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he world, that can hefitate at giving the pre- 

 ference to the former. 



It is not, however, to be fuppofed, that 

 thofe who have habitually given themfelves 

 up to the negleft of ev.ery principle of reli- 

 gion or reafon, will be influenced by what I 

 or any other perfon can fay. With fiich it is 

 neceflary that the kgiilature fliould interfere > 

 and, as a parent corrects undutiful children, 

 compel them to aft for their own good, and 

 that of the community in general, 



A plan for this purpofe was lately hinted 

 to me by a gentleman of very conliderable 

 landed property, viz. That all proprietors of 

 land fhould, by the Legiflative power, be oblig- 

 ed either to refide upon their eftates, or to di- 

 count ten per cent of their real rents to their 

 tenants, in order to enable them to go on 

 with improvements in their abfence. This 

 would in a great meafure countera<5l the evil, 

 if it did not entirely remove it. And it is 

 humbly hoped, that our prefent patriotic mi- 

 nifter, who, on all oceafions, has ftiewn him- 

 felf fo diligent in promoting the true intereft 

 of the country, will foon turn his attention 

 pwards the very important fcience of agri- 

 culture, 



