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Excerpt from Opinions Respecting the Commercial Intercourse Between the United States of America, and the Dominions of Great-Britain, Including Observations Upon the Necessity and Importance of an American Navigation Act Nations not being lefs obliged than individuals, to have regard for equity, they ought, as much as poi ble, to preferve equality in their treaties when, therefore, the parties are in fuch a fiate, 'as to obtain the fame reciprocal advantages, the law of nature re quires their treaties fhould be equal, at leaft, if there is not fome particular reafon to deviate. From that equality, fuch as gratitude for a former ben'efit, f &c. Unequal treaties, fays the fame author, are thofe in which the allies do not promife the fame things, and where the conditions of commerce, or whatever may the objects of the treaty, are unequal. 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.