2 84 Moderation in Ex pence indifpenfibly necejfary . 
hitherto enabled to fupport great fleets, and upon emergencies 
great armies alfo ; and to check the encroachments of France, 
whofe extent of dominion, and number of inhabitants, are fo 
much greater than ours. But how have we been able to do 
this ? not by the force of valor only, but of money. You have 
often heard it faid, that it is money which fights againft money. 
We may implore the goodnefs of heaven to prevent the neces- 
sity of our being involved in war ; but if that is unavoidable, 
we muft pray for common fenfe, and common virtue, to carry it 
on at a lefs expence than we did the laA war : and if at the 
fame time we live at a lefs charge, and decline the ufe of fuch 
dangerous and expenfive articles as tea, we may prevent the ca- 
lamitous confequences of war. Without Braining my argu- 
ment in the leaft, it is certain, that in proportion as tea de- 
prives us of our riches, it muft render the iffue of a war the 
more hazardous. 
You have lately feen a confiderabJe fpecimen of that dift'ufive 
wealth, together with the noble and delightful fcenes which 
diftinguifh this ifland. It is not merely the greatnefs of a Angle 
lord, or half a dozen nobles : what riches, what comfort, what 
elegance, what delight, are fpread over the face of this country ! 
Happy mortals, if we knew our own felicity in its true extent, 
and took the right methods to preferve it ! Farewell. I am- 
yours, &c, 5 
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