or venerable age ought to be confined, nor mixt 
with the Vicious Poor that are its tenants, 
63, We build extensive Palaces or Castles 
for Prisons, Houses of Refuge, Penitentiaries 
and Poor Houses, spending Millions thereon, 
and we do not yet build modest suitable houses 
for honest reduced families or Individuals, wil- 
ling even to work ; but shrinking for the con- 
tamination of Felohs, Drunkards and Vicious 
poor — The Felons, Convicts and Delinquents 
are better treated than honest Indigence or de- 
cay — Shame upon us for it — Open your hearts 
and purses you Men of Wealth, and fulfil this 
duty by providing little farms or houses for the 
honest and sober poor or aged Men or Women, 
or destitute children, and allowing them to 
work for you there if able. 
64, Colonies afford the means to relieve much 
human misery. We have only attempted to 
colonize the free blacks in Africa : do not the 
free whites deserve as much care ? We have 
within our States ample room and scope for 
many such Colonies of worthy families, unable 
to buy even our cheap Lands. Wealthy men if 
generous could buy large tracts of land and re- 
tail it in small farms at cost , or with simple in- 
terest added till paid, when convenient and able 
thro- their labor — But Cupidity bids our Weal- 
thy men to buy at $1.35 per acre and resell to 
the poor at $2, 3 or 5. 
65, Even Tenants on perpetual Leases of 8 
or 10 Cents per Acre might gratify the desire 
of perpetual Wealth and command the^ratitude 
of good Colonists, but it is not enough, and 
tenants are not yet to be found on the hard terms 
exacted — Learn wisdom men of wealth, lessen 
your demands, and offer cheap bargains to nee- 
