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fpare, were Tent to eafe the laborious march, and the mufician 
to elevate the jovial mariner : in whatever manner our luxury 
or pomp were abridged, we fhould neverthelefs enjoy many plea- 
fures, and even enlarge the fcene of our rational delights. 
Thofe who were ufed to spend their time in squandering mo- 
ney, might be a little mortified; but what could we fuffer in ge- 
neral, by thefe trifling inconveniences, compared with the 
calamities of an unsuccessful war ; the effeCts of a precari- 
ous peace ; the annihilation of the property in the public 
debt ; or, laftly, the extinction of the glory of this nation, its 
LIBERTY ? 
We are not yet reduced to any fatal extremity ; but every 
thing that is dear to us, may ’ere long be at flake : and fhall we 
not apply ourfelves to confider maturely what is befl to be done ? 
If we do not extend our concern to posterity, it will be im- 
poflible to exist long : it feems to be as true in political as in 
religious concerns, that the present, abftraCted from the fu- 
ture, cannot render us happy. “ Let us eat and drink, for 
“ to-morrow we die,” is a maxim which can afford but flender 
confolation to individuals, much lefs to a nation. Amidft a 
profufion of all the neceffaries and luxuries of life, fhall we 
reafon ourfelves into a belief, that we cannot abridge our ex^ 
pences ; and chufe to hazard all for ever, rather than forego 
fome of the pleasures of luxury for a short time ? 
It feems to me beyond all contradiction, that whilft the mo- 
ney is chiefly fpent among ourfelves, we have refources whence 
we can annually draw four or five millions more than the 
ordinary 
