BEING a landholder and .viewing fhi? f\h«srne a* frready beneficial tr> f hrs ftate;, jratticjil«r|^-a>.Jhiaff4'ixre",/andl that troth iqg Can prevent a ' vefy general fapriort hu-t a^ want of knowledge en .the fubje£, l8mJed.|o rc'fle&on the prefent fituation of gentlemen in the country and com-j it trithh their fituatiori formerly moriey Could be obtained at intereft of .fix prr cent, and the ad > mutual, while at this time I am reformed that from ten ;to thirty-expbna'fiorin as May remove

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... irnfn on 'taken up again!* ths Having eatnefHy bent my mind to the fofmatiorr^f this fcBsme, lam really 'of Vnr fe; well three and a third. per cent, is given in difvferent p^rts of the ftateyandjfomeiimes a premlumLsnuch beyond, even-by gentJe-, men of great wealth," an^this under* the .jnoftthiJrniliaHngJtirctjrnftances ; what then muft be the filiation of the honed, jin^uftripas anil TVfpedlUble farmers and others of moderate fortune ? Why, that they are obliged to drudge on, through f. .'.:•#*£? &F" rMr-a late-period with the m oft >igid and induftry/ to provide thaj: qa? pitak w:liic^ from-their infirmities an cj advanced period of life, together -with other>cireiimftances, they are enabled to .raife to any advantage. ;whenj if they ;could have obtained, at a moderate premiatri, occafion^l fuppUes to have af-*(Jfteid their inSi ' They" hav-e exifted in Holland, Germany, Esghnd, France'and Italy. And f he ienfe -of, the people of the United States has long Crrcebeen expreffe'd ; tjn equivocally in their favor.