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These statements are corroborated bj Mr. Isliam, in an interesting 

 work upon England, just published, called the " Mud Cabin." The in- 

 dustry which there barely secures a wretched existence, here makes 

 property and independence. We have now among us many most suc- 

 cessful^nghsh farmers, and they do no doubt thank the kind Providence 

 which so overruled their destiny, that they left the falling fortunes of 

 a decaying State, for the prosperous and life-giving impulses of a new 

 Republic. And when we consider that all this wretchedness is not the 

 want of natural capacity, but the wrong of years of grievous taxation 

 — of oppressive rent-paying to titled landlords — we can hardly resist 

 in joining the expressed wish of Mr. Isham, " that there may be an 

 upheaval of that low-lying mass, be the consequences what they 

 may." 



The sentiments of the Marselleise Hymn, sung by the early revolu- 

 tionists in France, kindled a flame of wild revolution, which breathes a 

 feai-fiil warning. Does not the sentiment of these lines apply to Eng- 

 land? 



" With luxviry and pride surrovuided, 



The vile, infatuate despots dare, 

 Their thirst of gold and power unbounded, 



To mete and vend the light and air."' 



At this day the people of England pay per head, for every man, wo- 

 man and child, a tax of ll 3. In this country we scarcely pay |2 00. 

 Besides, it should be considered that England is all finished and 

 fenced in, while we are now just building our canals and rail- 

 roads, our roads and bridges — just, as it were, commencing house- 

 keeping. 



By thus comparing the prosperity of agriculture here, with its con- 

 dition in other countries, we are taught how much we are indebted to 

 our free and labor-rewarding institutions. We have worked out a glo- 

 rious destiny for ourselves, while the laboring mass of other countries 

 are tro<l beneath the iron heel of power. Truly, " our lines have fallen 

 to us in pleasant places," and ours are " goodly heritages." The Pen- 

 insula State, located where the grains and fruits of the earth can be pro- 

 duced in prohfic variety, but where the climate is such as to demand la- 

 bor as the price of existence, calls into full and perfect exercise, every en- 

 nobling quality of mind and body. Toil is Heaven commanded. Place 

 the strongest energy where a bountiful Providence lavishly supplies 

 every want, and affords all that is needed to sustain life, by simply 



