Excerpt from The Case and Claim of the American Loyalists Impartially Stated and Considered Previous to the year 1774, a rebellion of fingular and' molt dangerous nature had been growing to maturity in North America. Its aim was nothing lefs than the annihilation of the fovereign rights of lparliament, and the ef'ta bliihmentzoi new independent fovereigntie's in their i'tead. 'in that year it broke out with a'fu perior degree of violence. A part of? The people only' were concerned in it a great, part ad héring.to their, allegiance, and confidingin the proteiition due to them from the State; refufed to have any donneétion withit'; and many, both' by their declarations and aetions, oppofed it: but. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.