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be fncurrcd, in providing the neceffary buildings, and accommodations, 

 for the people; and the perfon, who enters on fuch a hazardous fpe- 

 culation, fhould poiTefs abilities of a kindred flamp, with thofe of the 

 legiflator and the general, to prefcribe rules, for the conduft of his fub- 

 jefts, to manage their various humours, to enfure their obedience, to 

 make them work chearfuUy, to guard againft plots and combinations. 



The other mode is, by exciting a manufafturing fpirit, in the coun- 

 try people, or difperfmg manufafturers through the country ; the for- 

 mer expedient, of collefting together raanufaflurers, in a mafs, and re- 

 moving them to the country, is more hazardous and doubtful. The 

 expedient, of exciting a manufafturing fpirit, either for the perfeftion 

 of manufaftures, already known, and in part eftabliflied, or the pro- 

 fecution of fuch as are new, is more flow, but more certain. The 

 manufafturing fpirit may be excited, by premiums for manufaftures, 

 manufa<Elured in particular diflrifts ; by encouraging the country ma- 

 nufafturers, to take apprentices ; by the purchafe of machinery, and 

 utenfils, and inllruments of manufaftures, for the purpofe of their be- 

 ing lent, to workmen, who carry on manufaftures in their cottages. 

 Would it be too romantic, to expeft, that the proprietors of eftates, 

 in manufacturing diftrifts, fliould facrifice fomething to patriotifm, and 

 confent to receive a certain proportion of their rents, in the various 

 manufaftures, which are produced, by the induftry of their tenants ? to 

 this, I would fuperadd the meafures — of loans, in the feveral diftrifts 

 — of depots of the raw materials, for the fupply of the manufafturer, 

 at reduced prices — warehoufes, for the reception of manufaftured goods, 

 which fliould be admitted, in difcharge of the loan, and in exchange 

 for the raw materials ; and, above all, the eftablifliment of granaries, 

 to fecure abundance of provifions. 



I proceed to a meafure, more connected with this fubjeft, than may 

 at firfl; appear, fo ftrongly fuggefled, by the voice of humanity and 

 compafllon, and of fuch obvious utility, that, in more fettled times, 

 1 fliould have warm hopes, of feeing it generally adopted. 1 mean 



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