The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-08-27
Monday, Augu9 ~, 1898.
OBSERY. ITI0NS uPov 7HE VAR
urn FRINGE.


|ebajaa. Oar late proc eiings mut irrisate their
pride @ The quick. I. IS not Inc part 4 pru
| deuce, # We viii attack a mad bull, TO be IN.
krogi5ed with th- means Of defence. Too M.
4bg Of Us are fond Of relying for fecuriGy on cur
| AlEilance from Francs, on The great extent Of
| our territory, AMI on the Navy Of Great Britain.
| TIE bcl means of defence, under Providence
- a navy Of our own. "A navy Of great 1rength
Gould foon be procured, as we have an erten-
\ five commerce, and great number Of faiors.
4gt would be vile. perhaps n the frf inaance,
|f4fccording to the pToP1fals Of the Secretary at
s,Far, 70 Purchale Ok line of battle fhips, Ia
sEprcPe. Il we could Purchfe them in Great
sBFitain, we could fead our officers and falors,
the vei-ls might come out completely
|. sfquPPed as convoy 10 orr merchant lhips We
| 8mghr build the neceGafy figates ourfelvss,
sknd afterwards the other line of battle fhps
Z Inch We might want, when W are bet
| Or provided with materials than at prefeut--
II land tax fems to be one of The farea taxes
| khich can be laid for the rating and fnpport-
kog this navy. "A land tax has b en- often de-
cried in this couary, by interelted or inconfid-
4rfate perfons, Whole Arguments every impartial
fand judicious Ratelmln NUT acknowledge 70
pc u1jua. Its yifouary idea that We can
Hupporr a government Of fuGi-ient arength ia
= lfhis country, without direa taxes The land
90 will grow with our growth, and arength-
I'd with our arength." It will have a back
broad enough to iupPoTt large navy, which
| havy would tend 10 the fecnrity and glory of
ahis country, and might prove ble1ing TO
| Amankind. acknowledge the expsnce of this
paw wou'd be great; but if q finking fund AT
|, compound interea were properly managed the
|Ixfublic debt might never be Of any material m
! n fsyenianee r. rae country. We have cha5
gElhej a Gnking fund in this country for the
~ksdaaion of the national debt in imitation Of
sfeat Briiizn, and as far as / can Judge Of the
aknater the fcheme is i1dicions, excepting that
PIE annual fun sppropriztsd is not fuifieieutiy
Barge. This remark viii probably 5e allowed
no be jDa, as at the time the appropriation was
ltnade, we fondly hoped that we ihould enjoy
IN internal peace in an agitated world. The
| usbaationai debt OF Great Lritian, viii BE much
| Booner reduced, accorei ing TO The able and Judi
| hons plan Of Mr.. Pitt than Il generally ftp
IN fed. BY Smavt's tables If Compound Intcrell
~ appears that 100000 annually applied a
komPound inteselt he interest ofmoney being
#aPpof-d to be at a per cent? viii in 90 ysars
fasfeafc 70 the finn IF EzS9,4o7,oz3. a good
xArthm t:cian viii probably finI this cacnla-
|, hon 10 Be ua, as NJ. Smart IS an auhur of
bahcknowledeed Teputc. There are two errors
S&onmonly entertained about The national debt
rskf Great Britain. TIL. Fl 4 is, that the enemies
kf government make il 5o,ooo,coo more than
|. I'D really is, as TIC reader may find in Mr. Van
\ s4uart's pamphlet upon the iubictf. The fecond
pkrcr Is, that only million annually is allow
II for he rciuaion of he debt, whereas by
| HE Iurch7le Of Rock atAan inferior price, and
| by the filling 10 cf annuites, il may BE more
|,B1h4n two million annually. BY the law rela-
bgc to The fnknS fund expressly decla ING that
|senet more than fur mil50as 0aunady ihould be
Applied to TIC iedutlion Of The. debt, il feems
even to have contemplated that as much as
ur Millions annually might in time be at
plhnblc.
Il IS through 4 navy that We muR pfinci
|. by cnIb The mad ambition Of France. SPAN
Ill fnan either meet with a complete reyolu-
II m, n be awed into hc terms Of France. 10
f,h.r cafe, France may pour troops iato fhe
Fosidas and I.cniiana Ii fhefr irccps lhoud
Id near the bisck,, in The foubern States, and
fpply them with arms, the infar etlion would
Erczd lilr Wild Tire. II fhonlj Be lie policy
fl reiore o his countryto keep N army between
the black and tie Ffeneh If thsy fisould come,
So - have navy to co operate with tie ar
~. II i4yirg this | would not with ID IL IN
Neftood being ar enemy 70 the blacks.
ftula with the fAve.uads ID Be every where
*sr< sIef y abolilhed but | thiGk tho rInanri
patton d IL regsoss already imported fhnuld
gradual ifrhey were liberated = once With
fnt beng properly prepared for Il, the eman
kpa'ion miSht become a fnare to them and
e As ptraicious % fhen IS I'd their
Nafers and th< community. They would
kensrsi'y psrah By iesemper ance and want, or
e. pfoseeutAd Tor ihest and other crimes. The
Spsailh method Of freeing the negroes, by par