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&quot; Yes.&quot; 



&quot; I ask your pardon ; indeed, I was not aware of it. But it 

 is singular that it should be so ; is not the privilege of pro 

 tection from the weather worth paying for 1&quot; 



&quot; Sometimes it is ; but in our climate it is not usually. 

 Most men prefer, and would be willing, one time with another, 

 to pay more for the elevated seat in the open air, than to be 

 cramped up with eight others (for our coaches carry nine 

 inside) in a close, crowded cabin. I myself cannot stand it 

 for an hour, for it makes me sea-sick ; and no matter what the 

 weather, I should go outside. I would rather be frozen than 

 suffocated. However, I suppose that our customs, as w r ell as 

 our legal institutions, do give the rich a little less advantage 

 over the poor than yours.&quot; 



&quot; And that s just what institutions ought to do, if they do 

 any thing,&quot; put in the coachman ; &quot; what the devil else are 

 they good for ? It stands to reason : always dry off your 

 weakest nag first, specially if he s a little ailing. If you 

 don t, you ll have trouble, you may depend, sir.&quot; 



&quot; There is always danger in interfering with the natural 

 laws of property,&quot; remarked the gentleman. &quot; It does not 

 answer to put beggars on horseback, you know. All such 

 things should be left to take their natural course. Property 

 is the natural representative of intelligence and virtue, and 

 all laws and customs that tend to the unnatural elevation or 

 peculiar advantage of particular persons or classes, are mis 

 chievous.&quot; 



&quot; I fully agree with you as to laws which obstruct the 

 natural movement of property for merely individual aggran 

 dizement. As a general rule, I believe all such attempts must 

 fail of their real object. I don t believe it possible, that such 

 laws or restrictions should not be to the eventual disadvan 

 tage of both parties.&quot; 



