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SIMMONDS’S
Fix this textCOLONIAL MAGAZINE.
Fix this textEMIGRATION AND COLONISATION CONSIDERED.
Fix this textBY THE HON.
Fix this textR. B. SULLIVAN
Fix this textMEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF CANADA.
Fix this textThe natural desire of every individual is to make his condition better
Fix this textthan it is, be it what it may. Nations composed of individuals, have
Fix this textthe same motive principle, and however the advancement of one class
Fix this textmay involve misery and privation to others, still improvement of the
Fix this textpublic status is the avowed object of every ruler, and of every pretended
Fix this textor true patriot. The acquisition of wealth is the most obvious, though
Fix this textnot always the truest mode by which this end can be accomplished; and
Fix this textthough wealth, strictly speaking, is only a means of acquiring health,
Fix this textcomfort, luxury, refinement and power, we find these each in turn
Fix this textabsolutely sacrificed for the purpose of what is called gain. In our
Fix this texttime, and with our race especially, the logic of the ledger surpasses all
Fix this textphilosophy, and he who would not be received as a visionary or a
Fix this texthypocrite, must speak of the wealth and welfare of nations, and of
Fix this textindividuals, as synonymous terms.
Fix this textUnbeliever, as I am, in the proposition that millions of pounds gained
Fix this textto the community by the degradation and misery of millions of human
Fix this textbeings is a public good, I am not disposed to quarrel with humanity as
Fix this textI find it. lam willing to admit that the amount of rent of land is of
Fix this textmore national importance than the food of the people, and the finding
Fix this texta market for the merchant more to be thought of than the physical or
Fix this textmoral condition of the thousands who are his customers. If I invite
Fix this textattention to any motives of philanthropy, humanity, or morality, it is
Fix this textbecause these may be indulged in as cheap luxuries, and because they
Fix this textmay be made subservient to the great end of saving and acquiring
Fix this textmoney ; and if I use any suggestions merely founded on the promotion
Fix this textof human happiness, in the abstract, and separating the idea from the
Fix this textpossession of money, the separation shall only be momentary. I look
Fix this textnot for the assent of any who would be the losers in pocket by the
Fix this textadoption of my plans; and I have but faint hopes of the aid of any
Fix this textVOL. XI. NO. 43. JULY, 1847.
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