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ciated by our manufacturing and commercial 

 inter* 



Under such circumstances, it must appear 

 obvious, that to maintain the agricultural 

 labourers of England and the Lowlands of 

 Scotland in their present industrial position, 

 and to bring up those of Ireland and the 

 Highlands of Scotland to the same standard, 

 is a subject of national importance, affecting 

 nearly as much the manufacturing and com- 

 mercial interests of the country as the agri- 

 cultural ; and that the whole community would 

 participate in the advantages to be gained by 

 such a reformation. 



To bring the industrious habits and domestic 

 circumstances of the British agricultural labour- 

 ers to one uniform level one uniform amount 

 of wages being considered due for one uniform 

 amount of labour received, other things being 

 the same is not a fanciful theory, but evidently 

 the grand object contemplated by all parties 

 now interesting themselves in behalf of Ireland 

 and the Highlands of Scotland, relative to 

 their final settlement, and the establishment of 

 peace and prosperity among their distracted 

 inhabitants. 



