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proves that there are no betters, but that a general equality- 

 pervades the land. Of course to this there are exceptions, 

 and when you do meet with a civil tradesman the contrast 

 to the generality is so great that in spite of yourself you 

 buy of him more than you require. The Boh-hoys, or 

 blackguards, their name in any town is legion, and in 

 place of a few peers and commoners verbally dictating to 

 their tenants for their votes at elections, in America you 

 have an irresponsible multitude, who have not a real or 

 vested interest in the State, coercing with knives, rifles, 

 and revolvers the free exercise of the franchise. Entailing 

 on the representation of the people a false position and 

 a universal grievance, which will one day be the sever 

 ance of the States, and end in anarchy and confusion. 



The intensity of heat and cold arrives at like results, 

 and no mind ever yet contemplated the histories of coun 

 tries without arriving at the conclusion that a dominant 

 and a grinding aristocracy, or a too free people, alike end 

 in rearing up a tyrannical dictator to a throne, that is 

 absolutely necessary for a time to curb licentiousness, and 

 to weed the world of a wild growth, incompatible with 

 the life of utility and the interests of civilisation. The 

 plains or deserts of America are beautiful, and her wild 

 creatures, except the Red Men, interesting and grand. 

 The soil in the prairies is oftentimes so good that they 

 may be said to afford remunerative space enough for 

 agriculture to run wild on, before fields can be fenced in, 

 or toil know where to rest from the occupation of the 

 hour. The mineral fields the same ; they hold the 

 riches of an earth, and a thousand ages, and generations 

 on generations, will die out, ere half the riches entombed 

 beneath the soil are fused and diffused, for the good or 

 otherwise of mankind. What then shall I say of the 



