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much to send you better cotton." The people of Eng- 

 land say, " Yes, and you must do more." And the 

 House of Parliament is moved, session after session, and 

 the British East India Company charged with blame 

 and reproach, and urged to proceed. Nor do the people 

 stop there ; they make efforts on their own part, and 

 have sent out their own commission of inquiry, which 

 will cost several thousand dollars ; and if that should 

 fail, they will send another. 



That is the kind of spirit to make progress. There is 

 intelligence declaring itself resolved to compel every 

 obstacle to yield before it. That is the spirit that made 

 a poor little island the most powerful people of the times j 

 and it is the spirit that will force the productive powers 

 of India, in a few years, into competition with the world. 

 That was the spirit that raised up Carthage, Rome, 

 Venice, &c., &c. ; that was the spirit that, in modern 

 times, raised up America to it present grandeur and 

 greatness. Is that prosperity now to ebb back for want 

 of that spirit ? Americans, look to the falling off in your 

 staples to the disappointment of all, as too certain indi- 

 cations of stagnation, and of want of that spirit in you. 



THE MANGO TREE 



Is the most important fruit tree that exists, and if 

 all do not agree that its fruit is the very best, must 

 agree that it is one of the very best. The fruit of the 

 best kind is as large as the largest citron, but somewhat 

 flat and oblong in shape, and measures seven to eight 

 inches in length, and nine to ten inches in circumference. 



