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Show 18 POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL s U B J E c T s. a Current of Air rufhes from a heavier to a lighter Part of the Atmofphere, in order to refl'ore the Equilibrium. It is likewife inferred, very confifiently with this firl't Principle, that when the poor Country, in Procefs of Time, and by this Influx of Trade and Manufactures, is become relatively richer, the Courfe of Traffic will turn again: So that by attending to this Change, you may diicover the comparative Riches or Poverty of each particular Place or Country. THE Reafons ufually afi'igned for this Migration, or rather Circulation of Induf'try and Com- merce, are the following, viz. In rich Countries, where Money is Plenty, a greater (Luantity thereof is given for all the Articles of Food, Raiment, and Dwelling: Whereas in poor Countries, where Money is fcarce, a leiIer (Luantity of it is made to ferve in procuring the 19 tures, whereby the richer Country is drained: and the poorer proportionably enriched, be I'topped or prevented, 'till Things are brought to a perfect Level, or the Tide of Wealth begins to turn the other Way. Now, according to this Train of Reafoning, one alarming and obvious Confequence mull neceflarily follow, viz. That the l'rovilions and Manufactures of a rich Country could never find a Vent in a poor one, on Account. of the higher Value, or dearer Price fet upon them: Whereas thofe of a poor Country would always find a Vent in a rich one, becaufe they would be aiforded the cheapefi: at the common Market. THIs being the Cafe, can it be denied, that every poor Country is the natural and unavoid- able Enemy of a rich one; efpecially if it Ihould happen to be adjoining to it? And are not we Wages of the Shepherd, the Plowman, the lure beforehand, that it will never ceafe from draining it of its Trade and Commerce, Indui'try and Manufactures, 'till it has reduced it, at leaPt Artificer, and Manufacturer. The Inference from all which is, that Provifions are raifed, and f0 far as to be on a Level and Equality with itfelf? Therefore the rich Country, if it regards Good-s manufaclured much cheaper in poor its own lnterel't, is obliged by a Kind of Self- like Necefl‘aries of Life, and in paying the Countries than in rich ones; and therefore every poor Country, if a near Neighbour to a rich one, and if there is an eafy and commodious Communication between them, mul't unavoidably get the Trade from it, . were Trade to be left at Liberty to take its natural Courfe. NOI‘ will this lncreafe of Agriculture and Manufactures defence to make War upon the poor one, and to endeavour to extirpate all its Inhabitants, in order to maintain itfelf infirm; qua, or to prevent the fatal Confequences of lofmg its prelent In- fluence, Trade and Riches. For little lefs than a total Extirpation can be quicient to guard B 2 againft |
