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MEXICO IN 1827.
embolden monied men to invest their capitals, once more, in those branches of industry which were formerly most productive.
It is to be regretted, that the non-introduction of the Trial by Jury, the want of publicity in the administration of justice, and of a little more tolerance in religious matters, should cramp this rising spirit, and check the progress which must otherwise be made.
But I am inclined to consider these defects, as perhaps unavoidable sacrifices to the prejudices of the day, and to look to time, and to the action of the system itself, as the best mode of removing them.
