Sentence:  The march of mankind from ſavageneſs to refinement is devious and ſlow. In that iron age when the multitude look for ſubſiſtence to the <WSD>ſpoils of war</WSD>, and the wants of a powerful empire are relieved by the tributes impoſed on ſubjugated ſtates, the haughty victors, devoting their captives to the taſk of cultivating the ſoil, riot in the fruits of that drudgery which they diſdain to ſhare. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any profits extracted as the result of winning a war or other military activity.