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The Affyrian and Roman empires were of very flow growth, and therefore lafted the longest; but still their increase was by conquest, and the union of diffonant parts. The Perfian and Macedonian monarchies were foon founded and presently overturned; the former not lafting fo long as the Affyrian, nor a fixth of the duration of the Roman; and as to the Macedonian, it lafted but fix years. This advantage of a flow growth is ftrong in favour of the Americans; the wonderful increase of their numbers is the natural effect of plenty of land, a good climate, and a mild and beneficent govern ment, in which corruption and tyranny are wholly unknown. Some centuries are already paft fince their first fettlement, and many more will pass before their power appears in its full splendor; but the quickness of a growth that is entirely natural will carry with it no marks of decay, being entirely different from monarchies founded by force of arms. The Roman empire perished by the hands of northern barbarians, whom the mafters of the world difdained to conquer; it will not be so with the Americans, they fpread gradually over the whole continent, infomuch that two hundred years hence there probably will be nobody but themselves in the whole northern continent; from whence, therefore, fhould their Goths and Vandals come? Nor can they ever have any thing to fear from the fouth; firft, because that country will never be populous, owing to the poffeffion of mines; fecondly, there are feveral nations and languages planted and remaining in it; thirdly, the moft confiderable part of it lies in the torrid zone, a region that never yet fent forth nations of conquerors.

In extent the habitable parts of North-America exceed that of any of the four empires, and confequently can feed and maintain a people much more numerous than the Affyrians or the Romans. The fituation of the region is fo advantageous that it leaves nothing to be wifhed for; it can have no neighbours from whom there is a poffibility of attack or moleftation; it will poffefs all the folid advantages of the Chinese empire without the fatal neighbourhood of the Tartas.

It will have farther the fingular felicity of all the advantages of an ifland, that is, a freedom from the attacks of others, and too many difficulties, with too great a distance, to engage in enterprises that heretofore proved the ruin of other monarchies,

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The foil, the climate, production, and face of the continent, is formed by nature for a great, independent and permanent govern. ment fill it with people who will of themfelves, of course, poffefs all forts of manufactures, and you will find it yielding every neceffary and convenience of life. Such a vast tract of country, poffeffing fuch fingular advantages, becoming inhabited by one people, speaking the fame language, profeffing the fame religion, and having the fame manners; attaining a population equal to that of the greatest empire; fprung from an active and induftrious nation, who have transfufed into them their own induftry and fpirit, and feen them worthy of their original; inhabiting a foil not dangeroufly fertile, nor a clime generally conducive to effeminacy; accustomed to commerce: fuch a people muft found a commonwealth as indiffoluble as humanity will allow. Suffice it for England, that fhe will have been the origin of a commonwealth greater and more durable than any former monarchy; that her language and her manners will flourish among a people who will one day become a splendid spectacle in the vaft eye of the univerfe. This flattering idea of immortality no other nation can hope to attain.

And here let us make an obfervation, that should animate the authors in the English language with an ardour that cannot be infused into thofe of any other nation; it is the pleafing idea of living among fo great a people, through almost a perpetuity of fame, and under almost an impoffibility of becoming, like the Greek and Latin tongues, dead; known only by the learned. Increafing time will bring increasing readers, until their names become repeated with pleafure by above an hundred millions of people!

Having endeavoured to answer what we conceive will be the leading inquiries of an European, who has an intention of removing from his native country to America, we shall proceed to offer fuch information, as from the plan laid down we had not the opportunity of introducing, or at least but flightly, into the preceding part of the work, or which we judged would be best deferred to the prefent period of it in doing this, we fhall endeavour to introduce our information with a fpecial reference to that clafs of emigrators, whofe various callings may induce them to fettle in towns or cities; and to those who, engaged in rural economy, will take up their refidence in the back country, or the western territory: many parts, however, will be applicable to both, for the farmer will in various

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cafes find himself connected with the cities and towns; it is there he muft feek markets for his stock, and it is from his labours the towns and citiés muft receive fupplies.

The following tables will prove advantageous to men of every description, who have any connection with America, but particularly to an European fettler.

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A TABLE of the Valite of fundry Coins, as they now pafs in Great

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METHOD OF REDUCING CURRENCY TO STERLING.

Currency in Pennfylvania, New-Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, is reduced to sterling by multiplying by three and dividing by five, one hundred pounds fterling making at par one hundred and fixty-fix pounds thirteen and eight-pence Pennsylvania currency. That is, a merchant, when exchange is at par, will give a draft on Pennsylvania for the above fum on receving one hundred pounds sterling. At present a merchant in London will give more, and therefore it is advantageous to buy bills on America.

Currency in New-York and North-Carolina is reduced to sterling by multiplying by nine and dividing by fixteen. Thus a fhilling New-York currency is fix-pence three farthings sterling.

Currency in New-Hampshire, Maffachusetts, Rhode-Hland, Virginia, and the western territory, is reduced to fterling by multiplying by three and dividing by four.

Currency in South-Carolina and Georgia is reduced to sterling by deducting one twenty-feventh.

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A TABLE of the Value of the Gold Coins of the following Countries, as established by the Act of Congrefs, paffed Feb. 9th, 1793, viz.

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