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Show 56 POLITICAL FRAGMENTS. (G. P-l [ 57 J [ § 9. Of Paper Credit. ] 072 the Price qf Cam, and Management of ‘ t/ae P o o R *. It is impoflible for government to circumfcribe, or fix the extent of paper credit, which mull; of courfe fluctuate. Government may as well pre- To Mgflz‘eur: tbe P U B L r c. tend to lay down rules for the operations, or the confidence of every individual in the courfe of his trade. Any feeming temporary evxl arifing, mutt I AM one of that clafs of people that feeds you all, and at prefent is abufed by you all ;--in fhort, I am afarmer. By your news-papers we are told, that God had fent a very Ihort harveft to fome other countries of Europe. I thought this might be in favour of Old England; and that now we fliould get a good naturally work its own cure *. f ' The maerwilld‘ee Dr. Fmfltlinls fentiments on,paper can mcies'inthe fennel of thiswork. E. J price for our grain, which would bring millions among us, and make us flow in money: that to be fure is fcarce enough. [ "‘ The following extracts of a letter figned Columella, and addrefl‘ed to the editors of tire Repofltoryfarfilefl paper: on Agriculture, Ara, andMamlfafiurrr, (See Vol. I. p. 352.) will again (cm: the purpofe of preparing thofe who read it, for entering upon this paper. ‘ GE NT L E M E N , nan Ahflflhlnh ‘ THERE is now publifhing in France a periodical work, called premeridi: dz; Chum, in which feveral points interei'ting to thofe concerned in agriculture, are from time to time difcufl'ed by fome able hands. In looking over one of the volumes of this work a few days ago, I found a little piece written by one of our countrymen, and which our vigilant neighbours had taken from 1/12 London Clyrrm‘de in 1766. The author is a gentleman well known to every man of letters in Europe, and perhaps there 15 none, in this age, to whom mankind in general are more indebted. ‘ That this piece may not be loit to our own country, I beg you will give it a place in your Repofitory: it was written in favor of the farmers, when they {uli'ered {0 much in our public papers, .and were alfo plundered by the mob in many places. _ The principles on which this piece is grounded, are given more at large in the Pa/itiral FI‘IlgI/lt‘lllf, art. 2. fee p. 49. E] B :ut |
