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rights equal to those already possessed by others satisfies
their mutual necessities & at least
leaves without an object the resistance of
these latter; since it assures to them without
conoudsions the privileges which they seek to
procure to themselves by means of arms & by
incurring the hazards of a desolating & uncertain
war.

Is it right however to offer what cannot
be fulfilled? and if in fact it is promised
will it be prudent never to reckon with those who make such offer for their fulfilment
of such offers? That is precisely the
question. Neither can the Spanish instit~ons of
Europe afford to the provisions of tet (even
supposing it to be desired) the immediate protection
of which they stand in need, nor can these latter
hope to receive from such a distance to receive
a remedy. A People separated from its metropolis
by so immense a distance & placed under
the influence of another zone are compelled to be
its colonies — and a free metropolis with enslaved
colonies, what is this but a true political
contradiction (contre sens) If, in spite of the clearness
& exactness precision of this theory, any one should wish
in

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