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" that in great Store: They are also well pro* 

 " vided with all other Sorts of Household 

 " Goods, and necessary Implements for Hus- 

 " bandry : Every one, according to his Rank, 

 " hath all Things ivhich conduce to make Life 

 " easy and happy. They are not sued at Law 

 " but before the Ordinary Judges, where they 

 *' are treated with Mercy and Justice, accord- 

 " ing to the Laws of the Land ; neither are 

 " they impleaded in Point of Property, or ai- 

 " raigned for any Capital Crime, how heinous 

 " soever, but before the King's Judges, and ac- 

 " cording to the Laws of the Land. These are 

 " the Advantages consequent from that Politi* 

 " cal Mixt Government which obtains in Eng- 



" land- " 



352. This passage, which was first pointed 

 out to me by SIR FRANCIS BURDETT, describes 

 the state of England four hundred years ago ; 

 and this, with the polish of modern times added, 

 is now the state of the Americans. Their 

 forefathers brought the " English Hospitality" 

 with them ; for, when they left the country, the 

 infernal Boroughmonger Funding system had 

 not begun. The STUARTS were religious and 

 prerogative tyrants; but they w r ere not, like 

 their successors, the Boroughrnongers, taxing, 

 plundering tyrants. Their quarrels with their 

 subjects were about mere ivords: with the 



