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I am r?eWy of opinion Congrtfs will not be able ^
itfue the whole ten millions already voted without 3
depreciation, and also that they will not dare to issue
ay of if in a depreciated Rate ; this roll'd maifts
ly and immediately ruin the use cf the whole, and
defeat its whole purpefe, and bring on afreffi the mis-
Chiefs of a figuring currency that I can have no
idta that any men in their feufcj can think cf adopt
ing i*. Bat if we are to (ippeft gn, wisest men cz
pible of filch idle frenzy, \is needidi to reason any
farther about it, we may as well give up ail use of
our intellca, and follow where wild d&afliog rove:,
aid take the fate which a conconrfe of wh m arid ac
c dertf all provide fora# • Batlangur better things;
I am full cf expedition that before our affairs come
to this pah, our wisest men both in Conpefs and flat*
Affercblies Will be convinced of one [cat truh, dic
tated by nature and oar present circumSanees, viz.
That we muff pay chr expenditures as we go ; and
this is the only peccable method ^fore us ;,&
w 11 make any scheme good which is not wretched
indeed, and wthout this, every devifcabte fehime is
but whim, viflon and frenzy.
5. The sum of ten millions i, not more that the
fta es are able to make the mo* Efficient and un
doubted security for. if they please. But let that se
curity be ever so good, to give it a currency, end
prevent a depreciation, they mu* raifea demand for
it by general axes. These are recommended by Coa
grefs in their a& of the 18th infant, aid others fore
going; and were they put under rigid c riledion by
all the fla es, we might judge whether the demand
thereby railed was (efficient to give 1 fe and use to the
currency; if it mould not be so, bis nectary that
the I xes be still inrreafed 'till that eff A fh^ appear,
at which time, and not before, the grand point will
be gained, viz. that of fixing our currency. We
fiall then have the two great things necessary to fix
any paper currency, viz. rood f # nds which may
give the puff ffor a certain fecurit,; and a quick de
mand and circulation of the currency itfelf.
6. It appears then that if the fed a& was put in
to proper and wife execution, duly limited and Ef
ficiently vigorous, it will anfoer the great and im
portant ends expelled from it; and though it may
not be thought the bed possible, yet as it uppers to
be Efficient for its purpose, were it duly pat into
operation, and propedy fupponed. I think it clear
shat tbe Bates ought not to hesitate adapting it, nor
Gve it by too languid and d latory movements ; the
best plan p ffible may be rendered ufeleft and inef
feaual this way ; wisdom and decision in council
are not more ntcefcry in any important plans of his
fort, than vigour in execution. Ido not confer
the a& f> much a fcueme of iacreafing the revenue
as of fixing the currency ; but if it is to inchi Ie both,
the fra certanly depends on the lad. and is limited
by it, for Cooirefs cannot think of iffoing any p<rt
of the new bill, in a depreciated date ; they mail fix
their value, or 'tis idle, dangerous, and ineff./lial to
the last degree toiffue them; if they cm be iffied in
a fixed state, yet no more # fthem call be issued than
can be kept in a Sled state; for to exceed this limit
will be to defirby their whole use at once, and in'
volve us in more d&efs than before." I look on it
a very bold Hep to put the revenue on such a rifle ;
but I fappofe the pnbl c neceffi its require it. and of
this the Congress are the belt judges, and doubtless
ailed on more reasons than we out of doors can fee.
The fixing the currency, and incomes f revenue
Of the lift confaquente tons all in the present crisis;
•nd therefore it appears to tod absolutely neceffery
that every Bate should exert themfelfa in the mofi
speedy and effe^ea! manner to give fanaion and
force to this a a, least by their defad, the ifrtant
chance should turn again* us, and we Ihould be left
without revenue or currency at this critical time
when our political exigence, as well as the ccccp&i'.
on and means of living of every indiv dual, depend
dn both. To have a currency of fixed value expref
on the free of the bills, and free of counterfeits
Is an obje& mod important and definable, but can be
obtained :n no other way that by keeping the quan
tity within due bounds, and afeertaining its value,
by such connexion with our real fubdance as will
it a certain security to the peffeffor. The vZ
lue of money being wholly grounded in the proper-
Hon of twoabjeas, v.z. the quantity of money, and
the objea cf money, it is dfnwnfirab!e that if either
varies whilst the ether continues the fame, the pro
portion must vary liktewife, and of cbarfe the value
of the money mast fluanatc. as a,,ears most % n , 0
any person who has the le<fi k^wledre of the na
ture of proportion. All experience jirifc ardcon
'^ ret( cnin^, and puts the truth of it beyond
doubt ; yet so tirccgly dees the ^fru^i^ bias
like force darling favourite lust. work itfelf into oer
public councils, that after the longer and graved
eozade^uoa cf the fcbj c a, they will, in ti^ tp of
the cleaved detain talloa, id (pita cf repeated expt
rieoea and the fulled proof of fall Hill worl o,their
deliberations into the vein issue, the fruitless refla
tion of trying new methods, adopting new plans of
increasing the currency, and thereby defeat their own
purpose,, render their councils rid.culcus, and leave
us all without remedy. The mischief bet-iu the na
ture, not in the modification of this faal cha.ru ;
there s too much already, and it is uc: peffib^ that
any increase of quantity, however mad fied, fhdald
help the matter, nor is it p;ffibh to fix the value in
this way; fcr the increfe of tbe quantity wll for
ever render the pun&aal payment more difficul . and
therefore more uncertain, tend of ecu fa of left credi
bility or credit The nature of money is such, that
its quantity cannot be increased beyond a certain
degree, without lohug it# use ; this has already been
firexciwdkdy and, 'di p,t ' m'are possible that our
remedy fiiould lie in further iacreafes of it, however
modified. I have known people try to fat en their
hogs wi,h pimkinz, tamip^and b,an, to fiv- com,
but without success ; I have known people who had
not milk enough add.w&et to It. bat the nutritious
particles cf milk were not mreaf:d thereby : I have
known children change their piOereens into copprn,
aid ,qip a grease heap of money : n all th <b cases
the. fabflaace -was wanting; the the#, theq^h iA
ercafed, was delufivfe, and the councils puerile and
without effea, to ,y no worse cf+hem.
To be continued.
ALL PERSONS having outstanding Ac
counts with the Subscriber, refocA ng either
the Stale or the Continent, are requeued to fettle
them immediately. , . ; . ..
JAMES WATSON.
Hartford, November z§, i,Bo.
PHIN^TTEMO^ E(
BEGS lexve to acquaint the Gt, I^men & Ladies
in 'he town of Hartford, that he hu r„ rf e4.,.
School for the Tuition of Youth in the FRENCH
LANGUAGE, a Language that is of the greater
importance at this p efent d^y ; and being part cf a
polite education, he silt ers himfelf,hc ihs.ll meet
with fritable encouragement.
^*N. B. He is to be fp.Ae with ev^ry day, at Capt.
Ebenezer Darke'a r in Hartford, fam9to i 1 o'clock
in the forenoon.
TT)- L~ o^o N~S 'M I T H,—
DRUGGIST and APOTHECARY,
INFORMS his old Cuaomm aid o-he-s, at
he has lately received a frfeffi fapply of DRUGS,
MEDICINES and INDIA SPICES, ,eaume
and good---His aff^traent is ft gene at the a particu
lar enumerat on is needlafs These who may ^have
occafijn to perchafe cf him, ar? requeued to bring a&
great a proportion as they can of hard or continental
money, otherwiie it will be impcffible for him to
supply them in fa^e.
He has ffo for We, bv rete I BiSee Tea, C ffee f
Chocolate, Weft Lidia Raid, Lib :n W uc, Suar,
Indigo, Allum, best Wool C*:ds, the N^^ Tegu
ment, Dilworth's Spelling, a number of Latin
School Books, and & few valuable Law Books
R ck and other forts of Salt, to b; exchanged for
Floar, Com, and other articles ne^tfiry f> family
u ^° A good price will be given for old Vahclno
or unclean.
N. B. As it is aims* two years fhce the late
'partner flip between Smith ajd Coit was dissolved,
and near a year fincethe der/.h of ML. Coit ; those
who are indebted fro said company a.e defined to
make Speedy paym?n\ to said Smith, as he is called
upon ny the executes or his dvceafed partner ; any
debts found to be ju^ly due from said co.xpa:iy, will
be peaauaJy pa by
SOLOMON SMITH.
.""'"d November 27, 1760.
SIR AYE D from Subfciiber te/iuung
of November infant, a Pale Red COW white
on her back and belly, two buttons : nher horns.
Whoever returns said Cow to the Subferiber, shall
hive a generous reward.
abel Fuller.
_™ Mmft ° n ' November 26. 1780.
TAKEN up by the Susfcr#ber, the Bth ini
a (potted red and white STAG a top cut
oft each ear, and a ftq down the left ear. The owner
is defined to pry charges and take him amy.
SOLOMON GILMAN.
Hertford, November 22, 1780.
"Ti^ P '? theSabferiber, a SORREL
HORSE: fourteen and a half hands high,
a Br;p in hi, face, paces and trots, shod before. The
owner is dfod to pay charges, and take him amy
WILLIAM CHALK/'
e «:< Wtadfor, November 9. 1780.
A LL PERSONS that are indebted to Be
e#a:e cf Cap;. DANIEL GOODWIN.
.a^ cf HgKfoid, deem'd, either by note, band or
book, ate once m:re earnestly r.q^f^d to fettle and
pay the faraz; and all ibef: who nave any demands,
to call on the fubfr/ber for the fame.
DANIEL GOODWIN, Executor.
LIKEWISE, Those that a.e any ways in
adored to tea fobfcribzr, or hav^ any accounts open
oq book it a:^ than gne y^a/s faidiag, arc desired
toftettle and p y the fam;; a dthofe having any de
mends, to cell f.r their pay, and ihey fhili receive
their ju& dues according to contrafl aotwithflandj
10 & ^ o y law or cuttom 0 the contrary.
From their obedient servant,
daniel goodwin.
^.L'!!''"'' "'" mber 27 1780.
To be SOL D, IVbolefale ani detail.
By E. & H. BEARDSLEY, •
A NUMBER OF ELEGANT
DRINKING GLASSES,
5 O F ,V A RIOUES SEIZES.
Har hi, Mentor 28. 1780
WridKEAS a kfiic^nt uamo^ o t £he
f/d C;mpiiy o f Adventurers, in the
Sate cfV^m it have made app ct ion to me, in
"''f^ 10 have a meeting of fa d adventuress, £
the house of M.William K ex in Hertford, on
the 4th day of December next, at 5 o'clock in the
afternoon, so, the purpose of fe tling the accounts of
the company, and raifia^ fgch fam of money as the
compt y may be indebted for procuring & charter of
the grant to them; ad do a ty other bufiaefs which
fyy be thought proper tu be then done.' A meeting
4/ laid adventurers is hereby warned, to meet at (aid
time and place, for the , pose af^faid.
t W M . ADAMS. Clk.
N^vrr&r 25, 1780 ,
Spbngfield, November 1,80.
Desert ed & his quartets 7 ni , ht .
JOri N COLLINS, late Deputy-Corn
nular, tf<li§a;y Store; ; u^der arrel l fox unbezzel?
ini, pub? c p?cperty, particularly four barrels of falt
petre- Fe lo.faun^ man, a±>o& t 26 years of age
born in I t^nd. 5 feet 9 inches high, wears hi# own
hair bra eI, of a .light sandy colour, fair com,l, x .
ion, voice Rinsing and ho^fe, his left folder bag
been d-fl cred, and barf igfo then the other--.
It is fappofed hs defyn ig,ta £et to the enemy:
Whoever apprehends (aid darner and secure# him^
so &t he may be b ought to jaftice, ihall be hand-"
fome ! y rewarded by
EZEKIEL CHEEVEK, D C. G. M. S.
H§^[ The abeve advr lift lament has been omit
ted three w~ir.r. through m^ake,
sra FT of connecricu r.
Hartford County. November 6, 1780.
PH^: I^:''"': 1 ^:''"': / he * by ^ v * n '" Lbels'are
d Jabez Harohn, Esq; judge cf
Maritime Court far th, county of Ha ford by DaJ
niel Hale Commander of the amd ra called feG
ny ioun& a certain Slo?p called Lille Wjj ato "
and her ca^ct; c^fiS ngof Tm, aid other good;
arid merchandize fa d >0 he taken fr m the enemies
of :his and the United S x&ofAner ca ; upon he
h,i Sas or he ween his a d low water mafr
^ 2d day cf N v, inst. ard al^ by Samuel Smith
ad his affdeia es, a,ain£ a p^cc^f;oods, by them
captured in the Sound, c m^g fm L.w lfl©d to
this State, on or about the 22d day cf O&ber
coding of res, ctoh. ^ d / raie
ar tees, apnd t e laws of rEs S ate.-.. And alfa
before the hid Jabaz Hamlin, Esq; fod„ e of
County Court,fir the crurrty of Hanfords I sh- a
G, ff w , a^aintt the sloop Dolphin, and a qa^/fy hf
gram and flour, found lade on beard f, d in
thec^y ^forefe d, in order to be ha fodont
°'ll':°"': hw ‘ thereof; which sloop
and lading the fad Griffin hath caused to be ft zed
a?d hjdea so, tr,al : And for the trial ( fife LLC;
of the laid fevml captures and fe zu C
wh.fotie Cour H< in fed
fald county, on the second Tuesday ts D cemher
next, at which time ad so a 1 '
property >d fid Hoops or cargoes and goods maw
appt, and ihew cause (if any they have) why he
fmd floept and cargoes, and goods, should not be
condemned, as lawful p, z±s to the captors
By older of h^ Jnd,eef fiid C art
- GEORGE WV : LYS, R,_.
B R ° K:
May last, a large for^l Mart COLT zveara
old pa*, for white in her face. Tneowner i, de
sired to prove hls property, pay charges and take
her away. *
r n JONATHAN COOK,
Guivrile, N.vea&r 23, 1780.