Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-11-14
altranurfa DAILY abbertfssr,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER II.

istration under the signature OF $ Gensor"
which we have TO day extracted from the
New York Evening Post, sAould bt Sc
.riously and repeatedly read over by every
citizen into whose hands it may fall. 1t is
plain "unvarnished tale" Of the most
serious and important matters OF TACT" =
Not like General Smiths matters of
fac such as the csinqge of every cent cosf-
ing tle Juted States a hafa dallar of lily
GEMS, AID the other /" matters Of fact Of
that gentleman so called, which are . g.
neral chiefly distinguished for their false
hood; but true and co.isiderate state
mens Of things which are or may be within
the knowledge of every man thar can read
and has learut as far az the Rule Of Three.
No observations from US could add force
70 the structures OF Censor" But We
may BIS permltted far the sake Of our rsa-
ders Within thu State TO remark now far
Maryland appears BY bis calculation, TO be
committed in the late Louisiana purchase
II seems then that the snare Of the fifteen
miAI2aof dollars, which will fail on tnis
State, rated according to our representa-
ton in CONGRESS, is upwards Of nine hun.
bred and fifty thousand delAqrs.. This is
our portion OF the principal dcbs. Tic n
terest On that sum. WILL amount to more
than ftty seuen thousand dollars year.
BY the cunning mode OF taxation pursu-
ed By the ruling powers, monry Is & be in
directly, and ,hev hope inscn,ibiy, drawn
out Of the pockets Of tho people, TOR ths en-
tire support of Government. >ihas IS,
there is allowed no other aor, Of tax but
imposts on imported goods, which imposi
duty was raised BY an act of the last lsn.
gress TWO and half per cent higher, it
having oeen before as high as a Federal
Administration thought could be right or
indeed tolerable. Whatever the pretence,
;ae real object and necessity OF imposing
his additional tax were on account Of the
Louisiana debt, which debt the ruling
rewers have themselves incurred. AT
any rate il cannot be denied, that by means
Of the revenue so raised and by no other
means is the Louisiana bargain to be at
last paid for on our side. In the mean
inc. Mr. Jefferson and his Cons'oss hope,
lat without laying any faul; to them the
> ople will 90 On paving, & throw the b!ane
of the hlgh price Of the goods, they are OBJ
Eged to use, aitogesner ON the merchants
aud snopkeep ers from whom they buy. 1t
remains to be seen, whether the people
have NOT more than the little sense, which
this hope suPposes.
There being, however, according to the
last Census almost $50 thousand men, wo-
men and chiltlrea, white and black, within
Mar, land :---and they having altogether 70
pax only ESQ thousand dollars Of the pria-
cipal OF the Louisiana debt, it is clear sy
,h5 rule OF division, that it will not be
quite three dollars head, sueposing every
one to pay accordingly. lrue, where
there is large family and the father or head
Of the family is paymaster for all the rest,
it may make some difference, especially if
he happens to be little poor or SO. Bur
in many cases, this, we suppose, NAV be
only a Jus, punishmenton man for having
too many children or other dependents to
support.
Again as the white population of Mary
land amounts to almost two hundred and
forty two thousand persons, and as the a.
aforesaid interessof our aforesaid part OF the
debt aforesaid, is bat little more than 81
thousand dollars, it is plain that, as at the
rate of between four and Hre 10 a family
there; must be 81 thousand heads oi fan,i.
lies, so each such head be The father or mas
ter, can emily have 10 pay as interest on the
! said debt, dollar a year & every year, until
the said debt may be redeemed By his pay
inc three dollars year more for himself <
three dollars for every soul black and white
| in his family, by way Of principal.
AS 1T must be very comfortable to know
exactly how all these things stand, should
our subscribers in any other state, who