ABSTRACT
The author, conformable to the character both of a divine and a philosopher, draws an argument from the goodness of Providence; but he thinks it may be turned against him. It was never surely the intention of Providence, that any one nation should be a monopolizer of wealth: and the growth of all bodies, artificial as well as natural, is stopped by internal causes, derived from their enormous size and greatness. Great empires, great cities, great commerce, all of them receive a check, not from accidental events, but necessary principles. The author remembers, that in a conversation on this head with the Lordship, he/she asked whether a man who opened a shop in Tartary was likely to meet with many customers. This narrow spirit of nations, as well as individuals, ought carefully to be repressed; and the author is glad to find that Mr. Tucker is likely to employ his talents and abilities in so useful a manner.
