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they send to England, may be believed by 

 some, they will have little effect on persons of 

 sense and virtue. Truth will make its way; 

 and it is, thank God, now making its way with 

 great rapidity. 



869. I could mention numerous instances of 

 ' Englishmen, coming to this country with hardly 



a dollar in their pocket, and arriving at a state 

 of ease and plenty and even riches in a few 

 years; and I explicitly declare, that I have 

 never known or heard of, an instance of one 

 common labourer who, with common industry 

 and economy, did not greatly better his lot. 

 Indeed, how can it otherwise be, when the 

 average wages of agricultural labour is double 

 what it is in England, and when the average 

 price of food is not more than half what it is in 

 that country ? These two facts, undeniable as 

 they are, are quite sufficient to satisfy any man 

 of sound mind. 



870. As to the manners of the people, they 

 are precisely to my taste : unostentatious and 

 simple. Good sense I find every where, and 

 never affectation. Kindness, hospitality, and 

 never-failing civility. I have travelled more than 

 four thousand miles about this country ; and I 

 never met with one single insolent or rude native 

 American. 



871. I trouble myself very little about the 



