Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-16

were toSCnfouOQ ltapicf3 WHo U5tCoVcESo
|Logarithms, Oh Columbus, who disoyef.
ed America, with the mathematics, or
the mariner, who, at this day, makes ufe
of their discoveries. If Adams had not
fayed that money, Jeferfon couldncs have
paid il off.
+Nfcn Of Virginiats You havefbeen too
much accufomed 10 hear only one fde 81
a queaion. We are not launching intt
al whalefale defence Of John Adss,s nor
a pell nell r~eprooa,icn Of JeffsrIon. wv
barely tell you truths, which to receive
credit, require onlyto berepeated. II was
the not 1ujf and frugal mealuresof Jefz:
ION, which put it in his power to aifchsrge
this debt. The taxes, and the loan Of five
millions, had FLIED the treafa,y.
FACT fouRrg. AS to the repeal Of alH
odlii3us internal tGx0tau, the camp. duty
and excite were bad enough. We are ex.
tremely glad that they have been repealed.
But as fer the repeal Of great part Of a
million O doKa-s Of taxes, MIR. tferfop
hould have rounded the { fem by repeal
ing the national debt /; to which his Bri.
tin convention has added the petty fam
Of SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS
STERLING. /
How is the triueita! of the public deb,
80 be discharged, when you have repealed
taoie very taxes which were found necef,
ffy for paying the ute,ef of it! Nowil-
az nefs of words can drown the voice of
tbis iirea appeal to common fenfe. Smith
lfays lat, in twelve years of peace, only
fifteen huadred thoufand dollars Of debt
were paid off: II theic had really been
years, of peace, as mot sfursdIy they were
mt, then it would have b:en jut 70 much
the worle fer Smith: arguments. Ft@elve
y~ears'of peace, and Of taxes, which were
couRan,!y growing more heavy, ifAll theie
could di(eharge Only Gneea haudsd tkau.
Exa Dollars, can any body believe that
the remainder, that SEVENTY MIL
LIONS, were ever TO be cleared off; or that
three millions could be discharged by tie
wifdom and economy Of a Engh yea. ?
The thing is abGad.
We are farpii:ed that the flock. holders
do not take notice Of this repeal !; and a.
dept fome effective mealures to check its
consequences. The flrR and mott obvious
meaiurc would be I found a ,eGi5n.
able alarm to the people. We are no fan
euine admirers Of the national debt; Of
the manner in which it was, contracted
or of rhoie heroes of Rock jobting, who
grafped the greater part Of it. But per-
haps it is better that we ihould continue TO
pay the intereR of a bloated fwindlins
debt, than to break up III. federal govern
ment, and then begin to break, each Others
heads. If the fubjea could be correctly
explained to the country, there is among
Us, a body of citizens abundansly power
full for tending Mr.. Jeaerfon home to
forge nails, and to Tow turnips, ar Month
cello. Il is not here iaid that fuch mea-
fure hould be embraced. We only fay
tina, it may politely happen; and thats if
W. can be fure of finding a better man TO
fill his place, it ought to happen. We
only FAY, that no part of his good fame
can be reafonahly founded upon this indh-
eliminate repeal of taxes; and this at the
moment when he has been jua adding fix
hundred thoufand pounds fterling to the
public debt. Two millions fix hundred
and fxty-fx thoufandd dollars muR be dit.
charged Immediately, by three annual in
aalmsnts. This will afford a comprehen-
five field for the confumption Of ,ebabAeas
/aviuss; although fome of the internal
taxes had till been exaeed.
If the United States were to have a
fudden Misunderstanding with France, OF
England, a fun Of money would infantly
be wanted, to prepare for defence. In
fuch a matter, FIVE million Of dollars
would 60 but a holt way ; and where
car you get them, either at eight OF, fix
reen, or thirty per cent No msn will
advance a hiIling, till yen can thew him
taxes fuaicient for diiburfng the iote,ef
of the loan. This can only be done by.
once more inpoGng thoie taxes, which
have been repealed. The confuEon re-
f,I,,,r from Tuch q ehafm .yould reduce