Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-07-27
From the United STATES Gazett~

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until next session MIR. Gallatin's handsnms
batch of internal taxes and supposed s,rs
of the Pennsylvania delegation might acccr,,
for It, AS 1t IS not a very palatabIe subies,e,
these honorable gentlemen, will our corrps
pondent allow US to relieve them from the an
fculty by answering for them? Consider.
the solemn pledge those gentlemen gave tbs
country that they would resort to those me,,
tor procuring revenue to carry on the war il
would cover them with confusion to assientle
true reason for hinching at the moment Of
trial; because that reason is in truth and In
tact No other than the degrading one at which
our correspondent has limited. After repe
sentng the united voice of this state as in q.
yor OF war; and after boldly following Up this
assertion with votes for millions upon millions
of war expenditure; after passing resolutions
expressive of their determination to draw SUI.
plies from the pockets of the people by every
mode OF taxation which the ingenuity Of their
foreign Financier could devise after voting
an enormous addition to the public debt, and
an issue OF paper money 10 the amount OF i've
millions, on the faith and credit of these as.
surances; who are the first to shrink from the
performance of what had become, On their
part, an imperious duty? Almost every re.
preventative from this state, who had b the
advocate tor war. And why did they thus
shrink Because, with all their vauntings
With respect to the popularity of the war, they
feared, until the presidential election and Their
own are secured, to open the eyes Of &c.
celved people to a view Of the burthens which
must necessarily follow their impotic and
rulnous measures. BUTT is to be honed that
they have mistakenly calculated upon tie
blindness of their constituents It Is hoped
that the understandings of the freemen Of tbs
state are Lot so darhened but that they vi!
see through the deception intended to be pac.
used upon them. When they find between
twenty and thirty millions Of dollars, apprO.
prlated tor one years expense OF the var, and
other governmental objects, they will inquire
from whence this immense sum is to come
They know perfectly we'll that Mr.. Jefferson's
anxious desire for an empty treasury, las
been long since gratifcd that by series OF
crazy eXpedients the commerce Of the conn'
try, which formerly filled the national excAe'
quer to overlooking, has been DESTROYED; TIA!
the revenues from duties receivable at our
custom houses are reduced almost to nothing,
Mr.. Gallatln having himself estimated item
at but two millions and hat per annum cur
ing the war; an amount not likely to be mocA
increased by the wretchcd shift Of doubling
the burtbens Of an expiring commerce. con-
sequently they must perceive, that asseS'
ments on the houses of our citizens, and lN'
plantations of our farmers, excise upon CO.
mestic distilled spirits, duties on licenseSp
retailers of wines, spirits, and merchandise
all sorts, upon carriages of evsry description
upon refined sugar, upon auction sales a.'
an odlous stamp tax, must pay tor the 'o4
OF voluntarily relinquishing revenue thai "''
SO long supplied the wants of the government
They will probably wonder at the Stfa's'
Inconsistency of those who were no Wise ~
luctant to incur, without necessity, ali The 10,
zard and expcnce of war, and to contract a.
enormous amount of debt for its prosecutl@H
and at the same moment rejected large.
Cession 10 their resources and the veal"
the nation, which might have been der1.'0
from an act of justice towards their sufe''o
felIow-ctizens, in permitting Them to O"is
home their property from the donnn'ons OF ~
intended enemy, and little reflection VII Gov
vince them OF the fact, that unless thfy tha'5'
their rulrrs, this imhrovident 7yar e2Hl 0f ~
timed, more millions 4oM be Gffrofifiafe0'"
consequent burthcnS, TO an incQicu!a6lc e..
qvW be throgun uhon tbs heohte in inc qT,,,
st0e forms already mentioned. It is OF pi. .Es
with the rest Of their miserable policy, i0f u.
authors Of these evils to attempt cone's,r
ment of their views; bat it wonId be iO''
if the Aimsy covering TIC! i'y 81.
employed should serve their purpose:
though the bills for the imposition o. , uS
aforementioned taxes, have not beon PegpN'
yet it is known that the taxes were prefix
by the secretary ii the treasury, adoP!' sGer
the committee of ways and means, aho ne
months employed in ;he preparation o ,oor
bills they were at length reported by 'has ,hal
mittee to the house. 1t is no less uut asue
after the elec,ionecring arufce OF ae~ aud
their passage until The cleo tons Terc oss'