Reading #2 - Arguments for Independence
What type of government must America have in
order to stay peaceful?
DONE
But the most powerful of all arguments, is,
that nothing but independence, i.e. a
continental form of government, can keep the
peace of the continent and preserve it
inviolate from civil wars. I dread the event of
a reconciliation with Britain now, as it is
more than probable, that it will followed by a
revolt somewhere or other, the consequences
of which may be far more fatal than all the
malice of Britain