The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-07-15

a woman, who, ., this hour, is ss likely 10
live Thirty Years as not. On this subject
will merely remark, thar as the Providence
gaol had Alrsa sady cost the State fehr times AS
much as any other In the Ststes nothing
ought to be done 20 render il more OF = Pat
ace than il now is much less ought the pub.
lie be obliged to pay for lands TO be matc use
of--nobody knows when. But suppose the
land be Immediately occupicd--suppose the
elegant brick building in Providence, called
the gaol, be extended, or an elegant garden,
similar TO Vaux Hall, be laid cut on this lot,
the present Incumbent would require more
rent of the State, thaa tho place might have
been hired Tor previous TO the purchase. Be-
sides, had the money paid to the person, 10
whom in reversion the lot would have fallen,
been put out at interest, II would, no doubt,
have paid the sum required as rent by the
present ircumbent, had not, say, the LOT
bsen purchased by the State. For myself,
however, / would neither have bought the
lot nor hired il TO prepare an agreeable situa-
ticn tor men, who, knowing bes: their own
situations, or anticipating that their children
would have to walk on the limits, If not peep
through CRATE, nigh, think proper 10 press
the Legislature to make provision for them.
AT all events would not tacit,y admit, that
Providence should furnish Governor, q Sem
ator, a Secretary, a Quarter -Niaster~G Gene-
raj, an Adjutant- General, and an Attorney.
General, and yet have any thing they please
10 want or ask for.
A petition was likewise presented, and re.
ceived from a military company in Provi-
dcnce, praying that four hundred dollars
might be presented by the State to them for
the purpose of paying for certain pieces of
artillery which they had sought or wished to
buy. Mr. Burrill, Gate Attorney Gene ral,)
a member from Providence, advocated the
petition, and npop roundly expressing il as
his opinion that in case of 90 attack on New.
port the sait company might, il they pleased,
be there 10 one day afterwards. Mr.. Haz-
ard, OF Newport, recommended that two hun
dred dollars be allowed them. Another mem
her was Of opinion that nothing should be
given them, BECAUSE" said he, [" il is ad-
miltcd that this company is composed Of meh
who arc by law exempted from military duty /;
1t, therefore, the money be given them and
laid out as proposed, and they (although not
subject TO military law should be willing 10
Gcicnd the State, their remoteness from the
main point OF attack, viz. Newport, or its vi
oinity, would render useless their exertions. "
Besides, this member could not agree that
sny thing more should DC done at the ex.
pense of the State for the town of Provi,
dencc.
Here Mr.. 3. Hazard expressed it as his o.
pinion that the town of Providence was as
much exposed and liable to attack as the town
OF Newport, and under such impression cou.
pied with the assistance which Newport lin
Acc NJ osso IN e
aid, one day afterwardl ne again recommend.
cd that two hundred dollars be allowed them
--Mr. Speaker finally put the vote to the
House TO allow company Of excmpts in the
town OF Providence three hundred dollars for
certain purposesA-and the amount was grant.
cd. Here then We sec that three hundscc
dollars in addition 10 seven hundred and ff,y,
Is presented ty the Legislature to the town OF
Providence Making ono thousand and Fifty
dollars which is more than one lwcn,e, b
part OF the tax voted at this Session to be as
sessed on, and collected Of the good people
OF this State. This money is thus given to a
town which pays only three thousand three
hundred OF the twenty Thousand dollar tax !,
while Newport pays nineteen hundred dol.
dars--the country towns in greater proper
tion--and the last dono,ion particularly advo.
Gated by B. Hazard, Representative from
the town of Newport. >"
For several years, fellow-citizens, your
State tax has been twenty thousand dollars
every other year. Ten thousand dollars a
year has been soficieut to meet your expen
ses. last year you were as usual taxed
twenty thousand dollars. Why then this
year Why, but because the money is want
cd And as we all see how part of il goes
may we not conclude that this is only specl.
,nen OF the whole |! Fellow-citzens, ponder
well on these things--and apply remedy for
the disease.--lt is for you to submit to this
embryo OF evil--or it is for you to remove it.
Which choose ye to do, future elections will
determine. go
In our next ! shall proceed to enquire,
could not the expenses which hsve saddlcd
you with taxes bave been avoided IL do
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