to administer palliatives ; but the landed interest 

 must place its chief dependence upon itself; 

 upon the combined efforts of landlord and 

 tenant ; upon their cordial co-operation with 

 each other ; upon their frank and liberal consi- 

 deration of each other's situation ; upon their 

 mutual forbearance, prudence, perseverance, and 

 patience. 



The immediate cause of all the farmer's 

 troubles, is the depression in the price of grain : 

 of the effects produced by this cause, he is ne- 

 cessarily sensible,, for they are felt by him in the 

 inability to discharge his pecuniary engagements; 

 his receipts no longer corresponding with the 

 charges upon him. 



What avails it to tell him of the depreciated 

 currency, in which payments were said to be 

 made during the war ? If the depreciation of the 

 currency at that time be admitted, it must also 

 be admitted, that those were times of prosperity 

 to him ; and that the evils of that depreciation 

 were unknown to him. 



What avails it to tell him of the recent too 

 hasty return to a metallic currency ? The deed is 

 done, and if it can, it may safely be asserted, 

 that it ought not to be recalled : the measure is 

 pregnant with future good ; but let the farmer 



