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Show [ IO ] become relatively richer, the Courfe of Traffic will turn again : So that by attending to this Now, according to this Train of Reafoning, Tone alarming and obvious Confequence muf't ne- Change, you may difcover the comparative ceffarily follow, 'vz'z. That the Provifions and Riches or Poverty of each particular Place Manufactures of a rich Country could never find a Vent in poor ones, on account of the or Country. [ II l THE Reafons ufually afiigned for this Migra- higher Value, or dearer Price fet upon them : tion, or rather Circulation of Induf'try and Com- Whereas thofe of a poor Country would always find a Vent in a rich one, becaufe they would be afforded the cheapei't at the common Market. merce, are the following, 7112. In rich Countries, where Money is Plenty, a greater Qiantity thereof is given for all the Articles of Food, Raiment, and Dwelling: Whereas in poor Countries, where Money is fcarce, a leifer (Luantity of it is made to ferve in procuring the like Neceffaries of Life, and in paying the Wages of the Shepherd, the Plowman, the Artificer, and Manufacturer. The Inference from all which is, that Provifions are raifed, and Goods manufactured much cheaper in poor Countries than in rich ones -, and therefore every poor Country, if a near Neighbour to a rich one, and if there is an cafy and commodious Communication between them, muil unavoida« bly get the Trade from it,--were Trade to be left at Liberty to take its natural Courfe. Nor will this Increafe of Agriculture and ManufaC- tures, whereby the richer Country is drained, and the poorer proportionably enriched, be flopped or prevented, 'till Things are brought to a perfe€t Level, or the Tide of Wealth begins to turn the other Way. Now THIS being the Cafe, can it be denied, that every poor Country is the natural and unavoidable Enemy of a rich one ; efpecially if it fhould happen to be adjoining to it? And are not we fure beforehand, that it will never ceafe from draining it of its Trade and Commerce, lnduf‘try and Manufactures, 'till it has at leafi fo far re- duced it, as to be on a Level and Equality with itfelf? Therefore the rich Country, if it regards its own Interefl, is obliged by a Kind of Selfdefence to make War upon the poor one, and to endeavour to extirpate all its Inhabitants, in, order to maintain itfelf in flatu qua, or to prevent the fatal Confequences of lofing its prefent Influence, Trade, and Riches. For little lefs than a total Extirpation can be fuflicient to guard againlt the Evils to be feared from this dange- gerous Rival, while it is fuffered to exif't. BUT is this indeed the Cafe P-One would not willingly run Counter to the fettled Notions of Mankind; and yet one ought not to make B 2 a |