Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-03-30

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10 seventy millions--the amnua { OF ou.
exports, len years afterwards. promises
amp ~ to repay whatever that protection
and defence had cost. Our In mage, in.
iced, had risen from four haa Ared anl
Civ thousand, TO near millrcat # tons Of
registered shipping, and the ana usI rive.
nut from our imports, alone, # ON fsa,.
rs Upwards Of ten millions 81 do liars.
Such was our situation, wtass, our pr.
sem Rulers acquired their pesSosr. HoY
exercised il! They boast, In.
deed Of having redaced our taxes "a
our public debt. Be not deceived, ;.|'iaw.
,ciitizsas, by specious risrepresenrai jsas.
With5ne land they have taken off ou u Bur.
,hens; Il w,shthc other hey have laid. them.
on asen. IN other words, they rep eslths
laws ysbich created our internal taxes. isonr
icongy}ss, bat in The very next, they add
the sa ne, or a greater amount to our ex-
ternal tses. The excise on dome: rio dis.
tilled SPIRITS, and the tax On riding CARR.
ares. laid, in part, by our co'antrymen
beyond the mcuhsaias, are repe aled; but.
in thei ryaom, is substituted dnty of two
and . half per cent. on foreiga merchan-
dize. ofwhich we consume great deal.
and our western brethren little or none.
Is This a reduction of taxes? or is i, lust,
-citizsns, that the public bartGeps
should be so unequally disYihatsd? We
need not inform you thar our faithful repre-.
sentative, Mr. Lewis, voted ugaiast the
impositionof this new duty, he was not
In congress when the LAYS wblch created
cur system Of internal taxsg. wase repealed.
But . the Federalisss, we are told, "vot.
ed against that repeal,h aud g Mr.. Lewis
is federalhs.' tits, aot true, felow.c
zeus, that the feders lists cid vote against
all the repeating law on his subject they
concurred 10 sofle of them; but voted a.
gaipst the asstrit: tio, Of the noble system Of
J internal taxatfSs., because they deemed it
premature svAce it was proposed before
! it was ascer5lned what effect the general
peace in Europe would have on our foreign
commerce, the only remaining source Of:
our revenue, and before i. was knowa
what sums the probable exigencies Of The
government night require.
The Fedefajists also advised, bit this
+. the joint ComAastee haze tt5uFat brober to
! conceal from goa, that if any reduction
| were made ct the remaining taxes, rshould
| take place amog those duties On imports
which enhancesthe price of the common
comforts and necessaries OF life: in other
| words, that the hxes ON domestic distilled
| liquors which oferate, in some measure,
as moral law, Md the taxes upon rehned
ssgars and riding carriages taxes paid
principally by therich, should be presery.
ed; and those aione reduced, which, aug.
menting the price Of salt, bohea tea, and
brown sugar, fail most heavily on the poor.
Who, then, feli3v-c;tizens, are the real
friends Of the people Or do our present
rulers imagine ina We are blind, and be-
cause we do not Sc sihe baud which imposes
our present burthns. we shall therefore
and hem lighter. We are not indeed TO
see the odiuus taxhatherer: the merchant
viii rav him, aid we, the merchant,
who will also charee Us commission on
this additional DUO. Oor present rulers
will not offend oar feIicacy with the sight
OF the tax gatheres, because their own
deeds are dark, anGslsy wish not the light
of enquiry IS shine [pon them. They drew
the blood from our s,eias, fellow citizens,
and soosh us with hi consolation, that it is
done while we are afeep.
!hey boast of Ia ing reduced our nasi"
oral dbl. Here, alo, the Joiat eonlmsfte
have neglected to iniorn, you that it has
been recently augmented by the addition
CT no isss sum Than fifteen millions OF
dollars But ifthe national debt has been at
any PER cd reduced. fiom whom have been
derived The means of TIA, reduction? VIA:
Other application could haze been given to
the sums accruing from The sales OF a con-
siderable part O! our navy. of our baae
stock sold, indeed, much below its value,
but to the amount Of LITTLE less than thlr.