Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-19
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asselaios Of sossrnsasns. y ,,spesssss s..
cause 4 IS very pbsisos, TIM. pzsional con
Germs cannot pc carried on wi.hoo, espeuO<
And when = nation isin debt, - ne were,
at the establishment Of ow govsrnment, ,is
is asubjees doubly interesting. To. provide
tor the paymens Of the national debt, As
wei As tor the current expences Of the 60
vernaaens, the financial 81 stem, under which
ssp1o'Pered for SO many years, was a.
dopsed under the auspices Of Gen. Wash
ington aad our credit almost ins,an,ane-
oasly revived, and became co.ex,snsiye
with our ueeessisies. That system, has
been suffered 70 remain, in good degree,
since the Js8srsonian reign, and the in
crease OF revenue was regular and rapid,
until the forss given to commerce, and cha
rsaeer. under tae federal 1adninistxa,ioa
vas spent. Although the governmens vas
new, and the 'eoaatry 10 .s.a,e OF deep
depression, the progress of things was won.
dertul'y rapid, and The public income was
in short Time so great, that the inte-
rest and part Of the principle of the na-
tional debt, was annually paid i; and had
the country been KEEP. in the same course
that the federalsts had placed it, we should
in few years have been entirely free from
debt, with revenue sufficient to answer
auy and every great national object by a
report of Mr.. Gallatin's to the present ses .
sion of congress, there is such defect of
revenue, that loan Of four millions Of dol-
lars, is wanted, to defray the ordinary ex.
pences of government, that is, to pay the
presidents salary, the wages of the mem.
bers of congress, and tho compensation Of
the secretary ofstase, &c. How has this
happened? Within two years past, the re-
ceipts of the duties at the treasury of the
United States, which accrued ia 1907, ex.
ceeded suuenty-six millions Of dollars. In
1903 they are reduced to little more than
ten millions, making a'fal!ing off Of little
more than. IS millions Of dollars. This as
sonishing fact is to be accounted for by the
administration, or its friends. And the an.
wer to the enquiry,-why is it so will be
found in Mr.. Jefersen's wish to embroil this
chuntry with Great Britain, and his ardent
attachment ,e France, which produced the
destructive scheme of embSrg0es and non-
intercourse. Had he been sincerely dis
posed 10 have been on good terms with =.
Britain, j, was abundanty in his power
When Mr.. Jays treaty expired, the Bri.
fish minister offered to renew it with MS.
But Mr.. Jefferson refused it; and 70 this
step, may probably be aser;bea, almost all
the evils and endorsements which our
commerce and our country, have expert
enced for some years past.
The United States had difficulties with
Great Britain, during the administration
of Gen. Washington, as we'll as that Of Mr..
Jefferson. TIL. orders of Nov. 1898 were
clamored against as loudly in this country,
as those of 1907. But there was found to
be no serious difficulty 10 settling the dis.
putes of that period, for one plain reason
the administration were seriously distos.
ed to settle them. Now, instead of being
settled, they grow constantly more perplex-
ing, and embarrassing; and our commerce,
and. Of course, our revenue, are we'll nigh
anuihiIa.ed: and a. plain reason may be