The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-07-14

provoked TO enquire for what purpoie
their ca!h IS wanted; and this counter
check is certain TO produce ar icaf iome
portion ofecononny. The matter Of a
tavern is mott likely to Prefent mode
rate bill VIXEN he knows that every cy-
pher CT it WILDE canvaf1ed with feYcri-
ty. But farther, when your overteer
wanrs money to buy negroes, or hortes,
it IS ialer that he lhouid apply direct
ly 20 yqurlelf, than thar he lhould
wander among your neighbours TO
pledge your credit. The cGie is e%a&TE~ ire
fare zoifb CofgreG and tbeir co't'fiIHsass.
II is a practice peculiar 70 modern times
30 lend money 20 government, from ore
generation to another, without an effort
or even hope for It's repayment. The
Romans conquered the world without
funding lailiing. This cuftom of
funding has proved one of the createit
CURES thar mankind ever Jaw. It has
both multiplied the humber ana extend
cd the duration Of modern wars, very
much bcyond what obey ofherwitc could
have had. II the fcudal ages, when
a king of England conlmc1cad car1-
paign, he trrtted entirely TO what he
could wiring from his tubje6ts, and PHI
iage from his encniics, or what could he
ca5ie by Pawning his crown, or his other
perlonal property. His courfc was,
therefore, horr, and lis expcnce trif-
fling, when compared with IhoIs thar
ar..e from the funding lyltcm. The
war ofI66o lated for nlne years. Seven
hundred MILLIONS lSrling were fpent; and
elght hundred thouiS.nd nea pcrilhed.4
The eoneending tyranrs could not have
RATED by taxes one half, nor perhaps
one fourth part Of tic money. Il
1903, PITT coulG rot have, attack
ed France with out the help of Gre
dit. All his ready money would noc, on
the lcaie rhac he propoied, Fave ZIP
ported fix months OF war. Yet if the
Preach had invaded England, the DO
iltive defence Ofthe country would nor
have beer crippled by the want Of PUB
lie credit, i On iuch great occalions
every man feels that every thing is at,
take, Wirh Ike mechanical i,apulie Of
horfe IN L loaded carr, nation brings
forward its whole frengrh, as efftttualiy,
ana rluc-a more cheaply, than by the
reiource CT loans. 4 government al
mott always borfcws upon exorbitanf.
terms. In wharever way public Gre
dat MAJ begin, it universally pro
ceeels ma job, and ends in Bankruptcy.
ne creditor lets dle with cheating The
nation, and the nation concludes w;rh
cheating the creditor, In the two lai},
centuries, this cene has been often
a6!@d.
As the mott complex operations Of
arithmetic can always be rclorved into
into Jour primitive rules, 70 che aaions
OF ftatet!nen are, in the fame way, 70 he
traced up TO two Or three fr{t princjolee
Mott Of The enjoyments that life affords
ari.e from the pleaiure, fri Of octtino
money, and thereafter of {pead.no Il
The matters Of mankind have conl{7nr-
u bent their ntmoh attention e tbis
double iource Of happiness. The o.
Iect OF every government always ll7;
been5 and always will BE-, 10 lcues ze
from fac bulk of the people as much
money as II can get The very GnaU
number OF exceptions TO rhis remark
docs not warrant iIs being rei6Gted. We
might IS well deny the cxiRcnce of a
imiliItone, becaule there IS frnalI hole
~ the nidit Of it. We muR osfarve,
then, thar the man who viii not give
fPeak here with various cxceD-