cation, not by the finite nature of human power 

 only, but by the dictates of prudence and expe- 

 rience. 



It is however not the less clear, that all human 

 action not originating in the benevolent principle, 

 is defective ; and in reference to this axiom of 

 universal application, the intercourse of domestic 

 and foreign trade becomes a subject of moral 

 interest, co-extensive with its political impor- 

 tance. 



The various productions of nature and of art 

 sliunilate industry by the desire of possession, and 

 administer to the wants, the comfort, and the 

 refinement of mankind. The encouragement of 

 labor, and the easy exchange of property, subject 

 to the limitation only which the necessity of human 

 affairs prescribes, are, therefore, principal objects 

 of legislation and government. 



The limit which this necessity, duly considered, 

 |)rescribes to the intercourse of trade, in the in- 

 stance of Great Britain, may be reduced to two 

 considerations ; namely. 



National Protection, 

 and 



Constancy of individual pursuit or employ- 

 ment. 



And the more extended the interchange of the 

 products of labor and ingenuity can be rendered, 

 without imprudent hazard in these respects^ the 



