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I have written a chapter expressly on the practical direc- 

 tion of our charity ; and in detached passages elsewhere 

 have paid a just tribute to the exalted virtue of benevolence. 

 To those who have read these parts of my work, and have 

 attended to the general tone and spirit of the whole, I wil- 

 lingly appeal, if they are but tolerably candid, against 

 these charges of Mr. Grahame, which intimate that I 

 would root out the virtues of charity and benevolence 

 without regard to the exaltation which they bestow on the 

 moral dignity of our nature ; and that in my view the " rich 

 are required only to harden their hearts against calamity, 

 aud to prevent the charitable visitings of their nature from 

 keeping alive in them that virtue which is often the only 

 moral link between them and their fellow-mortals."* It is 

 not indeed easy to suppose that Mr. Grahame can have 

 read the chapter to which I allude, as both the letter and 

 spiiit of it contradict, in the most express and remarkable 

 manner, the imputations conveyed in the above passages. 



These are a few specimens of Mr. Grahame's misrepre- 

 sentations, which might easily be multiplied ; but on this 

 subject I will only further remark that it shews no inconsi- 

 derable want of candour to continue attacking and dwelling 

 upon passages which have ceased to form a part of the work 

 controverted. And this Mr. Grahame has done in more 

 instances than one, although he could hardly fail to know 

 that he was combating expressions and passages which [ 

 have seen reason to alter or expunge. 



I really should not have thought it worth while to notice 

 these misrepresentations of Mr. Grahame, if, in spite of 

 them, the style and tone of his publication had not appeared 

 to me to be entitled to more respect than most of my oppo- 

 nents. 



With regard to the substance and aim of Mr. Grahame's 

 work, it seems to be mtended to shew that emigration is the 

 remedy provided by nature for a redundant population ; and 

 that if this remedy cannot be adequately applied, there is no 

 other that can be proposed, which will not lead to conse- 

 quences worse than the evil itself. These are two points 

 which I have considered at length in the Essay ; and it can- 

 not be necessary to repeat any of the arguments here. Emi- 

 gration, if it could be freely used, has been shewn to be a 



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