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Show [ 12 ] i 13 ] a Sacrifice of Truth to mere Numbers, and the But, leaving all Arguments of this Sort, as Authority of Opinion; el‘pecially if it fhould appear, that thefe are Truths of great Moment to the Welfare of Society. Therefore, with a becoming Deference, may it not here be being perhaps too metaphy heal for common Ute, all<ed,---~Can you fuppole, that Divine Provi- dence has really conliituted the Order of Things in luch .1 Sort, as to make the Rule of nationalSelf-prelervation to be inconlil‘tent with the fund amcntal Principle of univerlal Benevolence, and the doing as we would be done by P For my Part, I mull confefs, I nevercauld conceive that an all-wife, jolt, and benevolent Being would contrive one Part of his l'lan to be lo contradictory to the other, as here fur/poled ,m that is, would lay us under one Obligation as to Morals, and another as to Trade; or, in lhort, make that to be our Duly, which is not, upon the whole, and generally lpez king (even without the Conlideration of a future State) our Interafi lil;e\i\7ile. THEREFORE I conclude apriarz', that there mull" be lbme Flaw or other in the preceding Arguments, plauhble as they teem, and great as the are upon the Foot of human Authority. 1901‘ though the :‘rppmrance of Things at firll Sight i'nalies for this Concluhon, viz. " That " poor Countries molt inevitably draw away the " 'I‘rade from rich ones, and confequently im-" pcverilh them," the bad: itlelfCANNOT BE 50-. let us have Recourfe to others, wherein we may be allilied by daily Experience and Obfervation. Suppose therefore England and Sl'ollana to be two contiguous, independant Kingdoms, equal in Size, Situation, and all natural Advantages; fuppofe likewiih that the Numbers of People in both were nearly equal; but that England had acquired TWENTY MILLIONS of current Specie, and Scotland had only a tenth Part of that Sum, ‘vlz. Two MILLIONS : The Qieftion now is, Whether England will be able to fupport itlelf in its fuperior Influence, Wealth, and Credit? Or be continually on the Decline in Trade and Manufaétures, 'till it is funk into 3 Parity with Scotland; {0 that the current Specie of both Nations will be brought to be jufi the fame, 'vz'z. Eleven Afillz'ans each. Now, to relolve this (fixation in a fittisfa&or*y* lVIanner, a previous Enquiry fhould be let on Foot, viz. How came England to acquire this great Surplus of Wealth 1' And by what Means was it accumulated ?---If in the Way of Idlene/Ir, it certainly cannot retain it long; and England will again become poor -,---perhaps fo poor as to be little better than Hungary or Poland : But if by a Courle of regular and nnlntrfal India/fry, the lame Means, which obtained the ‘v‘v'lealth at iitli‘, will, z'fpnrfzzc'd, eel" ii; 1;! preferve it, and .L: 3 But, even |