4 INTRODUCTION.

pation allotted to his first parents; whence flow health, social order, and obedience to lawful autharity; conse- quences very different from those that are produced by

the over-driven system of manufa@uring, in which the

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industrious workman is often subje€@ted to oreat inconve-

miencies, not only by the flu€@uation in the demand for

the articles he manufactures, but likewise by a total sus- pension of trade by war or other causes. When evils, 9 like these, which he has no power to avert, press hard upon him, he is frequently rendered desirous of assisting to bring about any political change, whereby he. is tempted to believe that his situation may be rendered _more comfortable; hence he becomes unquiet, and to so- ciety a less valuable member than the husbandman, whose

occupation does not expose him to such distress, nor to

the like temptations.

Whilst the benevolent must feel for the hardships to which, at times, manufacturers are liable, still they can- not but recolle@ the restless spirit so frequently mani-

fested by persons of this description, even in the mo-

ment of the greatest prosperity; especially in towns and

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