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such as pay no taxes ; but have an inclina- 

 tion to plunder. As they are prevented, 

 they find fault. Now in America men of 

 that disposition have a far better chance, as 

 they may act with impunity : therefore, 

 they have equally cogent reasons to praise 

 America and to condemn England. 



To conclude with a few just estimates 

 and comparisons. I think the expences iri 

 America are three to one compared with 

 those in England, of which the reader may, 

 by observations in this volume, judge as 

 well as myself, having endeavoured to 

 write without prejudice to either country i 

 But if a man wish to obtain property to any 

 great extent, he cannot do it with comfort 

 or satisfaction. He may purchase a consi- 

 derable portion of land for a small sum of 

 money, but he will derive little or no in- 

 come from it. As he cannot let it out to 

 rent, he must cultivate it himself with a 

 great number of negroes, for white men are 

 not only expensive, but ungovernable; and 

 the conduct and behaviour of the negroetf 



