PRICES OF LAND, LABOUR, [PART II. 



Their pride w r ould restrain them if their plenty 

 did not; and, thus would it be with all la 

 bourers, in all countries were they left to enjoy 

 the fair produce of their labour. Full pocket 

 or empty pocket, these American labourers are 

 always the same men: no saucy cunning in the 

 one case, and no base crawling in the other. 

 This, too, arises from the free institutions of 

 government. A man has a voice became he is a 

 man, and not because he is the possessor of 

 money. And, shall I never see our English 

 labourers in this happy state? 



321. Let those English farmerSj who love to see 

 a poor wretched labourer stand trembling before 

 them with his hat off, and who think no more 

 of him than of a dog, remain where they are ; 

 or, go off, on the cavalry horses, to the devil at 

 once, if they wish to avoid the tax-gatherer; 

 for, they would, here, meet with so many mor 

 tifications, that they would, to a certainty, hang 

 themselves in a month. 



r 322. There are some, and even many, farmers, 

 who do not work themselves in the fields. But, 

 they all attend to the thing, and are all equally 

 civil to their working people. They manage 

 their affairs very judiciously. Little talking. 

 Orders plainly given in few words, ^nd in a 

 decided tone. This is their only secret. 



323. The cattle and implements used in hus- 



