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of disagreement. The American labourers, like the 

 tavern keepers, are never sei~cile, but always civil. 

 Neither boobishness nor meanness mark their character. 

 They never creep and faicn, and are never rude. 

 Employed about your house as day-labourers, they never 

 come to interlope tor victuals or drink. ' They have no 

 idea of such a thing : their pride would restrain them 

 if their plenty did not ; and, thus would it be with all 

 labourers, in all countries, were they left to enjoy the 

 fair produce of their labour. Full pocket or empty- 

 pocket, these American labourers are always the same 

 men : no saucy cunning in the one case, and no base 

 crawling in the other. This, too, arises from the free 

 institutions of government. A man has a voice because 

 he is a man, and not because he is the possessor of 

 money. And, shall 1 7iev€r see our English labourers 

 in this happy state \ 



321. Let those English farmers, who love to see a, 

 poor wretched labourer stand trembling before them 

 with his hat off, and who think no more of him than of 

 a dog, remain where they are ; or, go off, on the 

 cavalry horses, to the devil at once, if they wish to 

 avoid the tax-gatherer ; for, they would, here, meet 

 with so many mortifications, that they would, to a cer- 

 tainty, hang themselves in a month. 



322. There are some, and even many, farmers, vdio 

 do not tcork themselves in the Jields. But, they all 

 attend to the thing, and are all equally civil to their 

 working people They manage their affairs very ju- 

 diciously. Little talking. Orders plainly given in few 

 words, and in a decided tone. This is their only 

 secret. 



323. The cattle and implements used in husbandry 

 are cheaper than in England ; that is to say, lower 

 priced. The wear and tear not nearly half so much as 

 upon a farm in England of the same size. The cli- 

 mate, the soil, the gentleness and docility of the horses 

 and oxen, the lightness of the wagons and carts, the 

 lightness and toughness of the tfoo</ of which husbandry 

 implements are made, the simplicity of the harness, 

 and, above all, the ingenuity and handiness of the 

 workmen in repairing^ and in making shift ; all these 



