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Show sUBJECTS- :28 POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL . upon their Fortunes, are not without evident Marks of Poverty and Decay. HENCE alfo we come to the true Reafon, why the City of Erz'iirl'zu'g/z, contrary to the Fears and Apprehenfions of its Inhabitants, has thriven and [lourifhed more fince the Union than it did before, ‘Uiz. It has loi‘t the Relidence of the Court and Parliament, and has got in its Stead, Commerce and lVIanufaé‘ tures; that is, it has exchanged Idlenefs for lndul ‘tryi 29 the Publick Good {hall be rendered proportion- ably dear, and placed beyond the Reach ofqthe Multitude; whereas fuch Things as are neceflary, or ufeful, {hall be proportionably encouraged; and, in fliort, by every other conceivable Me- thod, whereby the Drones of Society may be converted into Bees, and the Bees be prevented from degenerating back into Drones." THEREFORE, as we are to fuppole, that by fuch Means as thefe, the Swill-Britons have accumulated 20,ooo,oool. in Specie, while the And were the Court and Parliament of Ireland" Nort/z Britons have no more than 2,ooo,oool. : to leave Due/in by Virtue of an Unionwitl1 The Queftion now is, Which of thele two hila- tions can afford to raife Provrlions, and lell their Manulaé‘tures on the Chen-pelt 'l'erms ? " Suppofing that both did their utmolt to rival " one anOther, and that Trade and Manufac- Great-Britten, the fame good Con fequences would certainly follow. M CASE II. .NGLAN D has acquired TWENTY " tures were left at Liberty to take their own MIL- r LIONS‘ of Specie in the Wa y of general Indafl'ry, "012: By exciting the Ingenuity and Aé‘tiVity of Its People, and giving them a free Scope without any Exclul ion, Confinement, 01‘ Monopoly ;-~~by annexing Burd ens to Celi- bacy, and Honours and Privileges to the . ‘rie mar _ d State; -by conl'tituting fuch Laws, as dtfi‘ule the Wealth of the Parents more cquall v among the Chil , dren, th an the preterit Laws ofJ Europe generally do ;~ -by modelling the Ta xes ' pl in {non a Manner, that all Things hurtful t0 the. c " Courie, according as Cheapnefs or lnterefi " directed them." . . _ Now. on the Side ofthe poorer Nation, it is alledged, That feeing it hath much leis Mo~ ney, and yet is equal in Size, Situation, and other natural Advantages, equal allo in Num- bers of People, and thole equally willing to be diligent and indul‘trious ; it cannot be but that fuch a Country mutt have a manifei‘t Advantage over the rich one in Point of its parlrmomous Way of Living, low \Vages‘, and conlequently .cheap Manufaél'ures. (‘M |
