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thieves , disease, and filth thrust into companionship. I 

 believe I may with truth affirm that, at this moment, the 

 railway system, in its filthy and falsely democratic or 

 cheap state, does not much remunerate any of the com 

 panies ; and in this I have no doubt but that Mr Cobden, 

 or any other traveller in America, will thoroughly agree 

 with me. In short,to invest English money in railways, 

 or in land, or in any other permanent purchase in the 

 United States, would not, at this moment, in my opinion be 

 attended with safety. I make these suggestions or asser 

 tions let my readers call them what they like on no vain 

 imaginations ; and as an instance of the strength of my 

 position, I need but quote the fact, that many of what may 

 be called the landed gentry in America, while I was pay 

 ing a visit to them or otherwise in their society, assured 

 me that so insecure and prone to aggression from the Boh- 

 hoys were the rights of property, and so uncertain the 

 protection of the law, that if they could shift their vested 

 interests to almost any country under the sun which had 

 a safer government and greater personal security, they 

 would prefer living there than in the country where they 

 were born. Beautiful as the country of America is, and 

 in some parts perfect as its climate is, with the richness 

 of its soil for cultivation, wealth of its mineral produc 

 tions, and its thousand and one attractions for profit or 

 sport, terrible it is to see the lower class of inhabitants so 

 unrestrained and drunk with freedom as to assume that 

 wealth, birth, education, and talents are no recommenda 

 tion in the House of Representatives. 



I have known landed gentlemen in America to make 

 attempts to have deer in their parks, after the fashion in 

 England. Every one of these deer was shot and car 

 ried away by the Boh-hoys. I have heard of gentle- 



