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zealous in the discharge of his duty, and supported by the 

 public spirit of the legislature, might profitably direct his 

 attention: I will therefore only say, that from his exertions 

 we might cease to be tributary to Europe for numerous arti- 

 cles which our industry would furnish, and our own inge- 

 nuity work up, (and that cheaply because of the general de- 

 mand) and thus by keeping at home the precious metals, 

 which we export to pay for the manufactures of the old 

 world, we should not again be under the necessity of having 

 recourse to the miserable, and to many, the ruinous expedi- 

 ent of using as a circulating medium, the bills of a host of 

 public and private banks, (many of which in different parts 

 of the Union, had not specie to the amount of a sixth, and 

 some not even a tenth part of their notes, and the debts 

 they owed to depositors;) the solidity of the national strength 

 would be increased, by the increased attachment of the 

 people to the government, which they would find attentive 

 to their best interests, and alive to the wise policy of keeping 

 men, women and children employed; and thus supplying us 

 with home productions, the scarcity of which alone obliges 

 thousands to use those of the work-shops of Europe: and 

 lastly, the means of communication between remote parts 

 being facilitated, a national feeling would be firmly establish- 

 ed, and those invidious distinctions and the imaginary op- 

 position of interests, which have hitherto, prevailed, would 

 be entirely done away.^ 



* See Appendix H. 



