text:  But where the unfortunate peasant is liable to see his whole crop carried off the land at the pleasure of one of the public officers or the land itself torn from him or himself or his son carried off by the conscription how can we be surprised if he should think it not worth the while to trouble his head or his hands about any thing? Give him security and he will work; give him property and he will keep it; and give him the power of enjoying his gains in defiance of the tax-gatherer and he will exhibit the manliness and perseverance which Providence has given to all