1806.] 



3/r. Bakcwcll on Emigration to America. 



129 



fofteiiins; breezes and the revivifying 

 ni\-s of" the vernul iViiloii, 



" Able to drive all fadnefs but defpalr." 

 But tlse evils of tiic New Woild are by 

 this perlijii iniigniticd beyond idl bounds 

 of tiuth or probiibility ; and if fouie iiii- 

 tliors liavc ih-awu too ilatteriui; defcrip- 

 tions of the United States, this vviiter lias 

 conjured up more plagues than tliofe of 

 Kgypt, and arranged them la tcrrorem 

 ugainft tl:e P^uropean farmer who may 

 inehne to eNpatriale himlelf. 



Polhbly there are lituations in the 

 United Slates \vhere fcveral of the incon- 

 \enieneifis mentioned do in fome mea- 

 fure e.\i{i: : fo there are in Britain. But 

 Would it be fair to felect as a fptcimeu of 

 ihe ibil and climate of England tlie bar- 

 ren fands of Ijancalliire, the dreary peaks 

 of Derbyliiire, the fens of Cambiidge- 

 (liire, or the marllies of Elfex ? Nor arc 

 tiie Back-woods of America, getieial- 

 ly fpeakiiig, fuited to tlie habits and man- 

 ners of an Englilh iiulbandman. But 

 when this writer fpeaks of the dog-day 

 ftoiins fcaieely leaving the farmer lliaw 

 \Vhile I'.e expects grain, he (hews either a 

 total ignorance of the eliniate, or an in- 

 tention to deceive his readers ; for the 

 grain is abvayii harvefted by the middle of 

 July : and to affert that the foil of the 

 United States is univerfally light, loofe, 

 and not futbeiently llitf for wheat, is 

 equally untiiic. There are in the United 

 •States as great variety of foils as in Eng- 

 land. The vicinity of tiie fea-coaft is in 

 general fandy ; but in the States of New 

 York, Pcnnfylvania, Maryland, and "Vir- 

 ginia, arc millions of acres which require 

 only Englilh culture to render them as 

 productive of wheat a» any in the world. 

 It is true that iu this latitude the heat 

 of the fun during the liarvelt-nionths is 

 Touch greater than in Enghind, and the 

 graf^ which is niowed one day may fre- 

 quently be ftacked on the morrow ; but I 

 idk, whatlarnier would prefer to tliis the 

 frequent rainy days or weeks of ati Eng- 

 lilh harvelt ? 



I know of no country wiiirh is exempt 

 from frofts and blights, and birds and in- 

 fects ; and that " tiie inltintt of fonie 

 leads them to gmiw the bnrk, others the 

 lijaves, and otiiers the buds of trees," is a 

 tlifcovcry neither new nor peculiar to any 

 climate : but this traveller outdoes Muu- 

 cliaufeii wjien he alVures us that maize 

 U»ri\es in a foil repugnant to all other 

 grains ; and tbat tiie quantity of draw 

 upon the largeli farm in the Uniteil States 

 will iiijt manur(; halt' an acre of ground ! 

 • i. know of a dozen farms within one 

 5ly:>iui.v M-iC, No, 14f. 



townfliip on each of which are not lef* 

 than three hundred loads of manure , 

 and one perfon, in addition to tiie ftra\T 

 from a thoufaud bulhels of grain, has col- 

 lected from his woods thirty waggon- 

 loads of leaves to litter his cattle and iu- 

 ereafe his dunghill. 



To accoimt Un- the rapid population of 

 the United States, this writer tells us, 

 that " the Amejiean, knowing not the 

 enjoyments of the Englifli farmer, be- 

 comes fati.-.tied uith his lituation ;" — or I 

 fuppofe he Mould emigrate to England ; 

 but he mull have greater encouragement 

 than is given in the Agricultural Iteport 

 of the Jarmcr's Magazine for Xovember 

 lali. Tiie Idler from Elfex liiys, " it ii 

 \> ith the greateil difticulty that many far- 

 mers are able to pay their rents, tythes, 

 rates, and taxes, and fome are tcjtally un- 

 able." And the Yorkfliire reporter fays, 

 " The heavy impofts upon inalt have cre- 

 ated a curled and uiiv. holefomc beve- 

 rage, by which all the hard-working far- 

 mers, and the gooil people of England in 

 general, are in danger of being poifoii-. 

 ed." Our friend " Beacon" omits to 

 chant this flave, which is worfe than the • 

 milk and water of the Back-woodlineii. 



In my next I propofe to (late the ad- 

 vantages and difadvantagos of the Ame- 

 rican compared with the Englidi fanner, 

 and remain, Sir, yoiu" conliant reader, 



W, BAKKwr.i.L. 

 Banks of the Schiii/lki!/, Pennlj/lvonia, 

 March '20, lIJOo". 



To the Edilor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIR, 



THE following device on a French 

 fnuff-liox was publillied foon after 

 the battle of Aufterlitz, and its ingenuity 

 merits preferviitioii. 



The French eagle is reprefcnted \yith 

 one of its talons fixed on the brcalt of the 

 Auftrian eagle, who lies proftrate ; 

 while its other talon is fnatehing at the 

 Rulfmu eagle, who is repiefented at flinie 

 diftance, however not fo far but that a 

 wing is grafjied by the French eagle, and 

 the feathers are dropping. The Prullian 

 Monarch is exhibited as a lion in the 

 back-ground, fiieaking ort", Un one lide 

 England is reprefcnted as a leopard, 

 ftretchcd out at its eafe ; a ihip of war 

 and a rock are before it. W'e feem to 

 receive half a compliment on an oceafion 

 where compliments are not paid tu 

 others. 



The French have in all times been fa'< 

 mous for limilar devices engraved on lue-- 

 duls, alihoug/i ihcv have jiever equalloi 



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