Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1803-05-07


ard dihr:fcd condition OF the common people OF
Europe, fusniihcs proof OF the t,nth Of this al
fcrtion TOO inorriGvr and mrcfltible ever TO be
forgotten by the citizens OF chi, county.
IL has been fSggeted that thcie articles are
chiefly ufed by the wealthy, and arc therefore
more proper objects OF tsxs,ion. But when the
excite VS. removed from other articles, 10 have
retained il on ,hefe would have reao,red con
,inuance Of the whole hoa OF >xeyS~<s at an
expenie, nearly if not fully equsi to ,he whole
reveouc. Nor j, il believed that, when the re-
duttion Of impoA, naturally dsrivable from the
excite. ia added TO the cxpeoic OF that tyacm,
there would arifc cert OF clear revenue.
In fome States it is admitted Congrss might
collect an excite upon thofe articles az mode
rate expenfe. l refer to thofe States, xhich.
ike MaGachufctts and Connecticut, are sepleie
with population & poacis aproportioosie mum.
Der OF carriages. In the other STATE; II - tar
different. In Mahachufe,a there j, on- car
risge TO every 1907 acres Of land; IN Psnoiyiya'
MIA there is but one 10 every IS,9T7, add IN var
ginia TO every lo.zr,; 70 that the rrave! and ex.
pcnie 1t the collector in going ior The tax. Or oi
the citizen in going TO pay IL, in Vagina ana
Penpiyivania, 10 fourteen times as much a. II Is
in Msifschuictrs. In Connecticut thc.e - one
carriage to every L748 acres, while IN No'fh-
Carolina there is only one 20 every It,319'
The real cxpsnie therefore OF collecting that tax,
is fix times as great in North. Carolina as IN
Connecticut. The evil in the xetern conn,ry
and foa,h Of the Poiomack. is Interested 10y the
fcarcity Of bank notes. The expenle of the ac-
tuai travel muh be incurred the facilitic. OF
the public mails can net be iu5aitutea Neither
does it refut from thi, that necsaiiy produces
any inequality or injuaicc in the articles taxed.
OF in the mode of taxing them. la mott coon.
tries an inequality might neceGirily ex!a hap.
PLY for rhc people OF 'heie States It n not 'hei'
code.
A, it rel,,es 20 all internal objces Of taxa
,ion, each Stat: within i,s llnits poh:fies right
extenhye and concurrent ,ith the United Stiies.
Nothing therefore is eaGer Than for State 30
correct any inequality, which may rcfuls from
the taxes of the Union. Should Conetsf levy
tax on any article, the State, Whole citiZcns
teel the preflI'e Of the tax, will relieve ihe ar
ticle from Sts'e taxes. Does Congteis repeal
her taxes, and lnrfeGder TO the Ststes al the
(ouTces ofioternal taxation, 1t enables the States
10 lefen the burdens OF their preicnt fyAcm:, by
drawing revenue from theie reAorsd rsfources.
Either Of ihe States may levy tax on cssriage'.
doneltc dihilled fpi,its and refined foears, and
il j. TO be prefumed that the Legiilaturc viii
whenever the interet OF the State requires n.
Thelc articles therefore arc not exempted from
taxation they are yielded mp TO the diicretion
of the State Legi1a;arcs. Ia il not aifoniihing
that States ihould complain of furrender Of rc-
venue 70 their pfe Ought they NOT 70 rejoice
that The general government has furnifAed them
with the means OF removing from tke poor the
poll or capi,alion taxi Add caunot the squali-
zss;cn of taxes be better elfcetcd by tie acts on
the aafe governments, who legiilate Tor islail
fe6ions and can adapt their laws TO the condi-
tion Of their citizens, than by the laws of Con-
grci,, which muR oierste by one role over all
the people of this union, however diiimilsr
and unlike their condition..
We are tcId that the annual appropriation
Of feven millions three hundred thouisnd dol
lars. towards the dilcharge Of the principal and
interea OF the national debt, was deceptive,
and calculated to infpire hopes, which would
never be realized. Experience has demonstrated
that the government, Notwithstanding il has
repealed The ioternal taxes, has been enabled. 4.
in the pait year. 10 diicha,ge Of national cebt,
eigh s1,Al'axs tor,y .6vt ,bo4jerd tgbt kSrd'eS
and jfpen GsiIart while not cent has been
borroNcd or re- e-ioaned. nor tax Of any kind
created. The Tresfery too. 10 ssr fiorn being
cxhauGed, on the fri of January, 1893, was
poI>lcd Of, .aOt miliior f1Dcny fborfa"d rue
bandni and tkDty dailays and 6xy ircO eenfs. a
thing aitog, ,her unprecedented. The reduction
Of the pos,l,c debt by means Of tic bank ihsres
10 included in THE ea.r,a,e.
We ATE nov told that 90 credit is due to
the govcroneLt. bccaufc tie nonies have been
derived from rhe inpoas, which we're effabiih-
ed by former adminiR,ations. What Is there
no credit dee to = government that sdmioiitcr,
the finances ot ration with economy, frueali.
ty and found d,icretion! Becauie have fur
niihcd my agent with capital neceffary for my
ufc, Is he not eutislsd to my confdeace for the
Integrity, prudence and Judgment he ha, diff
played in the management Of my affairs Docs
not the man jaaly challenge higher claim to
that confidence, who faithfully spplies the mo-.
ME, have en,rueed TO him. than the one who
deyiles the mott methods Of drawing NY money
from any pockesi Or is he sxcuGsely entitled
to il, who has deSiied the means Of taking from
ne the fruits of my own induRryi
Ii is true that thofc alone are fit 70 he en-.
ttufcd with the government, who unite to pru-
dence and diicretion in expenditure. that know
ledge of the country and its in.erefs, which may
enable them, If neceflity require, 70 9nent
her reyepues by additional taxes lcast injurious