So "Short Hints" is this memorandum drawn up by this committee,

"简单提示"就是这个委员会写的备忘录
and "Short Hints" starts out by setting forth the basic problem of

"简单提示"一开始讲了
thinking about what to do to even consider some kind of form of colonial union.

应该如何思考某种殖民地联合的形式
What they say at the beginning of this document is,

他们在文件开头说的就是
"In such a scheme (in a scheme of colonial union)

在这个方案这个殖民地联合的方案里
the just prerogative of the Crown must be preserved

王权享有的适当特权必须得到保护
or it will not be approved and confirmed in England,

不然它就不会被英国所同意和批准
and the just liberties of the people must be secured

人民应得的自由必须得到保证
or the several colonies will disapprove of it and oppose it."

不然好几个殖民地都会指责并且反抗它
Okay. It's a pretty tricky balancing act that we're talking about.

我们讲的是一个相当微妙的平衡
So to accomplish both of these things,

为了实现这些
"Short Hints" proposed preserving individual colonial charters,

"简单提示"提出保护独立殖民地的宪章