less from paper money because of better security (Carey, _op. cit._, 23 note), it seems curious that Franklin should have been blind to the evils of inflation and the operations of Gresham's law.] [Footnote i-208: Paper in William Smith Mason Collection; cited in Carey, _op. cit._, 20. See also _Writings_, V, 189, in which he repeats the threat. British restraint must hence provoke colonial "industry and frugality."] [Footnote i-209: _Writings_, VII, 294. Cf. _ibid._, IX, 231-6.] [Footnote i-210: See _Writings_, VII, 275, 335, 341.] [Footnote i-211: To Josiah Quincy, Sept. 11, 1783 (_Writings_, IX, 93-5).]