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of the Americans, by his falsities. No ; 

 they know better : every old woman can 

 inform you that the land in America is 

 poor. Then the reader may judge of Mr. 

 Cooper's conduct. He represented it, on 

 paper, easy for others to grow rich ; but 

 he has missed the mark himself, has been 

 much distressed and confined in gaol ! No 

 man of any respectability will now speak to 

 him : for, although the Americans play 

 some dishonest tricks themselves, they 

 avoid dealing with those who are known to 

 do so, the same as in all other places. 



It is possible that a man may live in 

 America, but not with the same ease and 

 satisfaction as he can in England. Before 

 I went thither, I understood, from public 

 conversation, that the Americans w r ere an 

 indolent set of people : but I found them 

 the reverse : as a nation, probably, none 

 are equal to them in cunning. They have 

 presented to the world a remarkable proof 

 of it : for their independence was not ob- 

 tained by force of arms. 



