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penters, masons, smiths, are wanting in 

 husbandry ; but, for the general operations 

 of manufacture, let our work-shops re- 

 main in Europe. It is better to carry pro- 

 visions and materials to workmen there, 

 than bring them to the provisions and 

 materials, and with them their manners 

 and principles. The loss by the trans- 

 portation of commodities across the At- 

 lantic will be made up in happiness and 

 preeminence of government : the mobs of 

 great cities add just so much to the support 

 of pure government, as sores do to the 

 strength of the human body. It is the 

 manners and spirit of the people which 

 preserve a republic in vigour : a dege- 

 neracy in these is a canker which soon eats 

 to the heart of its laws and constitution." 



These notes of Mr. Jefferson were 

 written at the conclusion of the war; and, 

 from the liberty and equality of the peo- 

 ple, the country is becoming lawless : and 

 what can be expected otherwise? The 

 English laws are only to check insults and to 



