4iS CANAL BETWEEN THE 



America united, leaves thefe great national objefts 

 to the local views of traders, and fpeculators who 

 clog the national commerce with exceflive tonnage 

 demands in rrtnrn for the original expenditure, 

 and annual repairs. Thus the canals in Eng- 

 land, works which fhould be conducted upon the 

 boldeft plans, are ftinted in every particular, and 

 executed imperfectly, of which various inftances 

 could be produced, now too late for any effectual 

 remedy. 



England, which foracentury or upwards, hath been 

 pretending to raife empires in both hemifpheres, and 

 to rule thr ocean ; whofe drains in fupport of thefc 

 fchemes would cover the road from Land's End to 

 the Pentland h irth, with waggons loaded with filver f> 

 is \ enurious to an extreme, where fhe ought to be 

 generous, like a profligate hufband who fquanders 

 his fubftance abroad amongfl ladies of eafy virtue, 

 to whofc extravagance and defpotic fway, he is 

 completely refigncd ; while at home, he is both 

 niggardly and unjuft. 



Every hnglifhman who hath fludicd the hiflory 

 of his country, will coincide with this reprtrfen- 

 tation of the national policy, fince the revolution. 

 And it fhould be the endeavour of the public, to 

 put matters into a contrary dire&ion. National mu- 

 nificence, extended to national purpofes,and particu- 

 larly commerce, navigation, and fifheries, may be 

 confidercd as making provifion for pofttrity, be- 

 fides the immediate benefit flowing therefrom to 

 the prefent age. 



Of 



-f Several years ago, a calculation was made of the extent of 

 road, which the then national debt of 75,000,000!. would cover, 

 injp>lr g each waggon to contain a quantity of filver luflicient 

 for hx horjei to draw, and tliat tnc waggons fhould kecpclofe to 

 one another ; when it appeared that the national debt, were it 

 realized in hlvcr, would cover the road from London to York, and 

 jo miles further, being 210 miles. The diftancc from Land's 



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