The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-06-15
EXTRACT
troa II; EII5foyy Of sbt Unifss ctafe5,
far 1895.
far 1895,
(Coucluded from our laH.J

-teISN 1t ALL u allo ltcsutiyi 40 give 4 uTaN-
back OF FIX cents per po,ind on the exporta-
ton of American tnufF, il ~ the mott &C !
ceptablc and Joyful intelligence fhat yonr |
inrtcd ltciy repair their mills, extend their
purch3(es, and they have not doubt Of clear
ING, from the drawback, before the end of
year, tDv}nty ,y thirty tines TIE i'm gvbic5
gbty ere 70 pay 5nto The trsajary Twenty
mer.tfa&turers, like Gernon ard CO. would
each of them thus colt government ninety
thcGiant dollars, OF collectively, enc million
ciyht hundred thouIand dollars Per annur,.
TT, Original Object of the law was faid to be
revenue % forty shoutand dollars there is
an equal chance, that,in learch of it, foray-
fac times sbGt i'm wi Be funk. 1t has been
Unconventional, that the drawbacks, within
this Eatc, already sxeeSd RE r,s}enRe. The
htf year OF this law expires on the lan day
at March next, and, before that time, there
will uoit likely be a balance o. icveral thou
fand dollars againit the revenue, at the port
Of Philadelphia. But If the lazy ftands un-
repealed, II is probable that two hundred
thouiand dollars viii not make up the dehci-
sncies in this fats hlone, for tbs next fuc-
SEEDING year
In their hiAory of excite, the manufacturers
hatcd the principle, that all taxes ought to be
levied in proportion 10 the quantun .! ser
fiona! property. Since their publication Sook
place, they have tesn This doctrine ,uitifiSc by
al authority Of the higheit nature. The new,
contribution OF France, in the FIFTEENTH srtj-
Gle Of the fra iection, lays il down 81 fun-
damental maxim ' that, as all taxes are eta
h!ifhed for the general good, they ought TO be
apportioned among the taxed in the rate OF
their rneans" Under the head of finances,
a,lc, in the fame work, it is declared, that
taxes o. Al kinds ave aaeiled among al thofc
liaEiS 10 contribution according to their
means. '-Yoar nemorialnts Cannot deny
thatthe word eXciie is 20 be found in tlrc
letrer Of the federal contribution; BOT hey
ifrongly conSsnds that is is ea.iyely hottie
70 the ipy;t Of that inifrunent. One e die
principal f4bricatoss of ,hac production, was
rhe prefent Judge Wilton. When the ilb~
Jeft was debated III the convention of Penn.
!ylvania, h. Gued tasg If was neceEarv TO
give all powet 70 government, bur he was
Certain thar an excite never would DC ,mpoied,
ure{s IN the ait extteuit-, Z rom the opinion
which the convention OF Pennfyivania ex-
preded o. excite, ae that time, and which the
aiIemhly OF this Fate have expreiicd Gnce, it
IS evident tAat tney never would have con.
{en1ed 10 ratiFy iuc1 ttipulator, If they had
conceived shat it vas TO become one Of the
arr, and favorite re{ourees of government
hat your u1emoria8s cannot help con-
ldsring thus excite huff as coming, exact
ly, under the delcription OF an sxSsH faG7s
law. They had no contemplation OF {uch a
burden, when they built their mills, and gave
credit, to 10 great an extent, to their cuAo-
mCrs. Their mills Wcuid nor, at preienr,
fell for orc half Of the money which they orr
pInaily coff, and one half Of them are, az this
hour, Handing jals. I his, of itfelf, would be
iuflicient &c dciftoy any fer Of manufacturers.
Your rnemolialifs iikewife beg leave TO
fate, as their opinion, t'ag if the merchants
aUd manufacturers Of Britain had liberty OF
Petjt;oning Congrels, they could nbt loIicjs =
more favorable mode Of cogdu3 fer glcir ow u
n,ereh ,thzn that ofperuading YOU to trammeI,
auddi4lefs, the manufacturers of America with
sxciScs, which do not pay the expence ofthsir
collection, which in one fate produce bank
rpptey aud in a fccond rebellion, T hey humbly
regard ~ IS chinerlcal 10 term America indie
pendent Of Britain, WINE We are forced 20
lend 10 England for cor, and to Ireland for
q fhirt. Il IL Ibis ce1msrciai cbaia If d.-
pehdsIcf in 1obieb Britain has asfengisd 70
mary nations, tb6t esajfifa5ey tbs sgsHfs aza
j1ai of b9r FrErgfb. and tbdt ena5l5 Ter 10
baly, to rgmbat, 4ad 70 yob bsy aeigbb0nrs.
Il IS bar }absrigr;fy in maHAfaS7Are5, rvbic5
bas fuabls& his <ingdsnl ts jf4bhdi2e and emf
datie biyafsJ and cat fbreat5, in evsyy GER
ner Of tbe zoorld, zybiLs @c bfr/rif nay b.
gsr1tfa a 5nfa1sfr If HtiGatran magnifn9s,
s45aG gral1 eubraess fbs teyya90coa5 sLo5e,
o,IwbyEHa reArbf5 fram saytb 10 bfe-
am
10 conclude, your memoriaIiRs ardsntly
aa.ter thsmieye7 with hope, that Congrcfs