1820. Sept. 8

Emancipation Spanish

'. 14 Dominion hurts England

The impossibility will /may/ be no argument with your rulers who will have their

profit from the patronage: but it will be with you

The impracticability may not apply at all: but let it apply to many or few, there is

expense which will more than absorb the profit.

With regard to the practicability of maintaining any such dominion, and at the same

time deriving any profit from it any profit always understood to the subject many -

the case of England may afford some instruction to you some instruction may be

afforded to you by the case of England.

Before the Revolutionary war which converted so many dependent English colonies into

Independent States, England possessed the dominion over those distant countries as

she does still over so many others.

But from this dominion, what to them on whom the expence of it was charged, was the

alleged benefit? Not alleviation of taxes by means of money drawn by taxes from these

dependencies: no: nothing in this shape: nothing in any other shape than that of a

supposed advantage in trade: an advantage in trade, drawn from sources from which it

is now generally acknowledged that no advantage can be derived

As to the applying of taxation there to the purpose of restricting money for /to/

the ruling country for its own use, it has all along been a principle of the

Constitution that nothing of this sort should be attempted. In the early part of the

late reign the attempt was for the first time made: and it was by this attempt that

the emancipation was brought about.

In consequence of this or that peace this or that island passed from this or that

country into /under/ the dominion of England. In the thus conquered island taxes were

found established: taxes the produce of which had been brought to the country to

which it was subject. Here then it may be said there was a profit to the ruling

country.- No such thing.