HISTORY OF VERMONT. 4:^5 



that nature acts with the greatest force and vigor* 

 Vermont is now in the situation, in which a new 

 Country ought to be examined. We have no 

 populous towns, seaports, or large manufactOi 

 ries, to collect the people together. Fhey are 

 spread over the whole countr}^, forming small 

 and separate settlements. Agriculture is almost 

 the universal employment. But few are pinch- 

 ed for want of the necessaries of life, and noth- 

 ing like luxury has yet taken place among usi 

 The government is highly democratic. In re- 

 Ii.:^ion the most perfect freedom and equality- 

 takes place among ail parties. The taxes are 

 no more than what are unavoidably necessary^ 

 to preserve the existence and form of govern-i 

 liient. Lands are easy to be procured, and the 

 soil is rich and fertile. Every family enjoys 

 nearly the whole j>roduce of their labors The 

 climate is salubrious and healthy. And neither 

 war, sickness, or famine, have of late diminish- 

 ed the increase, or disturbed the labors of the 

 people. I do not know that we can find any- 

 new country, in which every circunlstance 

 seems more favorable to increase : Or any, in 

 which we may more probably expect to find the 

 maximum^ which nature and society can pro- 

 duce in such a latitude and climate. From the 

 enumeration of tUe. inhabitants taken in 1791, 

 we have the folio vvijig result 



Malcsabove 

 1 6 years of 



Vermont, 



Malps be- 

 low i6 years 

 of age. 



25 3.-8 



D'-ffercncP. 

 Above 1 6 

 years of age. 



^2.435 



107 



Age below and 

 above which the 

 numbers become 



Year*. Months. 

 i6 I 



To ascertain die eftect produced by the natu- 

 ral operation of death, 1 have procured a bill of 



