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the interests of the many never can be sacrificed for the advan 

 tage of the few, and that the laws, taxation, and expenditure 

 of the country must accord with the wishes of the people. 

 Whatever creed emigrants may have adopted, they can live 

 unmolested, without joining in the turmoil of American poli 

 tics. The field of industry is open to their exertions, and its 

 fruits may be enjoyed in peace and security. 



Travellers cannot deny the unspeakable advantages that 

 have accrued to the industry of the United States from the 

 nature of their governments, and many of them, as if stung by 

 envy, dilate on the instability of the Union, and by the con 

 sequent convulsion see a termination of the happiness and 

 prosperity of the people. It is impossible to say what events 

 may be in the womb of futurity ; but there is no rational 

 ground for supposing the dissolution of the Union by war is 

 at hand. Almost all the domestic wars which have taken 

 place amongst civilized men, have either resulted from ambi 

 tious chiefs leading deluded and enslaved followers against 

 each other, or from resistance to tyranny. In the region of 

 the United States, to which my remarks are applicable, 

 tyranny in any shape can scarcely be said to exist ; and should 

 ambitious men take the field, where are they to obtain follow 

 ers ? But supposing war to happen, and that the democrats 

 of America copiously shed each other s blood, are the aristo 

 crats and serviles of Europe exempt from such barbarism ? 

 The emigrant may calculate on peace from the love the peo 

 ple have for their government, the absence of aristocracy 

 and abject poverty, and unfettered industry. Should he, how 

 ever, shun the United States, from apprehension of intestine 

 war, in what part of the world will he seek a retreat ? 



I alluded to the contrast between the United States and 

 Upper Canada, as witnessed near the frontier on each side of 

 the river Niagara. After having had an opportunity of seeing 

 extensively both countries, I consider my first opinions, as 

 expressed at pages 95-96, to be substantially correct, although 

 other causes may have operated in producing the difference 

 than the governments of the countries. 



It may be perfectly true &quot; the people, soil, and climate, 

 were originally alike&quot; on both sides of the Niagara, but the 



