Î^O STUDIES OF NATURE. 



terefts of their Nation, and of their Sovereigns, 

 whom they meant to ferve. 



I have dwelt the longer on the fubjeâ: of thefe 

 abufes, that they are not yet beyond the power of 

 remedy in various refpeds, and that there are ftill 

 lands in the New Worlds, on which a change may 

 be attempted in the nature of our eftablifliments. 

 But this is neither the time nor the place for un- 

 fold, ng the means of thefe. After having propofed 

 fome remedies for the phyfical diforders of the 

 Nation, let us now proceed to the moral irregula- 

 rity which is the fource of theiTi. Thegprincipal 

 caufe is the fpirit of divifion which prevads be- 

 tween the different orders of the State. There are 

 only two methods of cure; the firft, to extinguifli 

 the motives to divifion ; the fécond, to multiply 

 and increafe the motives to union. 



The greatefl part of our Writers make a boafl; 

 of our national fpirit of fociety ; and foreigners, 

 in reality, look upon it as the moft fociable in 

 Europe. Foreigners are in the right, for the truth 

 is, we receive and carefs them with ardor ; but 

 our Writers are under a miftake. Shall I venture 

 to expofe it ? We are thus fond of ftrangers, be- 

 caufe we do not love our compatriots. For my 

 own part, 1 have never met with this fpirit of 



union. 



