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Show [ 68 ] [ 69 1 Soil are not worth naming; moreover, the Ma. terials trade Ufe of in both Places, Wool, Flax, if Mankind would but open their Eyes, they and Silk, are juft the fame; yet [0 dilierentare the Productions of their rcfpective Looms, that Countries, which are thoufir ads of Miles apart, could hardly exhibit a greater Contral‘t. Now, liad Norwich and Maize/Wine been the Capitals of two neighbouring Kingdoms, inf'tead of Love and Union, we fhould have heard of nothing but Jealoulies and Wars; each would have prognollicated, that the flourifliing State of the one portended the Downfall of the other; each would have had their refpective Complaints, uttered in the moit doleful Accents, concerning their own Lofs of Trade, and of the formida- 35V ‘.>gy,. , Vi; ble Progrefs of their Rivals; and, if the refpec‘tive Governments were in any Degree popular, each would have had a Set of Patriots might plainly fee, that there is no one Argu‘ tent for inducing cliderent Nations to fight for the Sake of Trade, but which would equally oblige every County, Town, Village, nay, and every Shop among ourfelves, to be engaged in civil and intel'tine Wars for the fame End: Nor, on the contrary, is there any Motive of lntereit or Advantage that can be urged for reftraining the Parts of the fame Government from thefe unnatural and-foolifh Contet'rs, but which would conclude equally {trong againft fepaz‘ate and independant Nations making War witl each other on the like Pretext. Montovan, the Initine‘W of Curiofity, and the Thirlt of Novelty, which are {0 univerfally implanted in human Nature, whereby various Nations and difierent People f0 ardently will) to be Cuitorners to each Other, is another Proof, and Orators clofing their inflammatory Harangues with a ale/malt; efl Carr/raga. " We mull that the curious Manufactures of one Nation will " def'troy our Riva-ls, our Competitors, and never want a Vent among the richer Inhabitants " commercial. Enemies, or be deltroycd by A " them; for our Interei'is are oppofite, and " can never coincide." And yet, notwithfiand- ing all thefe canting Phraies, it is as clear as the Meridian Sun, that in cafe thefe Cities had belonged to different Kingdoms (Frame and England for Example) there would then have been no more Need for either of them to have gone to V i'ar than there is at prelent. In ihort, if * Indeed this Inflinfi, like all other Infiiné‘ts and Paflions, ought to be put under proper Regulatiam, otherwife it may do more Hurt than Good. But this Neceflity of due Regulation is no more an Objeétion agninlt the good Tendency of the Initiné‘t itl'elf, than the Rules of Temperance and Sobriety are Objections againlt Eating and Drinking in a moderate and realimable Degree. The Inflinft itlelf is certainly good; but it may be Vmifapplied :---And what may not? The political Regal/aria": it fhoulcl be under, Will be mentionedelfewhere, I g of |