4S8 Mr. Coote on the present ^tale of America. [Jan, I, 



l)avin<!ja voln, isinloiestcd in picscrving; as tlie tlulies upon importf'd wines ar« 



the purify of flie bodj poiiliu, iuul the small. The finest Trcnrli bianilj usually 



perfect and complete lepiescntatiou of about 12*. per giilloii; beef ^td., muftou 



tJje people. Ad., latnbOf/., poi k 4f/., veal .V/. or Gd. per 



The only pensioners known In the j)ouiid; poullry and fish ))lcntiful and 



United States aic, disabled soblicrs and cheap; fine turkeys fron> \s. up to 18rf. 



seamen, wiioso pay is retfulated by their each. Agricultural laI)onrcrs from 



fornurrank and kn<;lh of service; but 4s. 6(/. lo G»\ per day. I'arincrs' carjjen- 



Ihoy are all so provided for, that none ters 7«. iiiid 8*., better hands 9*. and 10f< 



are wandering vagrants. Any person Blaclv.«niillix 10*. ; bricklayers and plas- 



liaving; fdled the office of president has terers Us. ; tailors 10*. ; in all tliesa 



liis letters postage-free for life, but even bruitches, by the piece, n»ueh larpierearrt- 



this is by a resolution of C'oncjress for iii^js arc made. This class of men da 



«acb individual, on his going out of not pay direct tax< s, except where they 



•fRce. keep a dog. A suit of meii's plain useful 



The laws being in all cases framed by clothes, the manufacture of the United 

 i\\Q true representatives of tiie people. States, fiom otLs. to GO5. The silk nianu- 

 aiid the ollicers for their due administra- fa<;tory in not introduced, nor woulrf it 

 tion always «ppointed by them, they are answer, as goods can be obtained from 

 res[iccted as the ser\ uiits of fiie public ; other countries cheaper tlian they can b« 

 and their sentences, with every civil got up there; as every artisan and la- 

 regulation, tjuiefly and peaceably oxe- bourcr is vxell p;id for his talent atid 

 cnted. I understand there has been but time. 'I'ho raw materials produced ia 

 one mm executed in A\ ashingtoti city the country, as hemp, flax, cotton, wool, 

 for the last fifteen years. funr., metals, £;<:. tiiey have every lacilily 



Collectors of the revenue fJiere are of iramifaclnriiig; but the manufacture* 



Tery few ; but, as they are appointed un- is not now well remunerated, owing to 



der the laws wliieh the ])Coplet!iemselvcs the great influx and depression in value 



liavc made, and being indispensableap- of European goods. The manufactur* 



jiendages, arc officially rcsi.-ecfcd. The of hats is, however, an excellent I>ranch. 



principal revcinic is derived from goods The jjriniing of calicoes, and dying in all 



imported, wliicb, in course, i.s collccteil its varieties, arc v^ell known; but, froiA 



Ihroiigli the jnedium of cu.stom-houses. the same cause, must experience a tei»- 



A friend of mine, who farms .''>00 acres jioraiy suspension. 

 «if fine land, pays only 30 sI»iUings per There is no subject, of a public na- 



ai!!nim direct taxes. tiirc, that has been more ably and fully 



Tiie press is really and perfectly free; discussed, than the cstablislnnciit of a 



the corru|)tions pre\alcnt in certain general States I3ank: after all, thcpeopl» 



eounfries in Europe have i>ecasioually 

 employed all the influence they were ca- 

 pable of upon lliat iiowerful engine for 

 the dissemination of error and false re- 

 presentation, to atcomplisli the most 

 diabolical of political purposes; but truth 

 must, and does now, eirectnally triiimpli. 



consider it of great national advantage. 

 The commercial interests had suffered 

 much inconvenience, as the private bank- 

 notes of one state were not negociable 

 in the next state, or one more distant; 

 consequently were exchanged through 

 the medim-.) of i)roker» residing on the 



and glories in the perfect freedom of the borders, wlio, of course, ciiargcd a per-* 



press as httr omnipotent ally. centage for transacting the business* 



Liberty of conscience is jierfectly The object has been to establish a ge- 



•oniplete in every state, and religio)is neral States T!nnk. the notes negoeiabl* 



persecution is unknown, as it nmst evir throughout the Union, and by Brandt 



be in a couiiivy where there is no par- Banks alford every far:;!ily required in a 



tieiilar sect or denomination patroniKed circuhiting medium, and yet so consti- 



by law, under the proscribing title of tilted that i;o Kprii;g can move but at th« 



•'the Establishment." 'J'here are no sovereign will of the people, which is 



game laws, all wild animals are equally fully expres.scd by their representatives 



free to all. The price of wheat is iujvv in Co:igr<: ss ; for over this national bank 



Os. per bushel, and other grain in proper- the executive iiave no exclusive power^ 



tion: the maniifaetnre of malt, and llie por can they ever handle it for base po- 



consequent introduction of ale and por- lilieal or corrupt purposes, 



ter, are but recent; the demand for IJeueewe see, that the internal pros» 



them is greatly increasing, and the perity, happiness, and peace, of a nation, 



malting and brewing businesses are very and the conse/jncnl extention of its glory 



lucrative, A\ ines of all kinds arc cheap, and honor abroad, can oulj' be preiei-ved 



a by 



