196 Dr. Ru/h on the Progrefs ofy i^c. 



cattle ; but in the fouthern dates, cattle 

 find pafture during the greateft part of the 

 winter in the fields or woods. For thefe reafons, 

 the greateft part of the weftern counties of the 

 ftates that have been mentioned, are fettled by 

 original inhabitants of Penfylvania. During 

 the late war, the militia of Orange county, in 

 North Carolina, were enrolled, and their num- 

 ber amounted to three thoufand five hundred, every 

 man of whom had migrated from Penfylvania. 

 From this you will fee that our ftate is the 

 great out-port of the united ftates for Europeans j 

 and that after performing the office of a fieve by 

 detaining all thofe people who poflefs the fta- 

 mina of induftry and virtue, it allows a paflagc 

 to the reft, to thofe ftates which are accommo- 

 dated to their habits of indolence and vice. 



I ftiall conclude this letter by remarking, that 

 in the mode of extending population and agri- 

 culture which I have defcribed, we behold a new 

 fpecies of war. The third fettler may be viewed 

 as a conqueror. The weapons with which he 

 atchieves his conquefts, are the implements of 

 huft)andry ; and the virtues which dire<5l them, 

 are induftry and oeconomy. Idlenefs, extrava- 

 gance and ignorance fly before him. Happy 

 would it be for mankind, if the kings of Europe 

 would adopt this mode of extending their ter- 

 ritories ! It would foon put an end to the 

 dreadful connection which has exifted in every 



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