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t.on, or excited in the minds of those who studied
them a train of thinking beneficial to the individual,
and often advantageous to society in general.
Yet trotssitlistaudiug this mental ;entity through-
vat the country, we believe that there are very few
a those who really deserve the reputation of wis-
dom, who could venture to pronounce with confi-
dence that he had ascertained the real cause of our
public distress, or could point out the certain means
a restoring the country to its former state of in-
dustrious habits, commercial prosperity, and gene-
ral contentment. While some propose the imme-
diate reduction of the national debt, and the can-
tle-inept diminutism of taxes, others recommend a
reformation in the !louse of Commons. Scme re-
commend that the poor now unemployed should be
supported during what is called their temporary
distresses, by an applicatioe of 'capital drawn from
their wealthier fellow-subjects, not reflecting that
by the operation of the Poor Laws this principle
has ulready fostered idleness and vice, in a degree
which must be injuriously felt during the continu-
ance of at least the present generation. Some pro-
pose the eteconragement of an extensive emigration,
as if that alone could remove the evil of a surplus
population ; and others suggest that • total or par-
tial retnoval of the laws that now restrict com-
merce, would afford permanent means of preserv-
log to the country its present population, and of
rendering them industrious and profitable. The
payment of the national debt has for a long time
been • theory of some wild politicians, and the
project in itself denotes e frame of mind of so ex-
travagantly speculative a ant, that it has been made
• kind of proverb for throwing ridicule upon any
scheme which is considered as peculiarly impracti-
cable and visionary. Under the present circum-
stances of the country the project would be equi-
valent to a violent revolution. Parliamentary re-
form is, indeed, necessary, but far from England
be such a reform as is contemplated by the mad and
deluded followers of Major CAITWRIGHT and
CORIETT. From the proceedings of the Radicals
two points are to be learned—one, that reform, in-
deed, is necessary ; the other, that it should be
eautiouttly and gradually pursued. The Bill intro-
daced into the House of Commons by Lord JOHN
RUSSELL it a happy union of these requisites. It
applies the principle of reform only in cases where
gross abuses have been proved, and carries it into
effect with a moderation that bespeaks profound
*isdom, and in a manner sanctioned by the ex-
amples of history. Parlianientry reform, however,
can give us no immediate relief, however it may
secure us from the future accumulation of debt and
Mixes.

The propriety of encouraging emigration is a
question of pent importance, and unfortunately it
too frequently considered in • confined point of
view. Undoubtedly emigration ought never to be
so f■r encouraged by the Government of a country,
i•o • se:.sesit of difficulty, as to assume the appear-
ance of being f.,rced or unnatural ; but if a desire
of emigration is generally felt, a Government
would prove itself very remiss if, bring possessed
of vast tracts of uninhabited lands elsewhere, it
cbd not gently direct the current of emigration in
such a manner as to colonize those lands, and
thereby render them ancilla►y to the wealth and
happiness of the another country. On this auhj.ct
we think the Government have acted very judi-
e•iobsly in the assistance they have given towards
the Cape settlers.
The policy of removing the restrictions Which
control our foreign trade is well examined by the
author of ■ sensible and well-written pamphlet,
entitled " d Sketch of the. Rise and Fall of the
Mmaifuctarr•K Systeme," sad it cannot fail of gram
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A SKETCH OF THE RISE AND FALL
orTha
MANUF.IC7 CI A'G SYSTEM.
It is not surprising that a season of national diffi-
Salty should.prove a school of wisdom which must+.
eventually become a source of general iniprovement.:.'
• We may 'Confidently affirm, that never at any for-
mer period, or in any other voontry, was the science
of publicsixcononly better or mote effectually btu-
. cited the* it has been in England sitter the cessation
of hostilities with France. 1346colties and die-
tresses 'of an unusual, perhaps of an unexampled
L description sprung up among us with * return of
peace, and turned every mind in the kingdom,
taught or untaught, to explore the causes of such
calamity, and to devise the means of amelioration.
An inquiry to universal has been productive of
• much useful knowledge, for every plan devised, or
theory advanced, either brought with it informs-
-1.00, or excited in the minds of those who studied
/ Attu a train of thinking beneficial to the individual,

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tifying our readers to see his sentiments expressed
t • , lmo. own words. We shall, therefore, content
•IMiiirselvas with extracting from this pamphlet s•ucli
• i,. parts as will best illustrate this subject,
ey ill idea of the style and manner of the
.After remarking that restrictive laws take
• I igin in the mutual hostility or jealousy of
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kolivitike., 0 Thu 'wiliness( area Emend+ iron mine, and the specs.
Ii ' 1 to deliver from our forests is America, will au doubt
sap. dm resuicious is beneficial, because it compels us
. es et . epee our own resources; but this argument will
f-be abed tso farther lima their private interests are
t, • reigarredt. resources weak! sot be diminished by
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ear eel usiag them : in fact they would nth*
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'4) •::: ( terealaitra ad ewes pis grow, because we do aut cut them
Gk e.g foe eiemeled wee weeteGie the pipe, because the ere
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