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ipirit with which manufa&Ures are carried 

 on. What part of the commerce of this 

 kingdom feels a languor that fpeaks a ge- 

 neral decay ? Move your eye on which fide 

 you will, you behold nothing but great 

 riches, and yet greater refources. To what 

 corner we muft fly to feek the figns of a 

 declining ftate, I know not. In every part 

 where I have been, I have feen none but 

 the ftrongeft marks of a rich, a happy, and 

 a <flourifhing people. If fuch an united ef- 

 fect does not tend powerfully to confirm 

 the truth and moderation of the preceding 

 eftimates, I know nothing that can. Nor let 

 it be forgotten, that out of three kingdoms 

 and a confiderable principality, I have con- 

 fined myfelf to Engla?id alone. 



It is true, clouds will fometimes obfcure 

 the brightefl: hemifphere : Government, in 

 a free country, cannot be without its diffi- 

 culties : Money will be wanting, when 

 millions might be had : We mult fome- 

 times hear of taxes on plate and chip-hats. 



Nor muft we be furprized when we arc, 

 With much gravity, informed, that we arc 

 to become tributary to France-, that ano- 

 ther war will be our ruin ; that fuppiies 

 can never be raifed ; that men will not be 

 found ; and that debts and taxes are our 

 ruin. All this is but a repetition of what 

 we have heard thefe fourfcore years. What 



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