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PREFACE. 
an equal prosperity among the plantations of 
other European nations becaufe every power has 
tranfplanted its conftitution with its people. 
This furprizing increafe of people is a founda- 
tion that will bear a mighty fuperstrudlure, we 
need no other proof than in the wonderful 
growth of one of the provincies, (. Penfilvania 
I mean) which tho’ the youngeft of all, yet 
being more particularly founded on the princi- 
ples of moderation ( the fir ft of all political Vir- 
tues) and every way fam’d for the wifdom and 
lenity of its government, is become the admi- 
ration of thofe who compare it with any thing 
related by hiftory, and the well-known refuge 
of the opprefs'd and perfecuted , who chear- 
fully abondon their native foil to purchafe the 
inestimable bleffing of liberty and peace. 
The inhabitants of all thefe colonies have 
eminently deferved the character of induftrious 
in agriculture and commerce. I could wifh 
they had as well deferved that of adventurous 
in inland difcoveries , in this they have been 
much outdone by another Nation , whofe po- 
verty of country and unfettied temper have 
prompted them to such views of extending 
their poffeffions, as our agriculture and com- 
merce now make neceffary for us to imitate. 
In this skillful Perfons may employ themfelves ; 
but a more accurate obferver than our author 
will not readily be found. 
The welfare of a colony concerns the country 
from whence it derives its origin, in nothing fo 
much 
