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Show [ 36 ] l; 37 l mentation of fuch Money is a Proof of a preceding lncreafe of lndultry: Whereas an Aug mentation of Money by fuch Means as decreai'e Indul‘try, is a national Curie-"not a Bleffing. Merchant or Manufaeturer are in Danger of And therefore, tho' the Accounts of fuch a Na- conlecguentlv cannot pofilblv enercnfe {he hum- tion may lool' fair to the Eyes of a Merchant or radefiman, who (keeping their own Books ber of your Culloners; liippoi'ing inch Cuf- by Pounds, Shillings, and Pence) fuppofe, that all mull be right, when they fee at the Foot of the Account, a large Balance of Pounds, Shillings, and Pence, in the Nation's Favour; yet the able Sta efiian, and judicious Patriot, who A y u y will I toirnrrs have the Lilx rty of trading Where ever they pit-a1}, and to the bell Advantage. . But if you lhould continue thele Armaments, in order to llop up the Ports of other Nations, and deprive them of the Benefit of a free Trade, what will he the Confequence of this emf; Manoeuvre P are to keep the public Accounts by quite diffe- Plainly this -,---That while you are getting One rent Columns,---by Men,V\70men, and Children, Shilling, you are {pending Ten 3 while you are employed, or not employed,---will regard this Tumour of Wealth as a dangerous Difeafe, not as a natural and healthy Growth. In one Word, the only poffible Means of preventing a Rival Nation from running away with your Trade, is to prevent your own People from being employing a few in a Courfe of regular Ind ullry, more idle and vicious than they are; and t being robbed or plundered in carrying their Goods to Market; but Fleets and Armies can never render Lhole Goods the ch: met; and by infpiring them with the contrary good @121; lities: So that the only War, which can be attended with Succefs in that Refpeét, is a W'ar againft Vice and ldlenefs -, a War, whole Forces you are fupporting Thoufands in Habits of Idle- nefs, and at the fame Time involving the Nation in fuch immenfe Expences as mull, if per- fified in, inevitably prove its Ruin.---Grant, therefore, that during a V‘Jar, a "ti/Tar crowned with zmim‘ermpied Succefs (for no other can avail) grant, lfay, that in tome Articles you enjoy an lncreale of Trade, at what Expence is this lncreaie obtained, and how long is it to lafl? Moreover, what Confequences will arife :nuftcomtt of---not Fleets and Armles,---but in h judicmus Taxes and wife Regulations, as {hall turn the Palfion of private Self-Love into the Channel of public Good. Indeed Fleets when the ‘Nar is at an End, and ot and Armies may be necelTary, where the tional Taxes are to be impofetl to: Mer- a trading Nation is to light for ever, Peace is made, what new Duties, a E,» .iw V 1 |