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moft univerfaiiy monarchical. Her religion involvasa rich and eftiyilhsd- 

 church ; a learned and wealthy prielthood; ceremoaiet, cuilomi, and re- 

 ligious fervices, venerable by age, fupportcd by law, and believed to be ef. 

 tablilhcd by diviae auihority and revelation. Her learning and fcience Uc 

 exceeds any thing of that nature, which has teen a quired in Ainericarf 

 The wealth that is accumulated, in thole countries is tmineniely fuperior 

 to any thingxhat we prjITeis. Her armies are in the full power.*: of num^i 

 bers, difcipiirie, experience, royal fupporc and animation. Her fl ets, ia 

 their number, power, in the abilities of their commanders, and m rhe 

 difcipiine and hardihood of their (ailors, exceed any thing that has ever 

 appeared on this globe befoie : .And cent. iry after cenury has been cm. 

 ployed, to gife perfection to her courts and laws. Here then it is rational" 

 to look foi all the beiirrtis that can flow from the European fyllcmofan 

 eftabiilhed monarchy, chuich, army, navy, and law ; made bo wertul by- 

 All the aids that wealth, commerce, and thf- higheft attainnients in the arts 

 and fcieaces can produce. ■' 



And what has been tiic focial efF'.S of this aftoni(l\iDg accumulation of 

 learning, power an.d human acquifitions; and how has it oocraced on the 

 imptovement and happinefs of man and ot fociety ? War, perp"tual war, 

 the exaltation of a fev/, the pjvsrty anti degradation of the people, has been 

 ihc natural, certain, and univcrfal efFefl. The very attempt to introduce 

 the principles of Arr>er!can freedom, has f.i"'en new pojvers and extent lo 

 defpotirm ; and fpieaa the fpirtt of deffruction, plunder, and fiaughtei?' 

 through every partoi Europe ; and when thefemlferies and plagues will 

 jftop, no man can tell. Which then isthecouotry in which man and focie- 

 tyis advancing to moral and focial {mproveraent and felicity? Let <he 

 general e.Tscl determine what arfwer Ihnu'd be given to fuch inquiriea 

 and Ipeculations. If this kind of improvement has been carried 



ifurther with us, than it ever was in any oth;;r country, then have the mc«i, 

 ^f America performed the ^leateft work that ever was done ; and rtfcti to 

 ifcebi»be1 a'taium^uis, by which penius can be diitJiavH.. 



