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May 19, 1774
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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British commentary argues against American claims of English impartiality in colonial disputes, suggesting mutual prejudice and using a parental metaphor to favor British concessions from the colonies.
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It is a pleasant Argument which the Americans wage against our Parliamentary Supremacy over them. "The people of England (say they, for they scarcely honour us with the Name of Mother Country) are interested in the Dispute, and consequently cannot be an impartial Tribunal." But, with all possible Deference to this Reasoning, are not the People of America interested in the Dispute, and are they not equally prejudiced in their own Favour? Suppose, however, we relinquish the Terms of Sovereign and Subject, and say that a Dispute subsists between a Mother and Daughter; should not the latter, in common Decency, be the first to make Concessions? And is it not, in common Sense, most likely that the Merits of the Contest should lie on the Side of the former, when we consider not only her superior Tenderness as a Parent, but recollect her superior Maturity.
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Politics
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Parliamentary Supremacy
American Dispute
British Argument
Mother Daughter Metaphor
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An argument defending British parliamentary supremacy over the American colonies, countering American claims of English bias by noting American prejudice, and using a mother-daughter metaphor to suggest the colonies should concede first due to Britain's maturity and tenderness.