1792. on manufactures. 8¢ 
country, by means of the great spread of manufac+ 
tures, had, in some very particular manner attracted 
the attention, and engaged the pens of your corres- 
pondents, as your respectable publication is so well 
fitted to convey useful information through so many 
quarters of the world. 
. It was-with particular pleasure, that, under date of 
February twelvemonth, I read some very judici- 
ous observations on this subject by one of your cor 
respondents, in an attempt to fhew the advantages ac» 
cruing to the country at large, to private families, 
and even to individuals, from the general extension 
of agriculture, welljconducted, and properly support- 
ed. I sincerely with him succefs in his laudable en- 
deavours to put his. fellow citizens on their guard 
against their so generad/y going into the present rage 
for manufactures, pointing out to them the pernicious 
tendency of too ardent a pursuit after riches, honours, 
and pleasure, by their means, and, to a large body of 
them, opening an avenue that leads to health and real 
happinefs. 
No person in his right senses will question the 
necefsity of calling forth the industry of their coun- 
try ; but the danger seems to arise from the giving 
that industry too much one direction. On their first 
appearance, manufactures afsume a pleasing and a, 
smiling fhow ; but as they move on, they collect the 
profligate, the daring, and the licentious; till at last, 
in an advanced stage, they present to the more 
innocent spectators, a spectacle hideous, alarming, and 
dangerous. Perhaps the happiest period of any civi- 
lized country, is, when its industry is afsiduously 
