LETTER II. TO DM |>ART III. 



of this country as for that of my own country 

 men. For a good while I remained silent, 

 hoping that few people would be deluded; but 

 when I heard, that an old friend, and brother 

 sportsman; a sensible, honest, frank, and 

 friendly man, in Oxfordshire, whom I will not 

 name, had been seized with the Illinois mad 

 ness, and when I recollected, that he was one 

 of those, who came to visit me in prison, I 

 could no longer hold my tongue ; for, if a man 

 like him; a man of his sound understanding, 

 could be carried away by your representations, 

 to what an extent must the rage have gone ! 



1028. Mr; IJuLME visited you with the most 

 friendly feelings. He agrees with you perfectly 

 as to notions about forms of government. He 

 ivished to give a good account of your proceed 

 ings. His account is favourable ; but, his facts, 

 which I am sure are true, let out what I could 

 not have known for certainty from any other 

 quarter. However, I do not care a farthing for 

 the degrees of goodness or of badness ; I say all 

 new countries are all badness for English far 

 mers. I say> that their place is near the great 

 cities on the coast ; and that every step they go 

 beyond forty miles from those cities is a step 

 too far. They want freedom: they have it here. 

 They want good land, good roads, good mar 

 kets: they have them all here. What should 



