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again, and try & new gam. Bat as ill that is not
cur case, thia may be deemed a ueedlef# difgreffi
on ; we will come then direOly to what is our case,
which I Will here endeavour to fate as it Bands in
&61, which no fretting or jetting, or Shrugging can
alter. .
I. The animates of the present year amount to a
bout ten millions of hard dollars, or the value of them,
which mull be paid by forcebody, or out defence
cannot be continued. If this ceases our country
maßlie open to the unrefrained ravages' and plun
ders of our enemies, and every obnoxious individual
be exposed to their vengeance, and we have feta t
though of them to know their tender mercies are cru
elty. And the only quefiion I conceive that can a
rise here is this, Whether this heavy burden shall
be laid on a part only of our people, and cruffi them
into rain ; or whether It shall be laid equally on all ?
In the latter case, heavy as it is it may be born; It
will not amount to more than four dollars on each
person, or twenty dollars on a midling family of five
persons. If their 1s a begger in the Thirteen Statu
which can't pay this, he mud have force rich neigh
bours who cun pay It for him 6 and it lies with
each State to apportion their taxes in such manner as
to case the poor, and increase the flhare of the rich, so
as to bring the burden on all in due proportion to
their abilities. If indeed of this, the whole weight
rauft lie on a few, viz. fueh as happen to have the
Supplies neczffary for public use; if the wheat, hay,
&c. must be torn from the farmer; the rum, fait, &c,
from the merchant; the foices of the toldiers,
waggoners, &c. be compelled by force; if in this
way our supplies and feryices are to be extorted from
a few, whilftthe rest bear nothing, the community
must fuffer much more than it would do, were the
burden equally proportioned on all; for to fay no
thing about the execrable injustice and wickedness
of this method, the resentment and rage it will excite,
the difeouragement of the future indußry of the fir
mer, or adventure of the merchant, the relu&aut re
cruits of the army, hereby occasioned, to fay nothing
of these, lie as maaifeß that a heavy burden may
be born by a whole community with more conveni
ence than the fame can be born by a part only ; as
that a large beam of timber can be born by twenty
men, each bearing in proportion to his Brength, bet
ter than by ten only which are crushed by the weight,
whilfi the other ten bear nothing, or perhaps feme of
them hang on and increase the weight. The ten
who are orufbed and overtrained will be rendered
unfitro bear any burden in future time, and of course
their future services will be left to the community ;
whereas .'' tf * whole twenty bora each his due pro
portion, it might be a heavy lift indeed, but none of
them would be overdrained, and they would all be
fit for future service.
2. Oar currency it in filch a feeble and fluctuating
Bate, that the ends and ufex of it are much decayed,
and in a manner loft ; it ceases to be a certain securi
ty to the poffiffor of any determinate value, and of
eourfe cannot be a common measure of value for o
ther things ; so that it becomes impossible to calcu
late, or carry on our private bu finefs, or public ope
rations with this medium; and of course both must
cease, or be greatly impaired by this mifehief. This
may be easily and fpeedlly remedied by taxes; for if
every b.ll of our currency was a Turkish turban, we
might easily set any price on it we pleated, and make
the demand quick at that price, in this way ; for
was an adequate tax made, and speedily and rigid
ly pressed, obliging every man to pay a turban or
Im dollars in to the public treafary,%i# manifeß the
price of a turban would immediately be ten dollars,
and the demand quick at that price. For the fame
reason, we may raise the value and demand for our
currency to any pitch or degree we please. in the
fame way, viz. by making a tax for any fufficient fam
of continental dollars, or the value in hard money;
at any exchange we please to fix. This would im
mediately raise the continental money up to that ex
change, if the tax was large enough, and Efficiently
pressed. Indeed we manifestly have it in our pow
er to increase the demand and value of our currency
to a much higher degree in this way, than either the
ng the currency or the public exigencies require.
This is a matter that requires great judgment and ni
cety of observation. Some may think their may be
danger of oppnffion here ; but I suffer there is nei
ther danger or possibility of oppression, If the ex
change is not fixed higher or lower than the value
which the currency collthe prefect poffeffore, nor
more of it required than Is neceffiry for the public
use, and the States apportion the tax on their people
properly according to thelr several abilities; all
which ought to be very carefully attended to; and
if any part is got done right, the fault will lie on
those that do it, but not at all on the principle here
advanced : But before we quit this idea, i beg leave
to add one observation more here, viz. every horieft
individual, I conceive, lofts more in a year by the
prefect fluctuating Rate of our currency, and the pre
fect mode of procuring the public supplies than his
whole tax would amount to; he loses his bunnefs on
which the fapport of himfelf and family depends,
and must live on his dead flock, or at lead is Objec
ted to moll material disadvantage and dlfcourage
ment; for Tfubmit it to every man to judge, whether
any man either in the occupation as husbandry, me
chanic arts or merchandise, can compute his bufi"
neh in such a manner, as to make it fife to put his
whole flock in action in any of these ways, whilehe
™. n ° reasonable assurance what the produce of his
diligence may be, or whether he may have the felling
his produce, fabrics, or merchandise when he has
procured them. The occupations of life are of such
great importancc'to every man, that 'til mihifefl ffitf
even final! erabarrafments in them, involve a darc^e
reach greater than any man's tax would be to th#'
whole expenditures of the war. This opens to our
view another actual circumfianae. anothei fa&, which''
is too obvious to be evelooked, and too furious and
inte,tiling to be negk&ed, viz.
3. Thcwhole foawsef cue supplies are dying a-
Way fad, are 'evening to an darnihg degree, and
threaten not & mere Scarcity, but univerfd famine,
want, and deficiency in a fhart time, Moll people
are leSfenin^ the bußnefs of their Several occupations
down to a pitch just Sufficient for their prefect occafi
ons and neceflities a?d many have wholly thrown
up their occupations, and live on their dead ftogk,
and very few are calculating their business on any
large Scale. I Submit the truth of this to common
observation. The prefect great demand for mer
chandise, fabrics, and the farmers produce, which
would be the Sharped spur of industry, were our pub
lic councils wife, and our currency good, now be
comes the terror of the possessors, and induces them
to hide and conceal their effrAs. instead of exposing
them in open marker: our public ads deraondrate
this, for such a&s are always supposed to be Suited
to the clrcumftances of the times. This is a direct
and manifefi consequence of the numberfefs indances
of force and fraud which have been pra&ifed to rob
and cheat the possessors oat of their goods. These
methods are in every view mad, wicked, and absurd;
mad in those who do not fee the consequences of
them ; wicked in those who do them; and absurd
In both, beeaufe by their natural operation they soon
defeat and dedroy thOtfy cede for which they are
adopted, viz. mending the currency, and procuring
supplies. The great Creator has not given to all
men equal difeerument ;. force politicians are
short lighted, and cannot fee the difiant ill conse
quences of rheafures which yeild a present ad
vantage, but he must be a fiupid blockhead who can't
fee such effects when they flare him in the face, and
land in full fa& before his eyes. The proper remedy
of these terrible mifehief# is to lay the public burden
equally on all by taxes; this is easier, more reasona
ble, and more fafe for the community, than to fuffer
it to rest upon a few. The burden mat be born by
the community in feme way ; the supplies and ser
vices can't be procured for nothing; we have too
lately tried it out and cuts and have fall proof that
forcething can't be paid for with nothing, and there
fore if something is to be paid for, it is vain and ridi
culousto be casting about, and flirting and chafing
one visionary project after another, of newemiffion#,
and better emissions, of loans foreign and demeftic,
&. We must recur to solid wealth to pay for all our
felid supplies. The nature of the fabjeA will drive
lit to this at last, and the longer we put it off, the
longer our miferie, will increase ; and God grant
that we may not put it off till all remedy is despe
rate. We must at laA have recoarfe to the solid
wealth of the States, and every individual mul lbe
called on for his share. In this there can be no rea
son of complaint ; theory of oppression will cease ;
that demand will be given to our currency which is
efatial to its nature and use• and every possessor of
supplies will hasten to offer them : This will Simu
late the indufry of men of all occupations, and fill
our country with virtue and plenty.
(To be continued.)
One Hundred Dollars Reward;
LOST by the Subferiber, on the 23d ultimo,
between New Britain and Landlord James
Cowles, in Farmington, a large clafp'd leather
POCKET BOOK; containing a number of
very valuable papers, of use to no one but the owner,
about 20 dollars Continental, and 7 Killings in State
money. Whoever &1 find said book and return
it the fubfciiber, living in New-Britain shall receive
the above reward.
ELIJAH HINSDALE.
November :o, 1780.
S,rz of Vermont, l TT,HJREAS appli;
Bennington County., cation has been made
to the Subferiber, one of the Janices of the Peace
for said county, by more than one fifteenth part of
the proprietors of the township of New-Stamford, in
said county. These are therefore to warn the pro
prietors of said town, to meet at the dwelling-house
of Mr Whitney in said town, on Tharfday the 14th
day of December next, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, then and there to a£lon the following business,
'• , c hoose a Moderator to govern said meeting.'
2. To choose a Proprietors Clerk. 3. To fee if th
proprietors will raise a tax on each right to defray
charges in clearing roads through said town. 4 To
aa on any business that shall be thought necessary.
on said day.'
BROKE into the iodoi^tF&lnffi
x 7 th of OAober instant, a
large Black HORSE, (even or eight years old
a large Bar in hi# forehead; branded on hi# neJ
theigh, with the letters YH. fed all round, trots and
canters well. The owner i# desired to prove hi#
property, pay charges and take him away.
; ROGER NOBLE.
.Weftfidd, October 30, 1780.
One ^boujand Dollars Reward. ~
ON the the night of the otk inst. the ffiop of
the Ebferiber was broke o pen, and robbed of
13 HATS, viz. 4 bever, of th ± natural colour of
the furr, without linings; 2 black do. with reddish
linings; i caller; r bever, and i cwfler new draft;
I large felt, part wore, with a tinsel band, 3 white
ditto; also, one pdrof brass feales and a number
of other Mfeles. Whoever will apprehend and se
cure said thief or thieves, so that he or they may be
brought to jufice, and the owner receive hi# goods
again shall receive the above reward, by me,
THOMAS FULLE R.
Hardwick, October 12, 1780.
LOST on the sth of November instant, between
Southington and this place, aPrchment Pocket
Book, containing a State Note from Massachusetts-
Bay, of Four Hundred and Fifty Pound# to the best
of my knowledge, the property of Elijah Bliss, and.
feme letters of account from the Auditor# of Set
tlement with the owner of said book. Whoever
takes, op said Pocket Book, and will leave it at Mr;
Bull's, In Hartford, or will bring it to me in Weff-
Springfield shall have One Hundred Dollars reward
and the favour gratefully acknowledged by their
humble fervent,
ELIJAH DAY. Lieut. 7th Mas. Reg't.
November 8, 1780.
DR U G?Tnd~ME DICINES
Of the best Quality, to be Sold, as efual, by
WILLIAM JEPSO N,
At his Shop a few rods south of the South-Meeting
in Hartford. *
AL SO, warranted genuine Bateman's Paßm!
Drops, Turlington's Balfom of Life, large
and small Bottles, Lcckri's Pills, excellent Huxham's
Tindure of the B^k, by the Bottle or smaller
Quantity, very be# Venice Soap &c e &c. &4.
November 13 1780.
Tobe Told, at
JOSIAH BLAKELEY'S Store,
BEST EYAL WINE by the pipe; white
and brown SUGARS; 10 and 4 penny
NAILS; PINS and NEEDELS. Allo, a
small assortment of HOLLOW WARE.
Hartford, November 13 1780.
JDOUND by the fubfeziber on theist of O&ober
l<ft, ^ GREAT COAT. The owner may
have it again by prov ng his property and paying
Charges. JAMES HENDERSON, jun.
_J^vrHartfof d , O&. 23, 1 780.
To be Sold by CYPRIAN BIGELOW sf
New Lebanon, if applied for soon. a conve
nient House and Barn, and io acres of land, lying
in Hancock, at the Pool, as convenient a situation
for a Tavern, Tradesman or Trader; as any in the
State. Likewise, a good Farm, containing about
230 acres, with about 50 acres under improvement,
lying on the main read from Boflon co Albany,
about half a milt from the Pool.
TAKEN up in August la&, and now in the
custody of the fubferibera Red Lined Steer,
,2 years old last spring, markt with a crop off the off
ear, and a half penny the under fide of the fame.
The owner is desired to prove his property, pay
charges and take him away.
JOEL MINER.
Haifand, Nov. 9, 1780.