As to the Flings of this Author, about Small popular States, and the Spirit of Shopkeeping, I have only this to fay, that other Powers, befides the States General, to whom he defigned this Complement, have encreased,. the Number of their Subjects by the Admiffion . of Foreigners. Antient Rome naturalized whole Kingdoms at a Time, for the Sake of increafing its Military Strength. And fince the Power of France hath the Force and Riches of almost twenty Millions of People UNITED against. us, I leave the World to judge, whether we ⚫ are able to withstand them with only ten Millions, and thofe never well united. France alfo itself hath, for fome Time paft, naturalized

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"one of the Danish Miffionaries, to remove to Fort "St George, and there begin a new Miffion, for the "Converfion of the Heathen at Madrafs, the Society "engaged for the Support of the fame, tho' at an Expence "that did then far exceed their Ability; trufting to the. "Goodness and Bleffing of Almighty GoD: Which "Expence has been fince greatly encreafed by an Ad"dition of Miffionaries, as well as the Enlargement of "the Miffion to Cudulore, near Fort St David, another "English Settlement. However, the Society chearfully "rely upon the fame wife and gracious Providence,

which has hitherto wonderfully profpered this, and "all other their Undertakings, to raise up fuch a true "Chriftian Spirit, as will abundantly fupply all their "Wants; fuch a Spirit, as fhews itfelf in Mr Profeffor "Franke of Hall, in Saxony, whofe Remittances_to"wards carrying on this pious and glorious Defign, "have been large and conftant." See alfo N° IV, Page 58. for a further Account,

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foreign Catholicks, efpecially the English, Scotch, and Irish; thereby draining us of People, to encrease its own Subjects. * Even the bigoted Spaniards have now a Project on Foot for naturalizing Two HUNDRED THOUSAND fo¬ reign Catholicks. Alfo the King of Pruffia is covering his Waftes, Forefts, and Marshes, with Farms and Villages, enlarging his Towns and Cities, and replenishing his Manufactures with additional Hands, drawn from all Coun tries: By these Means he is, to a great Degree, enabled to maintain, in conftant Pay, one of the greatest Armies, and the best appointed, that was ever seen in Europe. These are nei ther small, nor popular States; nor are their ruling Powers afhamed of infpiring a Spirit of Trade and Shop-keeping into their People. But if the hopeful Schemes of this Author and his Party had taken Place, the English, by this Time, would have had very few Shops to keep. Nay, the very Houfe of Auftria begins now, not to think it below the Dignity of an Imperial Crown, to encourage Trade and Commerce in its Dominions. And foreign Merchants and Mechanicks are invited to fettle in all the Hereditary Countries, with a Promise made them of many ample Privileges and Exemptions.

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See The Theory and Practice of Commerce, Chap. 14.› Written by Don Geronimo Uftarits, one of the Lords of Trade to His Catholick Majefty.

IT is not therefore fo bad, or fo dishonour able a Thing to make our Country a Receptacle and an Afvlum for the Virtuous and Induftrious of other Nations: And one would think the English would be the last to object to fuch a Proceedure, who arrived to their prefent Greatnefs by thefe very Means, and are themselves a Collection of all the Nations, and their very Language a Mixture of every Tongue in Europe. But whatever they were at their first coming, their Defcendants foon become fo thorough Englishmen, as to contract the Epidemical Disorder of the Country, an Averfion to Foreigners.And, at the Juncture now under Confideration, the poor Palatines were the Objects against whom this Averfion was strongly vented.

IT would have been very eafy for the then Miniftry, to have found Employment for these unhappy Sufferers, who had their Country burnt up, Towns pillaged, and Lands laid waste, for no other Reason, but because they were engaged in a War, on our Side, against the Common Enemy. And many Schemes were fet on foot for the Employment of them; particularly the dividing of the New Foreft into Lots and Shares: This would have fuited beft the Genius of the People, as they mostly confifted of Husbandmen and Labourers, and were defirous of not being difperfed far from

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each other. But the Ministry had other Views than thefe: For if the Palatines had been fixed in regulat Settlements, they would foon have become an ufeful People, and have stop, ped the Clamours taifed against them. Where as the Views of the Miniftry were not to filence, but to encrease thefe Clamours, by continuing the Palatines both useless to themselves, and a Burden to the Publick, that the popular, Odi um against Foreigners might, rebound, and fall the heavier upon the Authors of the late Na turalization Bill, the Marlborough and Godol phin Miniftry who had likewife the Guilt of beating the French, and keeping out the Pretender; And the unfortunate Circumftance of the Dearness of Corn, then almoft Ten Shil lings a Bufhel, together with the Ferment raifed by Dr Sacheverel, gave too much Success to their Machiavelian Schemes.

AFTER the Nation had been thus taught to hate and despise a People, whom, of themfelves

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A Writer in the Paper called Old England, March 23. 1751. hath thefe Words, "As to Vine-dreffers [fpeaking of the Palatines] I do not fee of what Ufe "they can be in England."-True; but is not every Vine-Dreffer an Husbandman likewife, at thofe Times when he is not employed in the Vineyard?Quere Was there ever known an Inftance of a Set of Peafants living wholly by Vine-Dreffing, and not following other Country Bufinefs the remaining, that is, the much greater Part of the Year?- The former Objections against Foreigners used to be, That they did not betake

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felves, they would not have been too fond of, thefe Foreigners were fent abroad, fome to Ireland, and others to New York. The Parliament of Ireland had voted 24000l. for the Reception of them: And I find by an Act, paffed in the Parliament of Great Britain, the firit of George I. c. 29. that they were not thought an idle, or an ufelefs People in the Kingdom of Ireland. Those who were fent to New York, having not received the kindest Ufage, moved from thence, and fettled in Penfylvania, where they met with an humane and hofpitable Reception. There they invited Numbers of their Countrymen to join them; and not a Year paffes, but many Thousands of Germans go over to them. By these Means, the Province of Penfylvania is enriched to fuch a Degree, that an Estate in Land, which might be purchased for 100/. Sterling, before their Arrival, cannot now be had for Three Times that Sum; fo greatly have they encreased the Wealth and Property of the Landed Intereft. And the other Provinces are now using all their Intereft, to have as many German Proteftants to come and fettle among them, as they can; a People, no longer defcribed as ufelefs, lazy, indolent,

themselves to the Cart, the Plow, or the Flail, but to Handicrafts, and eafy Occupations: But now, when thefe Palatines were moftly employed in Agriculture, a grievous Complaint is made against them by the Examiner, No 44. That they understood no Trade or Handicraft. So that either Way, Tradefinen or Hufbandmen, the Foreigners must be condemned,