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there are no manufactures in America to 

 give them employment. 



I was prompted to give the above idea 

 to government by the following occurrence. 

 Being on business in the custom-house at 

 Liverpool, when there were some men 

 present who intended to emigrate to Ame- 

 rica, Mr. Onslow, the collector, requested 

 me to speak with them, before him. T 

 found some of them were weavers, whom 

 the law prohibits from leaving the coun- 

 try. It is probable, however, they would, 

 by some deception, get over at a future time ; 

 but the certificate above mentioned would 

 be a great prevention. There was one 

 man with them, a methodist preacher, 

 whom I recommended to go, as many of 

 those people, under pretence of preach- 

 ing the gospel, are a nuisance in this coun~ 

 try ; they live an idle life, and are, generally 

 speaking, disturbers of the peace. 



