Note 97 — PART II. CONTAINING Remarks on some Particulars in a Speech at opening the Budget in April 1776.

I am sorry to differ from those respectable persons who have proposed placing America on the same ground with Ireland. If the same ground of Law is meant, it is already done; for our laws give us the same power over Ireland, that we claim over America. If the same ground of Practice is meant; it has been most unfortunate for Ireland, and would be equally so for America.