PART III.] MORRIS BIRKfeECK, ESQ. 529 



American farmer mends his plough, his wag 

 gon, his tackle of all sorts, his household goods, 

 his shoes ; and, if need be, he makes them all. 

 Can our people do all this, or any part of it? 

 Can they live without bread for months? Can 

 they live without beer ? Can they be otherwise 

 than miserable, cut off, as they must be, from all 

 intercourse with, and hope of hearing of, their re 

 lations and friends? The truth is, that this is 

 not transplanting, it is tearing up and flinging 

 away. 



981. Society! What society can these people 

 have? Tis true they have nobody to envy, for 

 nobody can have any thing to enjoy. But there 

 may be, and there must be, mutual complain 

 ings and upbraidings; and every unhappiness will 

 be traced directly to him who has been, however 

 unintentionally, the cause of the unhappy per 

 son's removal. The very foundation of your 

 plan necessarily contained the seeds of discon 

 tent and ill-will. A colony all from the same 

 country was the very worst project that could 

 have been fallen upon. You took upon your 

 self the charge of MOSES without being invested 

 with any part of his authority; and absolute as 

 this was, he found the charge so heavy, that he 

 called upon the Lord to share it with him, or to 

 relieve him from it altogether. Soon after you 

 went out, an Unitarian Priest, upon my asking 



