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the pafllons of Europe, with a rage for fa{liion> 

 with unprofitable luxury, with corruptive maxims, 

 and licentious manners. Nothing of this kind was 

 to be apprehended from our undebauched pea- 

 fantr)^ Bodily labour foothes to reft the folici- 

 tudes of the mind ; fixes it's natural reftleffnefs; 

 and promotes among the people health, patriotifm, 

 religion, and happinefs. But admitting that, in 

 procefs of lime, thefe Colonies (hould be feparated. 

 from France : Did Greece wafte herfelf in tears, 

 when her flourifliing Colonies carried her laws and 

 her renown over the coafts of Afia, and along the 

 Ihores of the Euxine Sea, and of the Mediterra- 

 nean ? Did flie take the alarm, when they became 

 the flems out of which fprung powerful kingdoms 

 and illuftrious republics ? Becaufe they feparated 

 from her, were they transformed into her enemies; 

 and was (he not, on the contrary, frequently pro- 

 tedled by them ? What harm would have enfued, 

 had Ihoots from the tree of France borne lilies in 

 America, and ihaded the New World with their 

 nmjeftic branches ? 



Let the truth be frankly acknowledged, Few 

 men, admitted to the councils of Princes, take a 

 lively intereft in the felicity of Mankind. When 

 fight of this great objeél is loft, national profpe- 

 rity, and the glory of the Sovereign, quickly dif- 

 appear. Our Politicians, by keeping the Colonies 



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