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to be attained, but by men of considerable capital. 

 The object is tempting, but when offered to the con- 

 sideration of emigrants from Europe, or our sister 

 Stales to the eastward, tliey will remember, that the 

 climate v/here rice, cotton, tobacco, indigo, and su- 

 gar flourish, is generally unfavourable to health ; and 

 that these articles are not to be cultivated to advan- 

 tage without slaves. They have therefore to engage 

 in a new kind of life, opposed to the habits and prin- 

 ciples in which they have been educated, and which, 

 however flattering the outset, will probably termin- 

 ate, in an enfeebled body and discontented mind. 



But the great class of emigrants, is that of people 

 who have small capitals, and must seek their bread, 

 by the labour of their own hands. To such persons, 

 health is every thing. The languid eye of sickness 

 dwells without pleasure, on the fairest prospects of 

 nature. In vain is the fertile bottom, or the rich 

 prairie, offered to the arm unnerved by disease. It 

 is a notorious fact, that rich, low, level countries, 

 are subject to fevers. They should therefore be 

 shunned by those who are to live by their own la- 

 bour. Another great inconvenience in those coun- 

 countries is, that they are badly supplied with water, 

 cither for drinking or machinery. If, indeed, the 

 lands in the western region, were extremely cheap. 



