Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-11-28

[ the exiting law, the aggregate proportion
of the tax to the amount of the valuation
was extremely fmali. IN New Hamp
fhire, it was ABOUT as cents on the 100
dollars-in Mafachuietts about 23 cents,
| in Vermont about 70, in Rhode ldand &c
in Connecticut y ID New York 2S
Delaware ~ Maryland f4--North
Carolina 2o-and TenneiIee about 23.-
Thus in no cafe was the prefent direct
tax as high as ; Of one per cent. on this
amount of valuation, and in fome it was
no more than one eighth Of one per cent.
And the average rate OF the tax in all the
itates he had named, was not more than
one fifth Of one per cent. When it was
conGdcrcd that the valuation was in fact
in all cafes much below the real intrinlic
worth Of the property, it mua be apparent
that the prefent tax could be greatly in
created without becoming burthcntome.
He was in f4vour of an increase of the
direct tax, Mr.. o said, for another reason.
1t operated, in consequence Of the p'cvis-
! lons Of the constitution, unequally on the
slave holding states, or in other words, ger
orally speaking, on The southern and We St
ern states. This inequality WAS necessary
10 counterfeit the unequal operation OF the
internal duties on the northern and eastern
states. The document before alluded to,
| II examined, in reference 10 that subject,
would present some striking results. lie
would call the attention ofgentlemen to the
las, page of the. doc umeni, which contained
| The aggregate amounts OF internal dunes
| ertained on the 10Th OF October, 1914,
to have been received in each state or tsrri-
tory" Although that aggregate did not,
for very eylden, reasons, shew accurately
! the amour. OF internal duties actually &C
crued in each state, yet when i, was consid
| cred tina, the collectors were obliged by law
10 make these returns at very short perl
| DDS, the amount known at the treasury 10
have been received at any given time, was
,oleraoie evidence OF the amount accrued
up to tina, time. A, all events it was SUI
| f.ien,Iy exact for the general per, oses oil
| his argument.
! He had made some calculations, MIR. o
| said, while in his seat that mori:a tiom The
da;a offered by the committee. Some al
| Iowance ought to be made in these calcula-
lions on account oil the difference before al
| lutled TO between the duties received and
| the duties accrued but he believed, the
genera! result would not, in any Case, be
materially vatied,--Ihe whole amount Cl
| internal duties estimated to have been re
ceiyed on the 10Th OF October, 1914, was
!Sl,49l, 3S5. OF this amount, the states
east OF the river delaware had raid
ST6s zoo and the states south aud west
| OF ,uat river, Including all the territories,
| and The Uist.ic OF Columbia, had paiG
! 726,i8 dollars, whde the iornier had
81, enty four repre- slntauyes IN that house
and the latter o,.> hundred and eight. In
| Guiding Pe.nsy l'ania IN the eastern disis'
| ion, II would appear Ib't that division, witil
ninety four Representatives, had paid one
million, lofty five Thousand one hundred
ana eighty tAlec dlllais, whl!e The South
aud west with tibhty i've repfes. ntatisea
paid Only 446 2o2 dollars - he STATE al
Rhode Island WIN Two representatives had
paid more than Iennessee with SIX, and as
much nearly as Kentucky with ten, or Ono
with SIX, CONNECTICUT with seven repre-
ssntalives had pad 72.s77 do'lais, wife
Kentucky and ONO together, with SIX een
REPRESENTATIVES, had paid only aboug 55 ,04V
Here Mr.. o. sdduced many other instances
which operated with no less inequality tha'
the foregoing when he proceeded oy OBJ
| serving thai 1t was most evidea,, tAereto,e
lha, the political power and liiurnce OF the
northern and eastern states, When compar'
cd with the other part OF the union, held nc
proportion 10 the share wnich they bore d
The public burthen.
| as the eenllsmcn from the south ives,
had always commended that the duy on do
ms S &c distilled SPINS pressed very une-
quail Oh that part oi the union, his atten Ion,
Mr.. y said, mad been drawn paluc ularly to
| that subject. He found on examination.
| that in the states cast OF the Delaware, there
| had accrued during the two ii. 81 quarters
OF the year, from lie licence 10 distiieis
S3l7 794, and Ia the states south and WssI
o. HAT rivei S43S, 662, and II Penas, wanna
were added 10 the eastern division, The
| states south and west pay on that arucle
only s lb7 1929, while the east would pay
S5Sy,573. Connecticut, as lar as tue plo
duct could be esimated by the amount
of The tex, made more domestic spirits
than May land, Ono, South Caroli"", o.