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 man, either good or wie, wihes that its frequency were till les. That conduct which betrays deigns of future hotility, if it does not excite violence, will always generate malignity; it mut for ever exclude confidence and friendhip, and continue a cold and luggih rivalry, by a ly reciprocation of indirect injuries, without the bravery of war, or the ecurity of peace.

advantage of uch a ettlement in time of peace is, I think, not eaily to be proved. For what ue can it have but of a tation for contraband traders, a nurery of fraud, and a receptacle of theft? Narborough, about a century ago, was of opinion, that no advantage could be obtained in voyages to the South Sea, except by uch an armament as, with a ailor’s morality, might trade by force. It is well known that the prohibitions of foreign commerce are, in thee countries, to the lat degree rigorous, and that no man not