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stances under which their independence was 

 established, and of the difference between a 

 new country and an old one. In the United 

 States, also, the agricultural system differs 

 but little, or at least not in essential points, 

 from that of Europe, — requiring, as it does, 

 continual labour and attention ; and in other 

 respects the feelings and habits of the popu- 

 lation are similar to those, speaking gene- 

 rally, of the inhabitants of Europe. 



In Spanish America, on the contrary, 

 there are many striking points of difference. 

 There, the population has become varied and 

 intermingled, passing through a variety of 

 shades and hues of colour ; and comprising 

 different races, with separate sets of feelings 

 and habits attached to each. The original 

 settlement of the country, founded, as it 

 was, in sanguinary conquest, and supported 

 by tyranny, left no room for the introduction 

 of any good system of government; and 



