DISCOURSE

ON THE

RISE, PROGRESS, PECULIAR OBJECTS,

AND IMPORTANCE,

OF

POLITICAL ECONOMY:

CONTAINING AN OUTLINE OF

A COURSE OF LECTURES

ON THE

PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THAT SCIENCE.

By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq.

LEGES LEGUM, ex quibus informatio peti possit, quid in singulis
legibus bene aut perperam positum aut constitutum sit.-BACON.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;

HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. LONDON; AND

G. AND J. ROBINSON, LIVERPOOL.

1824.