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theDutchEaft-India Company would be ren- 
dered of no avail by various obftacles. Scru- 
puloufly exad in all their engagements, we 
know that they fhew a generofity which, for 
their own honour and profperity, all commer- 
cial affbciations ought to afTume as a model. 
There is no doubt but they would, without 
hefitation, make every facrifice neceffary for 
the execution of this excellent plan, fo well 
calculated to immortalize them ; but a ra^- 
dical fault, the fault of the government, 
muft ever oppofe it. It would be requlfite, 
in the firft place, to expel ail the inhabitants 
of the Cape and of the colonies, or at leaft 
to reform their minds, in order to deftroy 
thofe ridiculous and antipatriotic prejudices 
which they affefl: to entertain. 
Government fufFers, becaufe it is not pof- 
fible to check the progrefs of the evil, thefe 
planters, fo proud of their colour, and who 
are diftinguiflied by no perfonal merit from 
their flaves — it fufFers, I fa}^ thefe ignorant 
peafants, proud of a moderate fortune which 
they have not piven themfelves the trouble 
to acquire by their induftry, to defpife and 
treat with contempt thofe men, who, having 
^defervcd well of the Company by the fer- 
vices 
