56 THE AMERICAS POLITE LETTER WHITER. tioned in your letter, to give you an impartial account of the American character and manners. The Americans are a generous, smart, hardy, active race of people—they are en dowed with great genius for learning, and the mechanical arts in geneial—they arc very jealous of their rightsand liberties as citizens, and you cannot find any country on the globe that can be compared to the United States of North America, by reason of the wholesome and salutary laws that the people are governed by, and not like the despotic powers of Europe, where money buys commissions ana not merit. In few countries can you find as jble orators, heroes, or statesmen, as this, as there is a certain natural patriotic spirit a lisping even in the infants’ mouths in this coui» try. The people are generally very industrious hero, as every person follows some active business for his livelihood. 1 could say a great deal more in praise of the American character and manners, but will defer to my next letter to you. I remain your lovinsc brother,
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