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Show [ 46 l [ 47 1 as convinCing a Proof, as ca‘n-pofiibly be delired of the I‘ruth of thefe Politions:---And hence ice whether the Weight of that will make up for the Deficiency of the others. Now his 4th Objection, or rather his Obfer- alfo we may obferve, that the Raches of Eflgimld in many Branchesa and the Rlches of Swiamii and Ireland in fame Branches, are mutually alfifient to, and reciprocally advantageous to each other : For by mutually conlummg and wearing I. III "III vation, is, " That all Human Things have the 6‘ Seeds of Decay within themfelves: Great " Empires, great Cities, great Commerce, all " of them receive a Cheque, not from accidental each other's ManufacTtures, the Etzglz‘ z, Scott/z, and Iii/ll, become the better and the greater all which it is implied, that the richer Nation Cullomers to each other. cannot maintain its Superiority over a poorer one; THE 3d Objection needs not a Reply {0 long and laboured as the feCOnd : For when the Gentleman propofed, that the poorer Country lhould becaufe, when it comes to a certain Period, it firf't begin with the coarler and more {maple Manufafl'ures, and then proceed Step by Step to others more operofe, complicated, and expenfive, 'till at lalt it had fupplanted the rich one in all its Trade and Manufactures,---he unfortunately forgot, that in Proportion as his poorer Country made a Progrefs in theie Things, in the fame Proportion, or nearly the fame, would the Price of Labour, of Provifions, and of raw Materials, advance likewife; fo that all thefe imaginary Advantages would vanilh away like a Dream, when they were molt wanted, and when he molt depended on their Afiiftance. In fact, his not paying due Attention to this Circumfiance was probably the very Thing which led him and others into fo many Errors on this Head. But as he has one Objeetion more to ofler, let us fee " Events, but from neceflary Principles." From mutt necefl‘arily fall to Decay ;---I fay, this muft be the Inference intended, otherwife the Obfer- vation is not applicable, and has nothing to do with the prefent Subject HERE therefore, as the Ideas and Terms made ufe of, are borrowed from the State of natural Bodies, and from thence metaphorically transferred to political Confiitutions, one Thing is taken for granted in this Argument, to which Icannot readily afTent. It is taken for granted, that as all Animals, by having the Seeds of De- cay within themfelves, mutt die fooner or later, therefore political or commercial Inltitutions are fubjeet to the like Fate, and on the fame Principles. Now this remains to be proved; for the Parallel doth not hold in all Reipeét53‘ and tho' it be true that the Body Politic may come to an End, as well as the Body Natural, there is no phyfical N ecefiity that it mufl. But more |