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N 'Jmm .' . : .'i isorti mmm MM for 704 91 cilito cohfuitftlic advantage of 1 the preferit ad The firft of thefe arguments is erejted upon theivek fmdyEfoun datiofiioff arfbpIiifiicaL phuofophy andyer and commerce, thole principal fupports ot eve- nours, and lifting them to place. jy '.government i ; ata innc inat it icems 10 n o mother obiect : in its vie w than the ae-v .. . , Vr. 7 neral emolu ment. - terrible apprehenfion of growing too powerful or becoming tod richis to be lure a very alarming circumftahce- In the. name our Amencancolonies ( lav. thcvV been of wonder, if we are To fearful nf arrivinc zt ftill held in our pbfleflion,and had ve obfti - an excefs of power, or a fuper-abundance ns nf in ble aCquifitiQns to our enemies; our ruin h tion of commerce" is fo earneftly recommended by thebeft of Sovereigns been inevitable Juxurv and orofuhon had im- mediately. introduced themfekes intoall orders of the people; nor could any thing have pre-' ierved us from deftrutionIthe corru ption of- all who have any real attention t6f the welfa the times hadbeen fo uriiverfate of thisrkingdom the fa6lion were""not either utterly incapable of thinking, , or defirous itf fi'crificihg every thing:; " tik thought, -they would have undoubtedly conhdeied that we have a riling generation tory of all ages, and the annals of all -.nations-(continue thefe elaborate and difintereifed-f ea foiiers) rare fraught with an infinity of. examv p.le3 where profperity and power have broughtcpnftantlyreadyto:en lliar m itanproofc ar en eceffary1 in aflertioji ilifputa,bly juit M a few the mins of Mico pagesof the Grecian hiftory, or examine the keep ft up ; and yet there is little Aor.,no reafoiK ; jile and decline orthe K 'Tis a great pity that very florid and; very fentimental fct of authors have not fomcthfng like common fenfe and found argument to ;i u p p 0 r t ny 9 1 t hp fe ipecious poiitions, which to think; the decline of theBritilli Greatncft at whom wer have been hierto very much obliged; ifo bleiieu path which they h we find them fb ready to afiert. If power and ibte, it muft necefiarily-follow that infeouricy and diftrefs,; the oppofites of thofe bleffings, IfejthergrMm abfblutely'eibov. W tave trod 'iriiirdrJhoulci: not-be calledo "a ftrifl: .acco.MntfoJvi ever tjntered'it at all. v 7 " ; Greece and Rome felhro,' their luxury and venality 5 but what is that to us ? '. England 5 over- WtyTmufty national hapih jity are fojfnuch to be dreaded, the miferable ed -a -more extraordinary, changes tha native of Scotland muft be;the moft fbrtuh or venality of the kingdor ctf.pe.opl'f.al phical vJrnament: of ..thc;'; James, frorb a thrbrie which-he to be perreCtiy or opinion, that there is no way of confulting our happinefs,v unlefs jDiirintereft-isattacked-andthahk difhonpuredandabufed :?Lu'xu xyfaRJjo far froai: being an enemy , 'tis an advantage tcfa ftateV it TRurs'-uo;tKe..raenibers:" as far as he could, our fecurity has been pro nioted 5 for,-. in every department of e;ovcrn- Jliyricii e-wel- duftry, ';.andxdttfh" horieft defirewlierever we jiee wi(h for the elegancies of life, to corneat theneceflliry means.Fhe jSua fare of this kingdom, has met with a moft creafe of the jEngliffi poWer ; has. no where I; V ':. , jduuuuic ijuit. u' ,-uv. vyiinwu, uirti - cue i V4icu, nit iu;ii or J! rccuonji -TiT '.Te nOv V . ! jl thelame method ta iis five "JlM nGofanvUue-barn-EngU ;;.'.: :V'v ' : ' : ' ' , - . ; ; .. .y . -7. . . ; V v - :.""x7?.;7,,:7.-f- 7;v : .7 .j, . . ! -7-. ;., ..7 ;:::7!-r"7
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