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ki an additional tax on his labour ; he links 

 under the oppreffive weight of an advanced 

 ' rent; he is in arrears with his landlord, 

 " who being impatient under the difficulty 

 6 of getting his money, removes the unhap- 

 1 py pauper from his farm ; and, without 

 6 allowing himfelf to feel for his diftrefs, 

 6 drives the vilim from his home, and con- 

 " figns his wife and children to languilh in 

 " a workhoufe ! From this difhoneft treat- 

 c ment, diihonefty is not fufficiently un- 

 c derftood in the idea of a houfe-breaker ; 

 1 for he is infinitely more ignominious^ 

 6 who, by deftroying the induftrious huf- 

 ; bandman, robs the public of his fervice ; 

 ' and can, with deliberate barbarity, de- 

 " prive humanity of thofe features which 

 give a character to the nation ! I repeat it 

 again, from this difhoneft treatment, the 

 family, who but lately was of fervice to 

 the public, is now become a burden to it ; 

 " his few acres are given to a wretch, who 

 " had too many before, becaufe he will be 

 ' more regular in his annual payments. 



" Thus rents are raifed, provifions advan- 

 ' ced, and the wages of labour augmentecj. 



"to 



