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3 . Whether there re it be not evidently the interest of the people of England, to enco urage rather than to oppost a national bank in this hing-dom, as Weli as every Other means sor ad vancing our wealth, whicli mallnot impair their own t 3s. Whether it is not our interest to be usesul to them rather than rival them; and whether in that case we may not be lare of their goodosiices t 36. Whether We can propost to thrive, so long as we entertain a Wronglieaded distrusi of England 8 37. Whether, as a national bank would in creast our industry and thatour wealth, England may not be a proportionabie gainer ; and whether
38. Whether there be any difficulty in comprehending, that the wholewealth of the nation is in truth the stock of a national hankt And whether any more than the right comprehension of this, be necessary tomahe ali men ea sy with regard to iis credit t 39. Whether the prejudices about gold and silver a re not strong, butwhether they are not stili prejudices t o. Whether paper doth not by iis stamp and signature acquire a locat value, and heco me as preci ous and as scarce as gold y And whetherit he not much fit ter to circulate large sums, and there re preserable
i. Whether it doth not much impori to have a right conception os money t And whether iis true and just idea be not that os a tichet, enti-fing to power and sit ted to record and transfer such po er t
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out money, yet whether every man possessed of specie be not ready to convert it into paper, and act as castiter to the bank t And whether, Domthe same motive, every monted man throughout this kingdom, would nothe castiter to our national bankt 3. Whether we may not obtain that as friends, whicli it is in vain toliope sor as rivals t l. Whether in every instance by which We prejudice Eugland, wedo not in a greater degree prejudice oursei vest s. Whether in the rude original of society, tho first stes was notthe excitanging of commodities, the nexi a substituting os metals byweight as the common medium os circulation, aster this the mali ing use of coin, lastly a further refinement by the use of paper With proper maris and signatures t And whether this, as it is the last, B it be not the great- est improve ment t
their country for a liveti hoodi Though men osten leave their country forhealth, or plea lare, or riches, yet to leave it merely sor a liveti hood ZWhether this be not exceeding bad, and sheweth so me peculiar misma na gement t
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mahe ii as plain as day-light, that they are not se necessary to the wealthos a nation, as the vulgar of ali ranks imagine t so. Whether it be not evident that we may maintain a much greater
in ard and ou tward commerce, and be sive times riches than we are,
nay, and our bilis abroad be of far greater credit, though we had notone ounce of gold or silver in the whole issand t s I. Whether wronglieaded maxims, customs and fas hions, arc notsussicient to destroy any people which hath so fe w re urces as the inhabitants of Irelandi 52. Whether it would not be an horribie thin g, to see our matrons malle dress and play their clites concern t 33 Whether our ladies might not as weli endo monasteries as Wear Flanders iace t And whether it he not true that popisti nuras a re maintained by protestant contributionst 3 . Whether Englais, which hath a Dee trade, whate ver me remit ssor fore igia luxury with one hand, doth not with the other receive muchmore Dom abroad Z Whether, nevertheless, this nation would not be againer, is Our Nomen would content themselves, with the fame modera
ss. But Whether it be not a notorious truth, that our Irisi ladies a re On a soot, as to dress, with those of sive times their fortune in England 8 36. Whether it be not even certain, that the matrons of this sorior ncountry sen d out a greater proportiori os iis wealth, for sine apparet, than any other se males ora the whole fur face of this terraque ous globe 57. Whether the expence, great as it is, be the greatest evit; hiat whether this folly may not produce many other sollies, an entire derange
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o a The aueris. ment os domestic Ese, absurd manners, ne est os duties, baK mothers, a generat corruption in both seges t 38. Whether the first beginning of expedients do not always meet with prejudices t And whether even the prejudices of a people ought notio be respected ξ
39. Whether a national bank be not the true philosopher's stone ina state t 6 C. Whether ali regulations of coin mould not be made, with a vie to encourage industry and a circulation os commerce, throughout thehiragdom t 61. Whether to Oil the wheeis os commerce, be not a common benefiit And whether this be not done by a voiding fractions and multiplying smali silver t 62. Whether, ait things considered, a generat rai sing the value of goldand silver be not se far fio m bringing greater quantities thereos into theliingdom, that it would produce a direct contrary essedi, inasmuch as test, in that case, would serve, and there re lest he wantedi And whethermen do not imi Ort a commodi ty, in proportion to the demand or Want
63. Whether the lowering of our gold would not create a se ver in thestate t And whether a se ver be not semetimes a cure, but whether it benot the last cure a man would choose t 6 . Whether rai sing the value os a particular species Nili not tend tomultiply such species, and to tessen others in proportion thereian tot Andwhether a much lesi quantity of cassi in silver would not, in reality, en-ricli the nation more than a much greater in goldi
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46,. Whether, coele iis laribus, it be not true that the prices of thinq; increase, as the quantity of money increaseth, and are dimini od as thatis dimini med y And whether, by the quantity of money, is not to he un- derstood the amount of the denominations, ali contracts heing nominat for pouniis, millings and perace, and not sor weights of gold or siluer 8 66. Whether our exporis do not consist of suci, necessaries as o her
67. Whether u pon the circulation os a national banli more land wΟuid not be t illed, more han is employed, and consequently more commodities CXported t 68. Whether silver and sinali money be not that whicli circulates thequichest, and passeth through ali hands, on the road, in the market, at
60. Whether, ait things conssidered, it would not be better for a Ling-dom that iis cam consisted of half a million in sinali silver, than os sive times that sum in goldi o. Whether there be not every day sive hundred tesser paymenis made sor one that requires gold t I. Whether Spata, where gold bears the highest value, be not the lagi est, and China, where it bears the lowest, he not the most industrious country in the known worid t et . Whether it be not evidently the interest os every state, that iis money mould rather circulate than stagnat et 73. Whether the principat use of cassa be not iis ready passing Domhand to hand, to answer common occasions of the common people, and whether common occasions of ali foris of peopte are not smali ones t
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one man with bread, another with stochings, a third with a linise, a fourthwith paper, a fifth with natis, and so answer many wants whicli mustother i se have re mained uniatisfiedi 8o. Whether facilitating and qui chening the circulation of power tosupply wanis, be not the promoting of wealth and industry among thelower peoplet And whether u pon this the wealth of the great doth not
8 p. Whether, Without the proper means of circulation, it be not vain, to hope sor thri ving manufactu res and a bust peoplet 82. Whether Dur mund s in smali casti may not circulate and enti venan Irish market, Whicli many ur-pound pieces would permit tostagnate 8'
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83. Whether a man that could move nothing lesi than an hundredpound weight would not be much at a lose to supply his wanis; and whether it would not be better sor him to be lesi strong and more activet 8 . Whether the natural body can be in a state of health and vigour,
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92. Whether the apprehension of many among us who sor that very reason stioli to their wool that England may hereaster prohibit, limit, ordiscourage our linen trade, When it hath been once, With great palns and expence thoroughly introduced and set iled in this land, he not altogethergroundless and unjust t 93. Whether it is possibie sor this country, which hath nei ther mines of gold, nor a free trade, to suppori, sor any time, the sending out os specie t 0 . Whether in iaci our payments are not made by billst And whether our soreign credit doth not depend on Our domestic industry, and ourbilis oti that credit t 03. Whether, in order to mend ii, we ought not first to know the peculiar wretchednesis of our state t And whether there be any knowing of
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soo. What variety and number of excellent manufactu res are to homet with throughout the whole hingdom of France rso I. Whether there are not every where seme or other milis sor many uses, Orges and furnaces sor iron-work, looms for tapestry, glasS-houseS, and se sortii. soa. What quantities of paper, stochings, hais, what manufactures of wool, silli, linen, hemp, lea ther, Wax, carthern-ware, brasi, lead,
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3Io. Whether we may not have materials of our own growth to supply ali manufactu res, as weli as France, excepi silli, and whether the bulli of what silla, even France manufactures, be not imported isti. Whether it be possibie sor this country to grow ricli, se long as vitat is made by domestic industry, is spent in foretgn luxury ts Iz. Whether our natural Irisi are not partly Spaniatas, and partly
Tartara; and whether they do not bear signatures of their descent Domboth these nations, whicli is also confirmed by ali their historiestsI3. Whether the Tartar progeny is not numero us in this landi Andwhether there is an idter occupation under the sun than to attend flocks and herds of catile t3I . Whether the wisdom of the state smould not wrestie with this hereditary dispossition of our Tartars, and with a high hand introduce agriculture t3IS. Whether once upon a time France did not, by her linen alone, dra yearly stom Spata a bout eight millions os liv restsi 6. Whether the French have not sussered in their linen-trade with ain, by not mali ing their cloth of due breadth; and whether any otherpeople have sufiered, and are stili lihely to suster through the same prevarication t 'si 7. Whether the Spaniarri are not ricli and laety, and whether theyliave not a particular inclination and favour for the inhabitants of this istandi But whether a punctuat peopte do not love punctuat dealers is I 8. Whether abo ut fourteen years ago we had not come into a considerable mare of the linen- trade with Spain, and what put a stop to this t