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fulness and vivacity, becoming a more peaceful citizen 

 and perhaps a better man. 



4th. That maize possesses a great superiority over 

 rye, barley, oatmeal, or potatoes not that it contains 

 a greater quantity of gluten, but that its constituent 

 parts are better proportioned, and consequently make 

 a better article of food. 



5th. That, admitted into -England duty free, it 

 would be a cheaper article of food than any of those 

 above named, besides being vastly superior to them in 

 nutritive and healthful properties. 



6th. That it can be obtained in any quantities from 

 all parts of the United States, and particularly from the 

 middle and southern states, on the Atlantic sea-board 

 as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, 

 Virginia, and North Carolina, whose proximity to the 

 sea and ports of shipment, give them great advantages 

 by saving inland conveyance. The whole valley of the 

 Mississippi also yields it in abundance. 



7th. That the people of all parts of the United 

 States are consumers of British manufactures ; for in 

 spite of national asperities, they adopt the habits, 

 tastes, fashions, and dress of their English ancestors. 

 This, I think, is a natural feeling in the human 

 breast, for I never yet knew a son who was offended by 

 being told that he resembled his parent. The imported 

 grain then would be paid for in the products of British 

 industry. 



8th. That the rapidly increasing population and 

 limited superficial surface of the British Isles, will 

 speedily render a foreign supply of grain necessary even 

 in the most productive seasons and consequently a 

 reduction of duties must ensue ; it is therefore advan- 

 tageous to the agricultural interests, as land is becom- 

 ing so valuable, to reserve as much of the soil of Eng- 

 land as possible for the cultivation of wheat and more 

 valuable products ; and nothing will tend to promote 

 this object more than the introduction of a copious sup- 

 ply of cheaper farinaceous food for the poor and labour- 

 ing classes. 



