sometimes the hand of fate must be forced

#Sometimes the hand of fate must be forced plus

The whole mass of provincial property is become tributary to this society which, far above priests and bishops, disdain to be satisfied with the poor Mosaical portion of the tenth.

#Sometimes the hand of fate must be forced plus

They have reached the ne plus ultra of worldly felicity no plantation is secured, no title is good, no will is valid, but what they dictate, regulate, and approve. The three principal classes of inhabitants are, lawyers, planters, and merchants this is the province which has afforded to the first the richest spoils, for nothing can exceed their wealth, their power, and their influence. Can he imagine himself in a country, the establishment of which is so recent? An European at his first arrival must be greatly surprised when he sees the elegance of their houses, their sumptuous furniture, as well as the magnificence of their tables. The climate renders excesses of all kinds very dangerous, particularly those of the table and yet, insensible or fearless of danger, they live on, and enjoy a short and a merry life: the rays of their sun seem to urge them irresistibly to dissipation and pleasure: on the contrary, the women, from being abstemious, reach to a longer period of life, and seldom die without having had several husbands. The heat of the climate, which is sometimes very great in the interior parts of the country, is always temperate in Charles-Town though sometimes when they have no sea breezes the sun is too powerful.

It is pity that the narrowness of the neck on which it stands prevents it from increasing and which is the reason why houses are so dear. The round of pleasure, and the expenses of those citizens' tables, are much superior to what you would imagine: indeed the growth of this town and province has been astonishingly rapid. Many of these West Indians have I seen, at thirty, loaded with the infirmities of old age for nothing is more common in those countries of wealth, than for persons to lose the abilities of enjoying the comforts of life, at a time when we northern men just begin to taste the fruits of our labour and prudence. Here are always to be seen a great number of valetudinarians from the West Indies, seeking for the renovation of health, exhausted by the debilitating nature of their sun, air, and modes of living. The inhabitants are the gayest in America it is called the centre of our beau monde, and is always filled with the richest planters of the province, who resort hither in quest of health and pleasure. Here the produce of this extensive territory concentres here therefore is the seat of the most valuable exportation their wharfs, their docks, their magazines, are extremely convenient to facilitate this great commercial business. Its situation is admirable, being built at the confluence of two large rivers, which receive in their course a great number of inferior streams all navigable in the spring, for flat boats. Carolina produces commodities, more valuable perhaps than gold, because they are gained by greater industry it exhibits also on our northern stage, a display of riches and luxury, inferior indeed to the former, but far superior to what are to be seen in our northern towns. Peru abounding in gold, Lima is filled with inhabitants who enjoy all those gradations of pleasure, refinement, and luxury, which proceed from wealth. Charles-town is, in the north, what Lima is in the south both are Capitals of the richest provinces of their respective hemispheres: you may therefore conjecture, that both cities must exhibit the appearances necessarily resulting from riches.