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^fthe debt will be con^nlly diminishing by others
coming in to pty a proportion of it.
These are advantages which none bat young
countries enjoy. The number of inhabitants in
^very country in Europe remains nearly the fame
from one century to another. No country will pro
duce more people than it can fubfiff, and every coun
try, if free and cultivated, will produce as many as
it can maintain. Heice we may form feme idea of
the future population of these states. Extensive
wilderneOm now scarcely known or explored, re
foin yet w be cultivated, and va^. lakes and rivers,
v'hofewaters have for ages rolled in silence and ob
feurity to the ocean, are yet to hex the d:n of in
dustry, become subservient to commerce, and boast
delightful villas, gilded Spires, and Spacious cities
tiling on their banks.
Tuns much for the number of perlons to pay the
debt. The next point is their ability. They
who enquire how many millions of acres are con
tained only in the fettled part of North-America,
and how much each acre is worth, will acquire ve
ry enlarged and yet very inadequate ideas of the va
lue cf this country. But those who will carry their
enquiries farther, and learn ihatwe heretofore paid
an anntal tax to Britain cf three millions sterling in
the v.y of trade, and still grew rich; that our com
rherce wait then confined to her ; that we were o
bliged to carry our commodities to her market, and
coafcquently to fell them at her price ; that we were
compelled to purchase foreign commodities ather
" oi ^> and on her terras, and were forbid to efiab! Ih
any n^puaorics incompatible with her views of
gain ; that in future the whole world will be open
to as, and we Shall be at liberty to purchase from
those who will fell on the belt terms, and to fell to
those who will give the best price: ; that as the coun
try escicifes in number ofinhabitants and cultivati
on. tag produaions cf the earth will be preportion
ably encreafed, and the richer cf the whole porpor
tionably greater : Whoever examines the force of
them and Similar observations, m ^ smile at the ig
norance of those who doub. the ability of the United
biatci to redeem their bills.
U:: it also be remembered that paper money is the
°„ kind of money which cannot " make unto it
w'n" and flyaway." It remains with us, it
wih net forfake ns, it is always ready and at hand
for the parpofe of commerce or taxes, and every in
duffrrous man can find it. On the contrary, Should
, it?in like Nineveh (and for the fame rtafon) yet
find mere,, andefcape the dorm ready to buril upon
.'" n^io^ debt in a very differ
ent fixation. Her territory diminished, her people
waled, her commerce ruined,her monopolies gone.
Provide for the discharge of her immense
by taxes to be paid in pnc c, in gold or Silver,
pa^ps now buried in the minescf Mexico or Peru,
or mil concealed in the brooks and rivulets ofAfrica
or Lidoftaa.
Hiving Shewn that there is no reason to doubt the
' rility of the United Spates to pay their debt, let us
enquire whether as much can be said for their
inclination.
Under this head three things are to be attended to :
'? . Whether and in what manner the faith of
the United States has been pledged for the redempti
on of their bills.
2.1. 0 Whether they have put Ihemfelvet in a po
litical capacity to redeem them,- and
3d. Whether, admitting the two former prop fi.
taoos, there is any reason to apprehend a wanton vi
olation of the public faith.
, it. It muff be evident to every man who reads
''j'"™!"°' Con^refs or looks at the face of one
their bills, that Congress have pledged the faith of
tneir couftiuents for the redemption of them. And
it mu& be equally ev dent, not only that they had
authority to do so but that ther constituents 'have
salary ratified their ads, by receiving their bills,
p-'ffiig laws establish ng their currency, and punish
ing those who counterfeit them. So that it may with
b'uth be said that the p:ople have pledged their faith
for the redemption cf them not only collectively by
their representatives, but individually.
2d. Whether the United States have put them
selves in a political capacity to redeem their bills, is
aquestion which crib for more full difeoffion.
Our enemies, as well foreign as domeflic, have la
boured to raise doubts m this head. They argue
that the confederation cf the states remains fat to be
portae] ; that the union may be diSolved ; Con
f^h be abolished, and each fhte refumi^g its dele
gated powers proceed in future to hold and exercise
a'l th, rights of Sovereignty appertaining to an in
d<„ndcnt State. In such an event, lay they, the
continental bills of credit, created and fapportgd by
the union, would die with it. Th : s petition being
aCumed they next proceed to assert this event to be
probable, and in proof of it urge our divisions, o^r
,~;ie„ our Separate in tereft, diftina manners, for
mar piejj&cis, and many other arguments equally
plausible and equally fallacious. Examine this mat
ter.
For every purpose essential to the defence of these
states in the progrefa of the prefrnt war, and neceffa
ry to the attainment of the obje& of it, these fates
now are as fully, legally and absolutely confederated,
as it is possible for them to be. Read the credenti
als of the different delegates wh, composed the Con
gress in 1,74, 1775. and part of 1776. Yau will
find that they establish an union for the express pur
pose of oppofingthe oppressions of Britain and ob
taining redraft of grievances. Oi the 4th of July
1776 your Representatives in Congress, perceiving
that nothing lei's than unconditional submission would
Satisfy our enemies, did in the name of the people cf
the Thirteen United Colonies declare them to be
free and independent dates, and " for the SUPPORT
" cf that declaration, with a firm reliance on the
" protection of Divine Providence, did mntualy
" pledge to each other their LIVES, their FOR
" TUNES and their SACRED HONOUR."
Was ever confederation more formal, more solemn
or explicit? It has been expressly alien edto and
ratified by every fate in the union. Accordingly,
for the dhea SUPPORT cf this declaration, that
is for the fuppbrt of the independence of these dates,
armies have been railed, and bills of credit emitted
and loans made to pay and supply them. The re
demption therefore of these bills,the payment of these
debts, and the settlement of the accounts of the se
veral flames for expenditures or services for the co^-
mom benefit and in this common cable, are among
the objeas of this confederation ; and canfequently
while all cr any cf its obje&s remain unattained, it
cannot, so far as it may refpe& such objoAs, be dis
solved, confident with the laws of God or Man.
But we are persuaded, and cur enemies wil find,
that our union is not to end here. They are mista
ken when theyfuppofe us kept together only by a
sense of p efent danger. It is a fa& which they on
ly will dispute, that the people of these states were
never so cordially united as at this day. By having
been obliged to mix with each other, former preju
dices have worn eff and their several manners be
come blended. A ferfe of common permanent in
teref!, mutual affi&ion (having been brethren in
affliction ) the ties ofconfanguinity daily extending,
conflant reciprocity of good offices, similarity in
language, in governments, and therefore in manners,
the importance, weight arid splendor cf the union,
all conspire in forming a flrong chain cf conne&ion,
which mufl for ever bind us together. The United
Provinces of the Netherlands and the United Can
tons cf Sw'ztrlahd became free and independent un
der circumstances very like ours : their independence
has been long r^abl^ed, and yet their confederacies
continue in full vigor. What reason can be assigned
why our union should be less lading ? or why should
the people of these ^ates be fappofed less wife than
the inhabitants of <bofr ? You are not uninformed
thata plan for a ^perpetual confederation has been
pupated and that twelve of the thirteen dates have
already acceded to iri But enough has been said (0
shew that for every purp-fe efthe prrfent war, and
all things incident 10 it, there does at present cxift
a perfeA fotemn confederation, and therefore that the
states now are and always will be in political capa
city to redeem their bills, pay their debts, and fettle
their accounts.
3d. Whether, admitting the ability and political
capacity of the United States to redeem their bills;
there is any reafod to apprehend a wanton violation
of the public faith ?
It is with great regret and relu&ance that we can
prevail upon ourselves to take the lead notice of a
question which involves in it a doubt so injurious
to the honour and dignity of America.
The enemy, aware that the vigth of America
lay in the union cf her citiz: ^d the wifdem
and integrity of those to whom ti^ committed the
direction of their affairs, have taker .wearied pains
to disunite and alarm the people, :-precise the
abilities and virtue of their rulers, an to impair the
confidence reposed in them by the^ cor^itnents.
To this end repeated attempts have been made to
draw an absurd and fanciful line of diftinaion be
tween the Congress and the People, and cr^te an o
pinion and a belief that their interests and views
titre different and eppofed. Hence the ridiculous
tales, the inviduous insinuations, and the whimsi
cal fufpicioris that have been forged and propanted
by drfguifed emissaries and traitors in the ,A of
patriots. Hence has proceeded thenotable difewery
that a^ the Con^refs made the money they alfe ?an
diriroy it ; and that it will exist no longer than key
find it convenient to permit it. It is not surprising
that in a free country, where the tongues and puns
01 iuch people are and mus tbelicerifed such pol i
ca! loreCes should be inculcated and diffufed, but it
is really aMonifhing ffig the mindof a tingle virtuous
citizen in America should Le influenced by them,
It certainly cannot be necessary to remind yen that
your reprefentativei here ire chosen from among
yourselves ; that you are or ought to bearquainted
with their several characters ; that they are rent here
to speak your sentiments, and that it is conflantly in
your power to remove such as do not. You surely
are convinced that it is no more in their power to
annihilate your money than your independence, and
that any && of theirs for either of those putpofes
would be null and void.
(For the Remainder fee the fourth Page.)
THE inhabitants of the town of Wethers field;
who have not paid their taxes to the fubfcrk
her, are hereby notified, that I will attend at my
dwelling hcufe to receive their faxes from Wednes
day the 13th infant, until Saturday the 23d infant.
All perfotre who neglect Yo pay within said time,
mult expert to pay such co^ and charges as the lew
allows. GERSHOM WOLCOTT, Cclledor.
Wethersfield, OCteber 8, 1779.
GENTLEMEN of the Zou^oThARTfORD,
I Thank you kindly, (,hofe cf you who have paid
your rates) for that cheatf^lnefs you have shewn
not only to pay your rates, but to meet me at the
times and places I have heretofore appointed for the
purpose of collecting, according to law : You have
by meeting me saved yourfrives cost and we trouble.
By paying yeer taxes thus fcaforably you have done
real service to your country ; for you have enabled
me to pay orders lately to the amount cf almcft
twenty thousand pounds • and truly I wish and hepe
that chearfulnef: and ability to pay rates may b±
found in all other towns as is in the town of Hart
ford; for I can truly fay, great numbers in this
town have paid all tfe continental and slate faxei
which have come cut against them : And I hereby
warn and beseech these who have not, to meet me
at the times and places hereafter mentioned, viz.
At Land. DJl's on Monday the 18th. Land. But.
let's on Tuesday 19th. Land. Hopkins's Wedsef
day 20th. Land. Hills's Monday 2flh. Land.
Wadiworth s Tuesday 26h, and at my own,oufe
on Wednesday 27th O&ober infant, frem one o'
clock until fun set each day, in order to frth up all
rates yet remaining unfitted in my hands, where 1'
flail attend (rain cr fhinc) if life and health is spared.
Your compliagge will faveycu cofl, and much oblige
your humble Servant,
SELAH NORTON, Censor.
Hartford, Oftoher 4, 1779.
N. B. I ffigll gave the abatement of the 20th part
with me. I shad wait on the people ofWethrrsfield,
at Land. Stilman's, on Thursday 28th October inst;
Qbe S OL D, at EaS Haddam Landing, on
X Tuesday 19th October, the Brig ROGERS
asd Sloop TWO BROTHERS, with all their guns,
small arms and warlike Stores, with furdry other ar
ticles, and a fine Bermuda built SLOOP, and the
Sloop CLARIES A with all her Stores ; one Negro
Wench and Child, ferae DRY GOODS, Sail Duck,
Powder, &c.
N. B. The Bri= Rogers, aad Sloop Two Brothers
are Privateers h/riy. belonging to New York.
STOLEN out d the pirture and out of the shop
of Nathan Bliss 2nd William Pynchon, jun.
feme time in the night proceeding the 4th infant, a
cheffnut coloured MARE, with a blaze in her face
and two white hind feet, about 10 years old, trots
all, no shoes on branded with Springfield brand ; a
saddle, bridle and saddle bags, the bridle marked
under the fore piece with W. P. and the fiddle bags
on one of the ftrapswith W. P. Whoever will take
said thief with the Mere, Saddle, Bridle and Saddle
Bags and return them to us the fabferibers shall re
ceive one hundred dollars reward, and in proporti
on for either of said articles, and all necessary char-'
ges paid, by Wm. PYNCHON, fan,
NATHAN BLISS.
Springfield, October 4, 1,79.
n^olCTVl^olTL A-R ' S~r"ew"ar"d7-
Strayed or stolen from the pa£ure of the
fubferiber in Waterbury, in the night after the
30th of September last, a dark brown or black Mare,
with a far in her forehead, about 13 hands high, 6
or 7 years old, has a thick bushy mane which has
been cut eff and is grown again about xo inches, is
a thick set well built Mare, natural „te a heavy trot,
was welllhod before, has bern use& in the collar.
Whoever shall return frid Mare to fie fubferiber in
Waterbury, or secure and give i formation cf her,
shall receive the above reward and all nereffary char
ges. BENJAMIN BALDWIN.'
Waterbury, OR. 3, 1779.
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