INDIANS. 



the Indians will soon find it tlieir interest to con- 

 nect themselves with the settlers, and friendly al- 

 liances will be formed, greatly to the advantage 

 of all parties. The motives, indeed, to industry, 

 and to improvement of every kind in South Ame- 

 rica, are innumerable ; and the reaction which, 

 according to every principle of human nature, 

 may be expected to take place, when the weight 

 of tyrannical authority is entirely removed, baffles 

 all calculation : it must, however, be prodigious 

 — and perhaps the present military excitement, 

 and the exclusive occupation which it furnishes 

 in that country, may not be so great a misfortune 

 as it is sometimes supposed. It may contribute 

 eventually to its more tranquil establishment, by 

 giving the inhabitants time to reflect and act de- 

 liberately, instead of rushing at once and unpre- 

 pared, from a state of slavery, into the full exer- 

 cise of civil liberty. 



Notwithstanding all the faults which have been 

 enumerated in the colonial administration of South 

 America, it cannot be denied that great or lasting 

 benefits have been conferred upon that country 

 by its European masters. 



