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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
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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
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