will publish what our countryman, Mr. BARLOW, said on the
subject of Public Lotteries, in his Letter to the National
Convention of France. It is as follows:

"SINCE I am treating of morals, the great object of all
political instructions, I cannot avoid bestowing some remarks
on the subject of PUBLIC LOTTERIES. It is a shocking disgrace
of modern governments, that they are driven to this pitiful
piece of knavery, to draw money from the people. But no
circumstance of this kind is so extraordinary as that this
policy should be continued in France, since the revolution;
and that a state lottery should still be reckoned among the
permanent sources of revenue. It has its origin in deception;
and depends for its support, on _raising and disappointing
the hopes of individuals_--on perpetually agitating the mind
with _unreasonable desires of gain_--on clouding the
understanding with superstitious ideas of _chance,_ _destiny_
and _fate_--on diverting the attention from regular industry,
and promoting a _universal spirit of gambling,_ which carries
all sorts of vices into all classes of people. Whatever way
we look into human affairs, we shall ever find that the bad
organization of society is the cause of more disorders than
could possibly arise from the natural temper of the heart.
And what shall we say of a government that avowedly steps
forward, with the insolence of an open enemy, and creates a
new vice, for the sake of loading it with a tax? What right
has such a government to punish our follies? And who can look
without disgust on the impious figure it makes, in holding
the scourge in one hand, and the temptation in the other? You
cannot hesitate to declare, in your constitution, THAT ALL