TherelativesituationoftheseStates; thenumberofriverswithwhichtheyareintersected, andofbaysthatwashthereshores; thefacilityofcommunicationineverydirection; theaffinityoflanguageandmanners; thefamiliarhabitsofintercourse;—allthesearecircumstancesthatwouldconspiretorenderanillicittradebetweenthemamatteroflittledifficulty, , foralongtimetocome, wouldnotpermitthoserigorousprecautionsbywhichtheEuropeannationsguardtheavenuesintotheirrespectivecountries, aswellbylandasbywater; andwhich, eventhere, arefoundinsufficientobstaclestotheadventurousstratagemsofavarice.
InFrance, thereisanarmyofpatrols (astheyarecalled) , wherethereisaninlandcommunication, andplacesinastronglightthedisadvantageswithwhichthecollectionofdutiesinthiscountrywouldbeencumbered, ifbydisuniontheStatesshouldbeplacedinasituation, withrespecttoeachother, , wouldbeintolerableinafreecountry.
If, onthecontrary, therebebutonegovernmentpervadingalltheStates, therewillbe, astotheprincipalpartofourcommerce, butONESIDEtoguard—, ladenwithvaluablecargoes, , andofdetection, , judiciouslystationedattheentrancesofourports, , , anadvantagewhichnatureholdsouttous, , , inafewhours, orinasinglenight, asbetweenthecoastsofFranceandBritain, andofotherneighboringnations, ; butacircuitouscontrabandtooneState, throughthemediumofanother, , andanindirectimportationthroughthechannelofaneighboringState, insmallparcels, accordingtotimeandopportunity, withtheadditionalfacilitiesofinlandcommunication, mustbepalpabletoeverymanofdiscernment.
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