The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-05-23

OaN 50 Is ~ ~ 80 AtAs II IAI-
chase ofI.ouisiana has created an additional
debt of rifJeen millions-l1, 100000 dollars
of siv per cent. stock transferred TO the
French government, and 5,750,000 dollars.
PAYABLE IN specie, during tbe present year, TO
american citizens, baviRS claims for spoiiati-
oas 0gairst tod government. Fer discharg-
ing this last demand however. two millions
are reserved out Of the extraordinary resour-
ces, rs has Just been stated-icaving 4 ba-
lance on this account Of 1,750, 900 dollars, &
reducing the whole amount of debt 10 be o.
therwise provided for, on account of Louisi-
ana, TO thirteen millions. And here permit
me 20 rcmar;:, tha. granting, for arguments
sake, there was no necessity % retain i dollar
in the treasury, the above balance OF 1,750,000
would, of itself, be more than sufficient 70
absorb all that remained Of our exrraordinarv
resources, after defraying he extraordinary
demands which, have enumerated. Sc SEN
sible however have we been of the dam
ger OF entirely emp,ying the TREASURY,
that we nave made provision Cor funding
this balance Of l,Tj0,0O0 dollars which will
fall die this year, on account of Amer.
can claims for srolia-ions, as we'll as the
1880 900 PAYABLE % France. These thir-
teen millions cf new dcbc form no par of
the preceding s,a.en.n-s. Out of what
funds then, is he annual interest, amounting
to 780, 900 dollars. to be discharged? Ger
taihly not on OF the extraordinary sources,
for these, after pa ing The exrrl2rdinary de-
mands above s'2-ed, leave NJ grea cr surplus
than it is necessary to keep in nc treasurv.-
And if the SIX 'eeu hui ,dred -housa Id dollars,
the amount of ha, surplus, could BE- spared;
the specie balance E American claims, un-
paid, is more han sI'ic cnt TO cnpl,v t. N,
Sir, the only fu1dreiied IN 20 mec. me in e.
rest of This additional deb', is the surpluc IF
the permanent rsvehur beyond The Der1nanent
evprnce Tutie~ tie e<istily sst15IiSb1ler1s7 20
~ IN f3rnnerly advsrred, amour ing . six
hundred .houSaGd d>!iars and, 70 supply the
deiciene rhe proceeds Of me custom house
at New-Oricaas, takenat 100000. These, &
these onlv, ere he means which can be re,i-
ed on 70 NEE this additional expcncc And
the house will perceive, thac the Secre-ar.of
the Treasury aivaoccs with dEdence The
opinion, -thrv it IS possible thus 70 provide for
the payment Of ne interest. OF a new deb #
thirteen millions, without recurring TO add
tional axes"
Elr. 4. said that ne trus'ed il had been sa-
tisfac.orlv shewn, ,hac there was nos ore
dliiar, ei-,cr &c ordinary or ey-ras.d,i-ry
revenue. wn,ch ne existing Engagements f
the government would not REQUIRE. This
had been repeatedly stated on various other
occasions. 4 had been made an ob;ec ionto
the Sena c's proposition Cor bGiJin~ TWO
email vess Is ct war. / was then said. +
necessarF, ws IRE ready 10 incur 'he exoe1ce,
bu- re unless gentlemen ave ready to rase
the supplies for 'nes-ingir. The gea,lsnan
from Connection Is TOO lbefal-he s willir-
70 gram the a31ninis ration credit f3v more
than hey require or deserve. Afc- Nas;4E
paidnear Ell millions Of yhe principal Of ne
publ c leb- being read - dibur5e near FIVE
millions nor. ~ -cc9rls 4 he cx-r1~ri'l.-
nv demauda brf1re mentioned. and hayia-
pr2yjde5 - we'll for the final ex,~inruish,nent
BY adding % u. sinking fuld, a. f,r the in
teres. of the d,b- incurred by The purchase Ct
Louisiana, Wi hou, lcvyinga single additional
tax, they arc con ems TO acknowledge that
they d. not possess resource for Gef-avinr
the cXpencc % IN Straoriiuarv arnianen %
the Mediterranean. The gentleman from
Connecticut, however. insists thai, .afer de-
fraying these heavv demands. there IS ?
large surplus remaining, and is Wiling to
vote a million for this service, without provi-
ding means to raise 4 dollar.
Having established, as he conceived, the
Main o5jccs far wkich he rose, shae addiri-
onal revenue would be required, in case we
launched into his new cXpence, it only re-
mainea - enquire 20 wha, subjects Of taxa
ton We should resor-. This point, Mr.. r.
said had bcen so ably and forcibiy diia,ed on
By his friend from Mar, land, thai it was
scarcely necessar- TO asi; VIE 4ter the house
were prepared TO e~ncieasc the duties. OH tea.
coffee, spirits, wines, suZ;.r salt, & oiher arti-
clcs Of greats primary necessity, (for such our
habits had rendered hose, which were not
actual accessories o life) already bur hened
with specific du5ies, amounting from 25 to
Is per cen. on tlVeir prime cost, or whether
we should raise the comparatively low du.ies
on those " icles Which werc taxed ad valo-
rem.
The g, ,leman from Connecticut has in
deed genly insinuated his recommendation,
that we should burn our fingers with that
species Of taxation with which he had
formerly scpIchel his own. He is un-
willing 20 throw The whole burtien of thcna-
ton upon It's Commerce, rs IF the very GILL
dren had not learned. that every tax on inn
ports is not pad byt the consumer of the arti-
Gle iI1lestion and as if The very, reyenus in
question were not for tile protection Of rade.
Here Mr.. vent INFO u comparison between
the advantage ofin1irecr and direct taxati-
on, ard conciudcd b. observing, that there
were two insupera6ic reasons for rrcferrip-
the forrne-sha- il was he onlJ mode, in the
present sra u our s%ocietr, b. which he ne
cesar revenue could be ra.scd-aud .ha. by
confirming ourselves to i altogether, the num-
Der Of oiicers employed in the collection Of
that r%evenue, was rs much as possible re-.
stricted. The proposed du.irs would not give
asingle additional once, or add in the small
est degree, to the patronage of the exGcu-
tive.
It was Il needless n1cmen.o 10 the House,
or to the nation, to tell them that the gentle
man and his friends opposed the repeal of the
internal taxes. Il would never be forgotten
who had laid them on, nor WHO had taken
them off. The people you'd never forget