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though many useful articles of common life are 

 as cheap again as they were formerly, he yet 

 cannot purchase them, not being able to find 

 any one who can pay him for his labour. At 

 present, therefore, he chiefly supports himself 

 by the ground around his house, where he 

 sows his Indian corn and vegetables, which, 

 with carefully rearing a few pigs, maintains 

 him, with but little labour, throughout the 

 year. 



The peasant is therefore not aware that he 

 has changed from a bad, oppressive govern- 

 ment, to a good and liberal one. He only sees 

 through things as they aflect him personally 

 and practically ; he is now, therefore, in a 

 worse condition than he was before : but this 

 is not to last; and when money becomes plen- 

 tiful, and European capital and industry are 

 introduced, he will eventually reap the fruits 

 of long years of suffering. 



Far different is the state of the upper class — 

 by much the smaller portion of the inhabitants 

 of the country : they, from being oppressed 

 and despised, have risen into political conse- 

 quence and independence. They now per- 

 ceive that every, the highest office of govern- 



