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the subject of emigration, has consequently re- 
lated to this important matter. 1 had only then 
to observe in reply, that the civil and military 
establishments in New South Wales, form the 
elements of as good society as it is the lot of the 
majority to command in Great Britain. 
The houses of the settlers are not scattered 
over a greater surface than the residences of 
country gentlemen here, and if they cannot vie 
with them in size, they most assuredly do in 
many other more important respects; and if 
a substantial cottage of brick or stone has any 
claim to the rank of a tenantable mansion, 
there are few of them which do not possess 
all the means of exercising that hospitality for 
which young communities are remarkable. 
But to sever the links of kindred, and to 
abandon the homes of our fathers after years of 
happy tranquillity, is a sacrifice the magnitude of 
which is unquestionable. The feelings by which 
men are influenced under such circumstances 
have a claim to our respect. Indeed, no class of 
persons can have a stronger hold upon our sym- 
pathies than those whom unmerited adverse for- 
tune obliges to seek a home in a distant country. 
