“So!”
“And if it were not for these intruders, who come here by thousands and outvote us at the elections, our country would be just as refined as England.”
“I dare say.”
“Your lordship does not seem to believe it; but you will yourself see the progress we have made in the arts and sciences.”
“I have heard some of my friends say the same thing.”
“Why, my lord, New York is a second London; and, if it goes on increasing in the same manner as it has for the last fifty years, will soon have a million of inhabitants.”
“Ay, ay!”
“And Philadelphia is nearly as large.”
“Ah!”
“Yes, my lord; and the society of Philadelphia is even more select than that of New York.”