The National Register.
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mom* imtisitorial. oppressive. atotionembtitistional tax. lie hoped
Ina( this peace won'd be la:sting; owl that two great uations, having
common digit!, speaking the same language,
,and feeling an egpal
%esiceation for the great principles of civil and religiiiiis' liberty,
would no longer waste their strength in sanguinary and ruinous wars
- szainst each fishes, but that they would always be united foie the
common good .of mankind, and in sheltering the weaker powers
front the oppressions of the powerful. As to that *bat obnoxious
▪ tax,. which was called the Property Tax, the principle of it had
already so often and so fully discussed, that he thought it unneces-
sary for him to dwell at any length upon the subject. It was ear- "
rail into .exectstinit by commissioners, from whom there was no
appeal. it was a tax that bore heavier upon the poor than on the •
rich. (Applause, end cries or, "it does. it does," frem some who
appeared of the former !leseriplion). &opposing that a limit received
:3101. a year. it would not be coil% too for to say, that 1001. a year
seas taken from him in other taxis, and that he had only tool. lett
t.,.r himself. If; then, be Vilt4 culled upon to pay 301. on account of
iiscome, it was in fact :301. per cent. awl not 101. per cent. that .
noa4 taken froth him. When the tax was first imposed, the country
was cog:teed in a war with a most ambitions ani powerlid tyrant,
and the couutry was willing .to submit to great burdens, when dr-
en sistaitees appeared to make it necessary. That tyrant had, how-
e i. 41, fallen, and with him ought to fall the Property Tax.- It was
tae custom of one of the greatest of the ancient nations. the
Nu-
-loans, appoint a Dictator in times of extraordinary difficulty and
danger; hut when that danger passed, his office existed no longer.
He thought:thot this country should so far follow their example, as
to bear with patience the pressure of heavy taxes when they ap-
, • peered absolutely necessary.' The people had. however, borne those
iiiirtl.ns with unexampled patience and cheerfulness ; and it would
be a very bad reward, indeed, for the zeal that. they had strewn, to
continue the same burdens on them in peace. He then descanted
for sotne time on the wMte of public money in unnecessary pensions,
pt ye+, &c. ;Nand concluded by moving a airing of Resolutions,
pri eipally atotinst the Property Tax.
The question having been Tut on the first resolution,
111111jOrCARTWRIGUT addressed the Meeting. He apprehended
that Ilse cessation of the American war would laterite the "scontinti-
ones of this tax on property, at least to its present amount. It was
itet, however. the question as to it's amount, or whether the per
contogeationld be inereas4d or dimitrislted,..but it was time spirit and
&armlet of the linposition which ought chiefly to attract their
vointidoratiem.' The lion's. whelp might be a barmiest; plaything at
ilralhhnt-ifooffered to grow, wouttl.froalty prove himself to be a lion.
'illy Peri*, for which they were thetPassembled was three-fold :
tosemtlider of the general state of .the national taxation ; se-
condly; of tits property tax in particular ; and thirdly. with respect
10-itlar-proereilings which it was ineumlient in them to adopt on this
They ought not to confine themselves to the mere con-
▪ '..6ladistiori 'of a tax which violated property, which oppressed indus-
-4114. Wel* invaded domestic privacy, and which was, therefore, ob-
viously itsconsgteirt with every principle of English liberty; but
they might to trees this evil to its true source, to skew it le its con-
tiectiara with other public grievances, and to call upon the Legisla-
.l lure fin that grentnod ultimate remedy, which could alone insure
them permanent ineependeitee and prosperity. The Chancellor of
the Exchequer had, set his place in the House of Commons, not long
Wince, 'broadly intimated his intention of proposing a renewal of this
tax. It was for them, therefore, not. to criticise any partial defects, I
• .tor ray apparent inequalities, its the principle or operation of such a
measure , became the reply of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
. ssisidd et rtaieny be, that he was much obliged to the persons who
suggested-these objections, he was wisdoms tossupply defects, and
• torehledy inegnanlies i amid, therefore, by removing, in some de-
• grey, their objections, lie trusted that lie should receive their luta-
renentio approlaation. It was their part to proclaim their Isolitility
. tonic emir, tchetne, as soliveriee of their native aunt hereditary
sights. No (limbs
,stie)t a !timelier* of things might arise, that bin.-
. them, .ollsei wi-e nitoletahle, , would be borne by a great and free
br which was utterly
ion, whicli was nu
administration, titan
cpnld be:justified in
!anvil:. 'Die Chan-
ail imminent sneer
Paltice-yard load
the-whole-state

fidencial dilfmlolties of
the fate of the nal ioov
meeting *honk} deem it
or to busy itbrif

*Many other .
set tion co f its own

they were as capable
the bar, or anrillink.
Wishart) had truly told them,
were now absorbed by- a variety of taxes before the pinperty tax
came into application ; and that this tax, applying to the nuniltua
whole, was, to practical effect, a tart not of I'o' but o; gO per rent.
He certainly win not apprehensive that, after the'fortnnate eoncht-
sion of peace with America, the present tax could be any longer
continued ; but lie had his fears that it might be produced in another
shape, or in curtailed proportions. He should not be nine's stir-
prised to see another property tax brought forward,—a little pro-
perty tax---a young cub, (a loud laugh) which, as he had before ob-
served. might be perfectly innocent in its infant state. but by the
time that its claws and teeth should attain their fulfpower, would
have grown up into a- formidable and ferocious monster, that might
devour them and their children. (Applause.) It was their duty.
then, to be Vigilant at the outset, to crush the evil in its birth, and
to set an example to nther meetings, which might secure co opt:ra-
tion in the salutary work. In the year 1795, in a memorable peti•
tion, it was-brought home to the House of. Commons, that they did
not represent the sense, nor express the voice, of the people, pm..
poses which they were instituted to accomplish, and rights to which-
the constitution had given every Englishman a elainh What hail
keen the course of public events and of national suffering since the
House thought proper to disregard • this. important demonstration?
•The Government of that day had plunged ns, under tlMporetemee of*
abort war, into a contest of 0 years' duration ' • and for the take of
terferiug iu the internal regulation of another kingdom, end of yeti**.
guishing opinions which were not acceptable to their taste, had entail.
ed on Great Britain that tremendous load of taxation under which she
was now bending. When James 11. adopted unconstitutional
antes of taxation, the sienna ;almost with one voice stood np against
him ; yet the country did not then. owe a single million. and was
now indebted in a thousand. He repeated it to them, the country
now owed a thousand millions. The condition of France was ion-
intensely happy ; she had IA such debt; plenty aml cultivation
reigned over her soil, and the consequence was, that thousands and
ten of thousands were repairing to enjoy there what they could not
obtain in their native landa—an easy and comfortable subsistence.
The rich were going tot itend their comforts, the poor to acqutre
the Means of livingntall. This was the state to which the country
was now reduced ; and to restore it to a better condition. it was
first necessary to restore purity to their representative system : with-
out. this, future wars and future taxes were in store.- Was it pos-
sible for them to forget that a biltish_miniater had once entertained
the project of imposing a tax on capital, and,, that the petition of
the Westminster electors against it had at least been serviceable in
saving the country from that infliction? In reference to the
general system of taxation, what could be more obtiorsions than the
measure for redeeming the land-tax. That tax took away one-fifth of
*befoled property of the country,and had been sold. Four other inch •
operations would comprehend and vest in the Crown the whole landed
property of the realm. He had intended to have offered to them
several other observations, but the state of the weather and Of his
own health induced him to abstaip. He had only to thank theta for
the patience with which they bad already !maid him, (applause).
The first Resolution was then put and carried. The several others,
together with Omsk* to Sir F. Burdett, Lord Cochrane, and Mr.
Whitbread, were likewise voted nnanimously ; and it was agreed
that a petition Mended on these Resolutions should be presented by
Sir F. Burdett, who was instructed to support the same.
Major CARTWRIGHT wished to inform the Meeting, that it Was
• Sir F. Burdett's decided intention to bring forward, in the course of
the. present session, the important question of a radical reform in
'the representation of the people.. Hu was happy. at .the same thins
to-observe, that petitions were in preparation nom all parts of the
country in sniport.of the sante. object—(ioud applause),
Thanks were then given .to the High. Boilitl; who expressed the
suitable acknowledgments,

The new Minister of • War, Souit, has published an Or-
dcr of the Day relative to the more speedy payment.of the
arrears of the troops. He says, that the King, i 4 his pater-
nal solicitude, does not for an instant lose sight of theln-
+crests of the brave men who. have a claim fo their arrears of
their pay. Re desires that that sacred portion of the Olio
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debt be speedtly.discbargeti. Soult's appointment-to the
War Department is very generally applauded. •

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ettatitry with patience sod alscrity ; but a tax Whit
triecoodlejible tOl'ls6 spirit of a tree Constitution,
Ig",/#Vi'o4,ntl,gribtlintr; and oppressive in its admit
ft yoits.niquisitoriil andpartial in its principle, mini
partial
nor iiiterr any coMbittation of ciremmtatte
callok.or the'txchrepter miglif, if he Plrssed, with all
obserrif, :itnit he feared thegentlenictrassemblcd in I
Doi sitificiently takereitito *their deep cdttaideration
of tothlic.aft4trs, tile foreign relations, the fidkneial
the count rv,c 'Miserable; in his opinion, *as the fai
pod eltecrrovi it 4 prospects, when a popular greeting
expedietit to Realetratt On gram of GoVetnineuti

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topic than.snch as briongcd to its provinee—the aq-
vn inalienable and con(tii utmost rights. These rights
pabk of understanding and valuing as any lawyer at
Minister of the Vrown. Ni, worthy friend (Mt.
nit, told them, that two-thiids of every, man's income
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A. attf :dim! is
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just signed. kmerican Com • '• • •
noossionets _
have - we could not better griiify ttecUriosity.
readers, than by laying before them the following extract if
a note taker from Mr. %Valente. tinealation of Chevalier de
neailjour's `etch of the L nited States, respecling. the
Boundary line, left open for fotire discussion, but which in
consequence. turns out to be one of the most important
points of the whole negociation for peace.
's The second article of the original treaty with- North America, I,
after deseriniug the northern boundary 114 runninj through the
centre at lakes (Mario, Huron, and Superior, proceeds to say, that
the hoe shall then nisi throngli the middle of said long lake mid Fite
conintsinfeating betsitioalt and the lake of the %broods, to the
sigh lake of the Woods. thence through 'the said lake to the north•
west point *MOE. yid from thence on a doe west course to tlig
river Mississippi. niitil it shall ioteiseet thinottliernebost part attic
Slat degree or !MAI' latitude.
;. How the anminissiootrs on this treaty eassid stipulate, that from
rho hike of iheWood., the line was to rim due %vest to the iblissis-
sippi. appears very singular, since the source of this river and the
lake of the %Vain!s are in a pluvial's.' line, hut the !omit Much neater
the north, eultsequentlythe source of the Mississippi from thence
lies due south, and a western line could never %trike it. If at proves
no more. it at least >hews, that we knew nothing at that time of the
grags'apley of the interior arise country. -
4' The express terms, would, 110W.VC1', indicate, that all American
claim. of territory, west ot the Mississippi, are ejvon up ; since
this river was made the boundary of the whole western finntier, from I
&limit 49. Sc) degree north to the 31 ditto north ; and the whole of I
thi• country westward and northward of these two lines, was origi.
ashy claimed .ley. &clam' or Spain. The system nosh adopted Lv
the Coiled States. of pushing their territory westward to the Weill
INit•ific Ore3n, will, nn intent to cotnntand the for.trade, and transfer
it from the lakes and the river St. Lawrence to the Mississipp.i, is a
peint that must he fully and tirmly established in whatever treaty
MID terminate the present nostortntiale war. The chief question to
be ascertained is, whether there was *my thing ceded by Spain be-
yyul Adonis-lama, and whether the territory or the . Hudson's Bay
Company, has not been infrinzed on. lite exertions lately made by
the Wsshisigton cabinet, far 'Maw; discovery, which has been
coaled almost as far as Reendais Amerien, toxin to prove. .that a
ba•is is also laying for a comter_ted trade with the Irstited*States
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taiuli:tinrrnts on the western shorts of the Nei*. whi's't ire &Oki's!
ie become depot, for the furs amid einseng hound to China.. By We
niearti., th. articles so yid/sable in flue markets of tire east. carried
there under cheap freLlhts mid from the Arm hand, would, In that
ease, be sold much elit;aper than any European pourer atfor
them, wlierelsy a vistual isminpoly would be created, The
tt'ul of this rolliitxy, at present, is no other than a range Of wilds ;
eat these wilds must have a legitimate 'possessor, they must either
belong to Spain at England, •or the ilati.ou's 'Bay Cosnwny. Yet
they are inhabited •by tribes Art Indians who have been already di.,
',rived of their oflgiool lauds. and have settled in these entemive
tracts sunder the firoteiqhm of and.whonti having tW.en the
Of Ilw"V°4l.lkcY'collaidea as their limrdiana. The qiantity
of laud muovgeoied along the tiltissi.sippi and Missouri, holds nut a
I'')ll►tioe prostreetto the Amioirait bedelcAeltiers, who are no other .1
*Tian a serum,* race of lincea' :uteri. Cestless.'-ailvesituring. mist always
1)11-hiug'westswil as it Feu sevelof a 13,4•ra49; find this spirit of en-
i-rprize uniformly finds protection in the liniteilAtstriti government,
which already begins to teare dot room grad iehania the Itiylrides.
(Olio, to which the country kiliereatler lo be card,.
"The prosecution suf. pie fur.trade, is not, however:the only Ake
the Americans have in view by inerelsing lbeirapoindotione weal:
:yards: yet it is neverthelem it nrotterid One 1). KU/ he seMbi a-Pft."7
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-indertaken or itphilf
rrtticll;the"popalstiOl*

t dement cogotryttoond 1..
Michigan, a' Bell as -spins*: the.alosgeettes and Oilman ay,. In I iatiNl
will, in the course of dine, nattiraily give 'diem the ebnimand of ihel
Jokes, whose importance a sn.secir depietei by N. de 'Vestige; and,
this single circumstance_ alone brings ll•eir frontiers cuter to 11fini.0
treat, Ad ooty en-operation hettirecn Vermont. 'NOW • Hinupshii
and diete hark settlements, eatiht iheieby ile 'alined, end is
unguarded moment, Upper Canada ',eight be 'Mgt. 'lt it the-estil..,
policy of I.sigitird, that die Indians leniuld rertudit is the' ginet.pos
tessinis of that part of their. tau rid country ; they echistitutetbe but
iieignbouts on.sliont *he can rely. She +, losiiiil liiith hi honour at
in int-crest to tee .that 'they are not encroached upon - they in
in 4.pendent in ilit•ir political Mate, and have a claim tore iiplietd.
Though they are yellow, they ought nut thug to be driven frost pint
tit post, and Assiut met to be dispotsesscil fur the etioveisienre 4
ail vett toriii4 whitet.who are serving tlivpiii pose ot as aspiring goers
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input. Tire Americans have iiitherto considered them a; on intend
race, and that l'ilikic faith was sU they had a right to es;seet. We ,
mat. all those tribes tiordeCing on the lllissouri and the other river", -
with ivitom the French took so numb pain; complain, that they isata•ll-:
now no friend% taxing the white., if Enslendestfers them lobes()
a pre) It) tl:i• cupidity of roiliest encroachers. Though they i
the wildernest, they hove the rights id men, of thise the l'ir
were once the guardiaset. England noW standt in the place
France. 'Their property and existent? ran never be sertirr, at but
as the twit:hod hinvidary hue betweeu.the ten iiiirics or Jays laud an
all
the United Stateeht so indefinite. so elegising. 1.114, coed* made wit

.peh iverwance °like country. . The Hudson's Bay Coifipitl
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Particularly to ire Jo this paint.; and indeed. if the anfloition of .
United State. has any limits, they are gimaily iateitAfFil in this besq,
ine slot*. I do nut sav nk4t this bogoilavy line • ought to he,. 1)14;
now material point* are at liseiri 4t ought tortfeliketeki'd. •li alt tie«
rends whether the United Slates 111114 to Masi altribing 'on- the, tar '
the usual bound Aries between eineites arppiountains and rivers ; a,
Pince of the first is not wanting, and' nittottioirtiOlf appears to bac
traced the current grilse Nksjoippii. The Ultited SlotosateP,'ettsf..
eil to keup their inhabitants more rinse together, if they wish 'th
they should experience 111 4114c edrantairp:ii- entiliaotiatr mail.
ignarmairost ; and if eventual security is their t ; for at welt a -
dioxi..ne the executive has scarcely any hold ot:lirirregular sets of '
the baek-settlers' who have freerareity itnuenkiele &eldest- tjoi I
dians. that havedeaerved and met ivOb their ilegadrol tstalisa
The State', in the opinion or tii-irmost sensible ttseinber... hay
,already too anti; land. grad all Mde lleattioaea able .nits °taro
Thep (A, confirms trie,..s.tmet . .
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lint this is not the only material 'milt Ito,. •ld istolle. 'nits oil&
-treaty also says, that Ike inkvigntion of Ate Mississipiksball-rentai
free to subjects of Croat liritain and citizens. of tler•irniteti'btaies _
vet in the treaty that was made in 179%. hetwittin Spain inisi.
iltiited States, the hotter cot it atipatatattAii the • 41it ar.tleists
the caSigatiosCht LOW elver from its sauce, to the .oCethits,
only be free far hie (totlinlie,lllkietty't stobeftr sew the .eiiize
the United States, marts; lee should extend thus privilege lo thesti
jec,ts of u‘lir powers'by a special convention." ." • • ' .. "."
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“.Eatzlastititai not nearly to this treaty,-and it appeared'as if her
rig:tt of tmeizatine this river. rested nit the pleniune of Spain, am
that of that United States Even at that remote period., they !witch
to deprive her of it: 'Now; they (lave tut into the-Shoes of Spoilt,.
what will not be 'their policycliay, what isnot their laoguato ? 'lli
is therefore a point that must hr fully established via! the ptes:4l
possessors of Louisiana, not only on-tile price pies of right. n.h 'ids
with regard. to terno. It aught to he knows' at i‘ ha! rates; Brhl,
' property can be br.iii;:lo down tlre hlississippi. and mule, what'
chic guarantee. ' lila.' t' kiwi)! wiila the *l7nited States. only '
point may be eshibli.heil, it oast also be settled sink tow

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Washington government. TO; 'miller Yin iehielr ihe'lloptliallida Ai ' hotit sides of the Illi.sis.ippi, -for the Island efOrlcans lying on the
Vie United Stales hes Increased within these few Yessrs, lins:lntnie ' ireei-iiel6 of this riser, 'only ettends north as tier as Manshaulto and
their st4i4Pimen conceive, titat that cisintr3raqkaot sufficiently law, , Irons thence to the sotuirrk lanutidary of the, lititeg States is hold
Pnil that no European pkwer had a right to any poti or s COnthlint ihy-SPitint as part of West Flotida. ' Many . _,.. , * Anilett
" winch there was a predotuinafing- republic. Lien the 'mines of , tinlla grow mil of the careful .eitrawielttion at*" ' • 4•o4altor
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.Earepe to complete her high destinies. Alt MOS4I wlio have care-` ii tom government *might to avail itseilat -thy ." ' in
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