ABSTRACT
In a word, the discovery of America has much enlarged the field of science, and there is yet ample scope for the sons of science to expatiate in, and make new discoveries for ages to come. The trade of America has been intimately connected with that of Europe. All the productions of America, have brought commercial advantages into the hands of the Europeans. Those European powers who still have dominions in America, should learn from the fatal example of Britain that the silken rein is better than the iron rod to govern distant territories. The transition from political to moral advantages, is natural and easy – literature and liberty have a vast influence in forming men to rational religion and good manners. The trade on the western side of America, has not proved so extensively advantageous as on the eastern. One or two ships only passing annually between the Asia islands and the new continent.
