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duct of such writers, I would not advise proceeding im- 

 mediately to these extremities j but that we fhould in mo- 

 deration content ourselves with tarring and feathering, 

 and tofslng them in a blanket. 



If, however, it fliould be thought that this proposal of 

 mine may disturb the public peace, I would then humbly 

 recommend to our legislators to take up the consideration 

 of both liberties, that of the prefs, and that of the cudgel j 

 and, by an explicit law, mark their extent and limits ; 

 and at the same time that they secure the person of a ci- 

 tizen from afsaults, they would likewise provide for the se- 

 curity of his reputation. 



iNtELLIGENCE RESPECTING ARTS. 

 Continued from p. iia^. 

 Paper-making. 

 Otill more useful will be the machine, when It fhall b^ 

 invented, which It doubtlefs will be, for lifting up the pa-, 

 per in the frames, and turning It out upon the blanket. 

 The great Inaccuracy of hand-work, is now sensibly felt 

 by every person who has occasion to use much paper. 

 Not only does It happen that one fheet will sometimes be 

 greatly thinner than another, but even one part of a (heet 

 will frequently be greatly thicker than another purt of it. 

 This must subject the papermaker to great expence and 

 inconvenience ; because an expert hand must be so much 

 more valuable than another, that he will have it In a great 

 measure in his power to demand what wages he pleases. 

 This must naturally make him Insolent, Idle, and dlfslpa- 

 ted J and as the lofs that must result from inaccurate- 

 made work will be great, the training of apprentices 

 ■cannot fail to be a disagreeable and unprofitable tafk, 

 which gives additional power to the trained monopolizers. 

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