“America remains neutral, prosperous, and at peace. America,
with a wisdom, prudence, and magnanimity which we have
disdained, thrives at this moment in a state of envied
tranquillity, and _is hourly clearing the paths to unbounded
opulence_. America has monopolized the commerce and the
advantages which we have abandoned. Oh! turn your eyes to her;
view her situation, her happiness, her content; observe her
trade and her manufactures, adding daily to her general credit,
to her private enjoyments, and to her public resources,--_her
name and government rising above the nations of Europe with a
simple, but commanding dignity, that wins at once the respect,
the confidence, and the affection of the world_.”[612]
Here are true respect and sympathy for our country, with a forecast of
increasing prosperity, and an image of her attitude among the nations.
It is pleasant to enroll the admired author of “The Rivals” and “The
School for Scandal” in this catalogue.