be taken to perfuade them, that this particular war is calculated for their benefit; and that the conquest of fuch or fuch a place would infallibly redound both to the advantage of the landed interefts, and the improvement and extenfion of manufactures.-" Should for ex"ample) the English once become mafters of CANADA, "the importation of fkins and beavers, and the manu"facture of fine hats, would extend prodigiously; every

man right afford to wear a beaver hat if he pleased, "and every woman be decorated in the richest furs; in "return for which our coarfe woollens would find fuch

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vent throughout our immenfe northern regions, as would make ample fatisfaction for all our expences.' Well, Canada is taken, and is now all our own; but what is the confequence, after a trial of fo.ne years poffeffion, let thofe declare who can, and as they were before fo lavish in their promifes, let them at laft prove their affertions, by appealing to fact and experience.--Alas! they cannot do it: nay, fo far from it, that beaver, and furs, and hats, are dearer than ever: and all the woollens, which have been confumed in thofe countries by the native inhabitants, do hardly amount to a greater quantity than thofe very foldiers and failors would have

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However, if Canada did not answer our fanguine "expectations, fure we were, that the fugar countries "would make amends for all: and, therefore, if the im"portant iflands of GAUDALOUPE and MARTINICO "were to be fubdued, then fugars, and coffee, and cho"colate, and indigo, and cotton, &c. &c. would become "as cheap as we could with; and both the country gen"tleman and the manufacturer would find their account "in fuch conquefts as thefe." Well, Gaudaloupe and Martinico are both taken, and many other islands befides are added to our empire, whofe produce is the very fame with theirs. Yet, what elegance of life, or what ingredient for manufaciure, is thereby become the cheaper? and which of all these things can be purchafed at a lower rate at prefent than before the war ?-Not one can be named.On the contrary, the man of landed property can tell but too circumftantially, that taxes are rifen higher than ever that the intereft of money is greater-that every additional load of national debt is a new mortgage on his exhaufted and impoverished eftate-and that, if he happens to be a member of parliament, he runs the risk of

being bought out of his family borough, by fome upstart gambler, jobber, or contractor.

The English manufacturer likewife both fees and feels, that every foreign material, of ufe in his trade, is grown much dearer, that all hands are become extremely fcarce, their wages prodigiously raifed,-the goods, of course, badly and fcandaloufly manufactured,—————-and yet cannot be afforded at the same price as heretofore—————— that, therefore, the fale of English manufactures has greatly decreased in foreign countries fince the commencement of war; and, what is worfe than all, that induftry at home is diminished-All these things, I say, the English manufacturer both fees and feels: and

IS NOT THIS ENOUGH?

7. The land and fea officers are, of courfe, the invariable advocates for war.-Indeed it is their trade, their bread, and the fure way to get promotion; therefore no other language can be expected from them: and yet, to do them juftice, of all the adverfaries of peace, they are the fairest and moft open in their proceedings; they use no art of colouring, and you know their motive, you muft allow for it accordingly.

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worn and confumed, who were lost in the taking, defending, and garrifoning of those countries.

"However, if Canada did not anfwer our fanguine "expectations, fure we were, that the fugar countries "would make amends for all: and, therefore, if the im

portant iflands of GAUDALOUPE and MARTINICO "were to be fubdued, then fugars, and coffee, and cho"colate, and indigo, and cotton, &c. &c. would become "as cheap as we could with; and both the country gen❝tleman and the manufacturer would find their account “in such conquefts as thefe." Well, Gaudaloupe and Martinico are both taken, and many other islands befides are added to our empire, whofe produce is the very fame with theirs.-ct, what elegance of life, or what ingredient for manufacture, is thereby become the cheaper? and which of all these things can be purchased at a lower rate at prefent than before the war?-Not one can be named. — On the contrary, the man of landed property can tell but too circumftantially, that taxes are rifen higher than ever-that the intereft of money is greater-that every additional load of national debt is a new mortgage on his exhaufted and impoverished estate-and that, if he happens to be a member of parliament, he runs the rifk of

being bought out of his family borough, by fome upitart gambler, jobber, or contractor.

The English manufacturer likewife both fees and feels, that every foreign material, of ufe in his trade, is grown much dearer,that all hands are become extremely fearce, their wages prodigiously raifed,-the goods, of course, badly and fcandalously manufactured,and yet cannot be afforded at the same price as heretofore— that, therefore, the fale of English manufactures has greatly decreased in foreign countries fince the commencement of war;—and, what is worfe than all, that industry at home is diminished. —All these things, I fay, the English manufacturer both fees and feels: and IS NOT THIS ENOUGH?

7. The land and fea officers are, of courfe, the invariable advocates for war.-Indeed it is their trade, their bread, and the sure way to get promotion; therefore no other language can be expected from them: and yet, to do them juftice, of all the adverfaries of peace, they are the fairest and moft open in their proceedings; they use no art of colouring, and you know their motive, you muft allow for it accordingly.

But after all, what have I been doing? and how can
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