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lead, by motives not ct/iial/jj powerful indeed, but by 

 powerful and pressing motives, to tlie conclusion 

 that the liquidation of the public debt is an object 

 of deep interest in that bearing and relation. 



The tiYide of the British Empire with foreign 

 coiintrien^ as well as the trade within the British 

 Empire, has its source in agriculture, and spon- 

 taneous or natural productions. 



As it is the proper business of every country to 

 develop its internal resources, m hence the national 

 wealth and power are chiefly to be derived ; the 

 importations from Foreign countries, which displace 

 the demand for native productions, become the 

 subject of anxious attention ; — not in any narrow or 

 confined spirit, not for the purpose of considering 

 how the interest of a neighbour may be subjected 

 to selfish views ; but for the fair and becoming 

 purpose of enquiring into the cause of an effect so 

 adverse, not only to the interest of the particular 

 nation which may be immediately and directly 

 affected, but adverse to the general prosperity of 

 nations. 



The greater tiie opulence which Great Britain, 

 for instance, may derive from her agriculture, 

 and her other copious sources of wealth, the 

 greater her consumption, the greater her demand 

 for the productions of climates and countries 

 yielding productions, which notwithstanding the 

 most ample development of her own resources, she 



