The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1779-12-28 00:00:00, page 1

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TUESD A Y, December 28; to;THE NUMBERS
CONNECTICUT COURAN T,
AND THE
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE R.
STATE of CONNECTICUT.
BytheGOVERN O R.
To all Concerned.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the place by
me assigned for the meeting cf the General
Assembly, is at the Court House in Hartford, on
Thursday the sixth day of January next, according
to adjournment.
Given at Lebanon, 20th December. 1779.
JON. TRUMBULL.
—C 0 P PE R A' s,
TO BE SOLD BY
Younglove cutler.
STATE OF VERMC) N F,
Bennington, October 12, 1779.
WHEREAS application has been made so
me, by move than a fixtfenth part of the
proprietors of the tewnffiip of Ruepoft, to call a
meeting of said proprietors :' Therefore this is to
give public notice to those who art concerned, to
meet at the house of Mr. Jonathan Eaftmans, (inn
holder) in said; Pueport, on the 1 fth es January next,
to a& on the following articles, viz First To choose
a moderator. Second, To chock a proprietor's cjerk.
Third, To tranfta any other bnfinefs that may be
thought necessary.
Given under nty hand, date above.
, JONASFA Y. Affifint,
STRAYED from the Subscriber, about tai
20th of May last, a final! HEIFER, 2 years
old; a Square crop on the near ear, with two fits in
it, a mark on the off ear, (but unknown) ihe was a
handsome trimbuilt creature. Whoever will give
information of her to the fubferiber, in Marlborough,
shall have Thirty Dollars Reward, and charges, paid.
DANIEL JUDD. Jan.
Marlborough, in ColcS&to I)ec_ 20 <7,9.
"Me r^TKEULIGEIT^OT^ AL
HAVE now for sale coarse and fine Linens,
Cambrick, black and white Gauzes, Marines,
Everiaffing, Linen; Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs,
Ribbands, Philadelphia Snuff, homemade fall, &c.
Hertford, Die. ^7, >779^
Northbury, bec. 27, 1779.
THOSE indebted to the Subferiber, for the
Connecticut Courant are desired to fet
tle the fame by the tenth day of January next For
convenience of cefiomera, pay may be made to the
Printer, Col. Ho&el "Vqpdbndge, or the Subscriber:
Those who do not comply with so reasonable a re
quell will not fyke it amift if their papers are dis
continued. , e
AMBROSE NICHOLSON.
GbDenbury, Dec. 22, 1779.
N. B. RAGS are Hill taken in by said Nicholson,
for the Paper Mill, for which writing paper, and
faany other small articles will be given in exchange.
At a meeting of the Governor and Council of Safety,
held at Lebanon, December 10th, 1779'.
RESOLVED, That thcTreaftmr be directed
to call upon the Several Collectors of the State
Taxes, to forward the collection of the fame, and to
fay into theTreafurf all money's on hand: Also to
exhibit an account of zli orueri iodg d with them,
drawn by the Committee of Pay Table, as soon as
may be; that an account thereof may be laid before
the General Assembly in their next Stffon, as there
is a very preffiag occasion for money, and a full
knowledge of the accounts.
True Copy of Record,, , v :
SAM. MOTT, Clerk.
TH E several Collectors in this State, are desired
to pay the ftri&ft attention to the foregoing
resolution, and comply therewith accordingly.
JOHN LAWRENCE, Treasurer.
Treafiry Office, in Hartford. Dec. 22. 1779°
The Printers of News Papers in this State,, are
requested to insert the above, and continue the fame
three weeks.
HARTFORD: Printed by HUD SO N AMD GOODWIN, near the Great-Bridge.
From the New-Jersey Journal.
To TkE PRINTER,
.SI R,
UPON the firft appearance of your
correspondent Eugenes, the only in
jury I expected from hi, publication was,
the expence of printing and time loft in
reading it. But to my urprize I find his
scheme has had a mile rievous effect up
on the mind^ of many worthy persons.
Some indeed have been so weak as to sup
pose he was an agent ft - Congress, to pre
pare the way for ther breaking public
faith, by killing the money suddenly in th^
pockets of the poffeffo s. How any man
who feels the influence ,f honor in himfelf,
or knows the sacredness of public faith, can
adopt Eumenes's plan or think Congress ca
pable of it, is beyond my conception ; es
pecially after the folemu declaration lately
published by Cungrefs, vhich teftified their
proper abhorrence of that deftruftive a^l:
of political wickedne s. This Slander
therefore becomes his hly criminal, as it
stabs not an innocent i dividual, but that
innocent and important being,^c credit.
,I shall spare myfelf, and you, the trou
ble of remarks upon E> lenes's letter, except
that fenfment of Lillig the money and
finking it at the difeount of 15 or 20 for
one. 'Tis this which alarmed the people,
and added to the depreciation of the mo
ney, from an apprehension that its death
was near.
The troubled man seems himfelf to fluc
tuate among the phantoms of his own mind,
hardly daring to wed either : Yet, upon the
whole, he ventures to reject the plan of
finking the money by taxes, and embrace
that of exchange. But how ? He rightly
concludes, it will not anfwef to give a sil
ver dollar for every depreciated paper one.
He will therefore have new paper dollars
made, one of which will redeem 15 or 20
old ones. But what will make those new
dollars better than the old ? Our author
may fay his hocus pocus over them 7 times
7, but if the war continues— if the fame
measures are pursued—and weak minds
continue doubtful of our independence be
ing secure—especially, if we have such
writers as Eumenes, to persuade people thet.
nineteen twentieths of the public debt will
be wiped off by killing so much of the
money in every man's hand —if thefecaufes
exist, the new bills will go fa^er down hill
than the old ones,
Suppose we ikould now bring t^ scales
of jiftice and equity, to weigh Eurhenes^
plan, how will it appear. It nmft be ac
knowledged; that the only rule for paying
a public debt is, by levying it upon the
property of those on whole account it was
contrasted, in proportion to the capital
furri, or yearly value, owned by the indi
vidulas. But can any one suppose that the
property or income of the members of the
State is determined by the money on hand
at any given day ? A man has 20,000!. in
calh to-day. This is his wholecftate. By
a lucky purchase he is worth 40,0001. to
morrow, but has no money. If this day
is the black period for finking the money,
he pays 19,0001. to difeharge the public
debt ; but if it is to morrow, although he
is tw'iceas rich, he pays nothing. Another
has purchased to the amount of 20,000!;
4nd given his obligation : He has been
laving with care to make up the sum, or
perhaps borrowed it, but in the mean time
nineteen twentieths of it is put to death—
what will he do ? And what will the fo
reigners do who have fold, their cargoes
and taken our money ? Never would they
touch another of our paper dollars. The
monopolizers and foreftallers will generally
go fcot free, as the money rests but a little
time in their hands. ~ And no doubt those
High fellows, who are to pass this sentence
of death, will take care firft to get rid of
their caili. But the rare diversion will be,
that giving hints to their friends of what is
to.be, will let the cat out of the bag, and
the nimble creature will move more rapid
ly and rate a greater nnife than Howe and
his army in the fall of seventy-six.
The errors cf one tax are corrected in the
next, and as the money lessons in quantity,
it rises in value. . If Eumenes can exhibit a
better plan, without writing more volumes
than contain the Universal History cf the
Statutes of England, he will exceed the win
dow of past ages.
I have only to beseech my fellow citi
zens not to be so easily Shaken with the
wind of political writers. The Congress
„ Eumenes it seems reprobates finking the
money by taxes, yet hath proposed the most
horrid tax that can well be thought of.
Does his calling it an &%ba/ge,alter the fa&
while nineteen twentieths of every man's
cash is taken from him at once, to lessen
the public debt .This is a tax indeed.
Will you ask, how is the money to be
funk ? Pray how did ,we use to fink the
money emitted in time of war ? But one
method has been pradifed, and I am per
fuadea no other one ever was, or ever, will
be thought of by Congress ; which was to
call in the money as fan as peoples circum
stances would admit, and destroy it. The
money was made on the public account to
purchase ^hat the.public needed. When
the necessity of public purchases ceases, the
money thus emitted becomes unnecessary.
Tocall it in all at,once would be inconve
nient to the public. It is therefore to be
done gradually. Every State will know
their quota of t^e debt, which is difeharged
by destroying so much money ; and every
legislature will do this at such times, and
m such ways as the people can best bear.