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and powerfully ftimulatc them, to all kinds of intemperance, and ex- 

 cefs. — Where manufafturers are crowded together, in towns, and can 

 be affembled, at a call ; unlawful meetings, riots, and combinations are 

 the certain confequences. All thefe mifchiefs are aggravated, when fa- 

 mine, with inevitable and Tweeping gripe, pounces on an aggregated 

 mafs of manufafturers, cooped up, and fqueezed together, in a city. 

 All this appears, juft in theory ; and, to confirm this theory, we fee, 

 that the linen manufadlure, the only flourifliing manufafture, in this coun- 

 try, and one of the moft flourilhing manufaftures, ever carried on, in 

 any nation, is managed by manufafturers, widely difperfed through the 

 country, and living on fmall farms of their own. 



We fliould endeavour, fo to fix, and fo to occupy the manufafturer, 

 that, while we flrenghen his hands, and render them flcilful ; we may, 

 if pofllble, improve his mind ; while we cherifli in him, habits of induf- 

 try, we fhould aim, at the rendering him virtuous and independent. 

 We fhould remove, as much as polTible, out of his fight, the inequa- 

 lity of ranks in fociety. We fhould preferve him from a painful feel- 

 ing, of the omnipotence of riches. Let the manufafturers work for 

 themfelves, in feparatc families, in feparate habitations, and in rural 

 fituations ; thus, will they be rendered more cleanly, more induftrious, 

 more independent, and virtuous ; they will lead a life of innocence, free 

 from temptations to do wrong, removed from occafions of repining ; they 

 will feel the confcious dignity of honed induflry. Contentment, inte- 

 grity, and chearfulnefs will become inmates of their cottages ; they will 

 feat themfelves on the hearth ; they will brighten the eyes, and illu- 

 minate the countenances of the humble owners. 



The removal of manufaftures from the capital, into the country, 

 may be cflfeftuated, in two modes. — The firft is, by the eftablilhment 

 of large faftories, where the workmen may be all cohered together, 

 under the immediate controul, and infpeftion of the mafter manufac- 

 turer. This is an undertaking, that requires a large capital, and con- 

 iiderable talent, in, th« adventurer,— -A heavy preliminary expcnce mufl 



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