The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-27

natural In these circumstances, to turn his
attention elsewhere and where could he
turn 1t, with greater propriety, than to 4
quarter where the war had always been most
heftutar, and to fund which, in truth, belong
Cd TO the countrys The money had, in adj
rance. OF the East India Company, can
scarcely be considered in that light but, in
the case now before MS, it is admitted, that
there is in the hands of the London merchants,
no less sum than four MILLIONS sterling
belonging to the public, that has been acc,i-
mulating for fee years, during which that
same public have been submitting to great
privations, in order to make up the de6cien-
cies this occas;onet. Had the Morning
Chronicle been properly alive to the interests
OF the Country, it would ,havy called for the
Immediate othicQfion of this money to the
necessities of the state, instead of advocat-
ing the cause of a set OF men who have en-
T'chca themselves by the war, and who, e.
ven had they been losers bv it have no right
20 Complain; because, had it not been for
the support they have all along given to the
war, the nation would never have been in
its present calamitoas state. These iouonv
men too these ch1irch and state men; these
haters Of JGcobins and itvcllers-What nc7y
proof is this they are giving of their hatriot-
ISM DO they wish the country, FIR whom.
only few years ago. thew offered to sacri-
nee their lives and fortunes do they wish us
now to believe, that there was no sincerity
IN these professional Were thcy loyal only
so long as they were rcheucH from the bur
dens Of the war; Do they regard it as no
longer deserving thcir support than il ena-
blcs them by vast accommodating oe foreign
products, to keep up shc price Of these arti-
cles, and thus render war advantageous only
to themselves But let me not be accused of
asciibing improper motives to these gentle
he hat No fL-o,- D..
has miscouceived the object of the intended
meeting, and thus incautiously rendered its
own principles suspected, and exposed its
dearest friends to The danger of being ranked
a'nongstthe disaffectetl, the jacobins and the
Jewellers. who neither delight in war, nor sigh
for participation of the public pl;inder. !
shall not, however, lose sight of the subject
for those who have been the most active in
promoting war, and who have derived the
greatest benefit from it, are among the last
who ought &C. be allowed to escape without
paying their share of the expence necessary
to carry it on.-The Courier in noticing that
part OF the statement Of the Morning Giro
nicie which respects the supposed hardship
OK levying the arrears of duties on bonded
goods, saws =" the goods have been bonded
three, four, or five ycars-at last government
demands the duty upon them. Is it not the
same as it government had given man per
mission to defer the paymcnnt of his income
tax for three years, and then required it to
be paid? 1t must be paid at lsst."-From
this it appears. that it is seriously intended to
put the loyalty of our Londcn merchants to
the test. hope nothing viii occur to induce
ministers tn abandon this intention rs 20
what the Chronicle says about a loan, or fund
ing exche1uer bills, the Courier replies, that
nothing of the kind is in contemplation the
truth being, that the 4'ays and means al
ready provided, are sufficient to meet the eX-
pendturc TO be incurred until SOME time af-
ter Christmas, probably the spring and the
parliament, tits next meeting, VIII be called
upon to extend the appropriation of them."-
II might be supposed from this Hght way Of
treating the subject, that the money raised
and expended since the abdicatien OF Napo-
leon, had been of very trgJfbsg nature. But
the fact is, independent of ali the taxes levied
previous to that event being still in existence,
no less than fifty one million sterlicg was bor-
rowed subsequent to the year 1872; and if
to this is added the advanced duties, paid bv
the East India Company, and what is about
to be raised of arrears on bonded goods. our
national expenditure, in the short period of
two years, viii be found 20 he ECU i, if not
greater, than what it was during the mos:
expensive period of the war with France.
Inc sun, borrowed since 1912 is, in truth, on
ly two millions short Of the 7yhole national
debt at the death of George !. ard more than
third of its amount at the end Of the seven
years war, i'll 1862. These facts viii appear
obvious from the annexed table, and, think,
must render it sufficiently clear, that means
have not been wanting hitherto, whatever
they may DE at present, to give energy to the
established system.
King William, of glorious memory, was The
fdtier IF our national debt. At his death in
Ifihoh,.
t1TCG, it extended 70 A6
1714. death ofQucen Anne 48