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Duty of C:'L'i/ Obedience. 827
~mposed upon me a further inquiry, namely, whether
tt.e whole happ~ness of the empire was likely to be
promoted by such a measure ?-Not indeed the happiness
of every part; that was not necessar}", nor to
be expected-but whether what GrLAt Britain would
lose by the separation was likely to be compensated to
the joint stock of happiness, by the advantages which
Arnerica would receive from it. l'he contested
claims of sovereign states, and their remote depen.
dences, may be submitted to the adjudication of this
rule with mutual~.;afety. A public advantage is
measured by the ad":antage which each individualreceives,
and by the number of those who receive it.
A public evil is compounded of the same proportions.
Whil~t, therefore,