The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-17
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REMARKS,
On Mr.. Hale, Firing of Rejoice, concluded


them. In this, fhalI extract fuch parts of his
remaining refolves as expofe themfeves NOR to
public notice.
His third refolve is merely defamation about
the old bug-bear of .torfifeafisnJ. His fourth
relieve is an indecent inveetive againlt congrefs
on the fame fubjeSt.
In his fifth refolve he fpeaks of " the public
" debt being materially reduced, and oftbt favsr-
able PrepedS gifts total extinction IN a tesv
" yeHr5 BY the 6apay and (aeeeGJM operation, he
1" fays, oftbr funding Gyqem." But what fund
ing fyltem does he mean? 1t certainly is not by
the operation of any funding in the adminitra-
ton ct Warrington and Adams. The public
debt cncreafed in both thofe administrations ;
aud as to John Adams, he left the treafury over
flowing with debt, and the country overrun
with internal taxes. 1t is by the economy and
wife management of the prelent administration
onIv that the happy effects of which MIR. Hale
ipeaks has been produced, but It does not fut
him to fay 10. Q malignancy thou art hateful
monaer?
Mr.. Hale concludes his refolves by propofing
IN contequcnce of this houriihing fate of the
revenue, that congrefs fnould appropriate to
each ftate fun equal to the impoft revenue
which each fate may produce, to be employed
for the purpofe of Notifications. This is what
IN comnon life is called, 1" a take in" There is
-fomething infdious in it which l fhalI expofe
when come to remark on the refolve which
follows, to which this is an introduction.
-" Retolved, That under all exiting circum.
" ftances this rate is entitled to ak and demand
" OF the government of the U. S. the appropria.
:" ton of FUN equal to the amount OF the i'm.
" pot revenue of the port of Nesv- York, to be
" applied to the purpofe of defending the port
6 and harbor ofthe faid city (of New. York. ~
now go TO examine the ground of this re
iolve, and to dete6 the fallacy of it, by laying
down certain rule whereby to afcertain in the
quantity of impoft revenue ariGng from the
quantity of population in any of the Gates, and
to diitnsuiih that quantity from the grofs :
mount otimpoit revenue collected in any port of
entry.
The total amount of the impoft revenue arif.
ing from the total population of all the ftates is
twelve millions Of dollars, of which fun each
rate contributes part in proportion to its
quantity of population whether it imports into
Its own rate or pnrchafes imported articles in
other ftatcs with the impoft duty upon them.
For example:
The fate of Jerfey does not import any thing.
The caltera part of that fate purchafe imported
articles at the port of New-York and the wef-
tern part at the port of Philadelphia, and theie
two ports are collectors of the impoft revenue
OF Jeriey which according to its population ia
above 100000 dollars as I fhall thew and the
merchants of whom thofe purchafes are made
nave the ale OF that money without iRtereft till
they pay 1t into the treafury of the u. S.
now come to lay down the rule for afcer-
tanning the quantity of impoft revenue paid by
each fate, which is:
as the total population of all the tates is TO
the tota! impolt revenue of 100000 dollars,
10 is the population of any fate to the portion il
pays of that / 9, ooo, 900 dole
q nj n rNnrN tatsD 81 81. a.ka.
ing TO the lat Genius taken in 1901, was, at that
time, 5,3ce,75s
The population of New-York, 5s6,o5o.
OfPennfylvania, 6o2,545.
Of Jerfey, 2ll,l4s.
According to the progrefiive encreafe of DO.
puiation in the U. States, which doubles itfeif
in every twenty-four or twenty-five years, the
population in 1901 will now be increafed one
fourth, and therefore
The preient population of the
State OF N. York is 7s2,5eo
Ditto of Pennsylvania 7ss,lsI.
Ditto of Jerfey 2e4,e4s.
And the total population of all
The States is o,6s7,I97.
To find what proportion of 2 900 900 dolls.
is paid by the fate of N. Y.fay
As 6,s37,lo7, the total population, is to
100000, dolls 70 is 7s2, $50, the population of
m. York, to the portion 1t pays of that fun, and
the quotent wlib l,s24,426. dolls.
That of Pennsylvania l,Ssl,74s.
That of Jerfey, 47s,245.
Pennsylvania pays s7,sI7 dolls. more impoft
revenue than the State of N. Y. pays.
But the cafe with New York is, that fie ex-
ports and imports for large Fart of the fouthern
ftates, and alto for part OF the eatern ftates,
and this increaies her collection of impoit re-
venue to more than three times the amount of
what the pays herfelf. 1t is this that enables
her merchants, many of which are Brtifh, or
Britiih agents, to carry on trade. They fell
imported articles to other ftates with the impoft
duty upon them, and receive that impoft duty
either III money or in produce time enough to
make fecond voyage with it before they pay
it hto the treaiury of the u. S. The capitals
OF thoie merchants are made up, in great mea-
fure, ofthe impoft revenue that refs in their
hands. 1t is by the plumbers of fuch men as
MIR. Hale, who belongs to the federal faction of
blupaering politicians, that matters of this kin d
are brought to light. The plumbers of one
man often ferye to fugget right ideas to another
man.
The impoft revenue collected at the port of
N. I. is eitimated at more than four millions of
dollars, about three millions of which is drawn
from other itates, and the remaining 1924, 426
dolls. is paid by the population of N. Y. which,
as before faid, is 37,9I7 lels than is paid by
Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Hale's propofal is 10 demand of HE 90
1ernDIeHf IF the United States tie abpropriafion
Q q )i1m equal 10 the iwpgR re7enhr Of the pert
Of ". Toykj as If all the irnpSlt revenue col
lrcted there was paid by the tate 1 have now