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for ages to come. They are portions of her territory 

 more valuable than if joined to her island. The sense 

 of distance is destroyed by her command of ships ; 

 whilst that very distance serves as the feeder of her 

 commerce and marine. Situated on every continent, 

 lying in every latitude, these, her out dominions, 

 make her the centre of a trade already vast and per- 

 petually augmenting, a home trade and a foreign 

 trade, for it yields the riches of both as she con- 

 trouls it at her will. They take off her redundant 

 population, yet make her more populous ; and are 

 destined under the policy already commenced 

 towards them, and which in time she will more ex- 

 tensively pursue, to expand her empire, commercial, 

 manufacturing, and maritime, to dimensions to which 

 it would not be easy to fix limits." And, even, if we 

 were nearer the limit of our resources, there is 

 this consolation, that the wealth of the country 

 is abundant; and that though, in this old and 

 thickly peopled land, we may have but few more fa- 

 cilities for adding to our riches, we have many, if we 

 will but take advantage of them, of adding to national 

 comfort and national happiness. 



Difficulties we have, most certainly, to contend 

 with, still there are, no doubt, various means by 

 which our national difficulties may be lightened, the 

 discontent of the people appeased, and their suffer- 

 ings relieved. We will not now stop to inquire, for 

 it will avail nothing, how far the evils which have for 

 some length of time, unhappily, afflicted the country, 

 have been induced by misgovernment ; by not 



