Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-03-17
PLENITUDE OF TAXES.

PLENITUDE OF TAXES.
TT The N. York Examiner, at
ter denying the friendship OF the 60
vernment towas DIS a Macy thus speaks
of TdGes.
Let us now see whether these gem
try have been whit more consistent.
in relation to taxes. A navy, how
ever ID exalted the American charac-
ter, they support a navy, that Taught
against the French ! They pas tax
es. to support such navy !! A nasy
employed against France to proter,
AMERICAS I" free trade agains;
French robbery !! FAXES! However
they shuiilereti at them !! NO FAX
| es ,p' No-as-.. M Taxes - wgs
the cry OF '9s and 80. II is not 50
long ago. but WI cas all remeniber
| what tnmai,, what groan;ng. wi,at
grunting, there was m tae pig
pen." anoug ihose animals. because
br;stis, or two. perhaps, was touch
el Iaose saae animals. who now lie
quietly down. and suffer themselves
to he complrsely shearssi. and wiz b rs
siurh composase and meckuess As if
they were mere inertao lambs /! Nay,
apparently VITA satisfaction amt lie
light. as great as that which the
Yorkshire weneh attributed 10 the
eels. s. How can y0u bave the rru-
city. Git was sail TO bes) to ska
these eels alive ? " III, sir, (said
she) they likes IL Z"
Whatdo they say ahout taxes now !
Why, that it is absolute moral !rea-
son, 10 deny. that they are the dear
est comforts people were ever bless
Ell with. They have always lament
ed English taxes, in England. be-
eansa there. peopie are So paor. 10
body is able to pay them ont here,
! where t.csIrs hundred is the great
est. number OF families that have
been supplied in any one day, from
the asmshouse.herr It's tie pleasant
! est thing that can happen to US. Be
! sides. IL , Ban knows, that the tax
gatharHr is soon 10 come along, be
vii! npt Fpoliah!y s'end his money in
buying hoois to keep his feet dry. or
gowns to deck his wife out, ornew
frocks iur lis little girls. He will
not drink beer. wheB water is great
deaf better 1t will make him tenn
perata; and above ali il will make
hia sdping. Now what is better
tdan that And then there IS no
harm dane in taking hismoney from
aim by taxes; hecause he con get it
atibaek, {; more too, just by enIisting.
Taxes are very coed things moro.
They are SO good as the navy. no,c.
So You will hs told by every des,o-
crat who has an Office, or hopes 20 get
Que. So yon will be told by all who
live. or expect to live, by the peoples
sufferings.
Apd the stamp oct ! What sai,lthsy
to that Shall we, who fougi'. "A.
gainst thc sianp act, shall we submit
TO a STAMP ACT What, We. the
republicans ! We, whose chosen bo-
dies are the living tahssnac!es nf the
glorious spirit Of serenity ir Shat!
we submit TO sTAMp ACT $50 You
not remember itraader |? And now,
there is not an animal among them
but pFances with the mark OF the
beast on his forehead" as gaiiy as il
il we're bis greatest ornament. AT
ter all they said before, '' they likes
it"
AS some of my readers may, In
these hard tines, be perhaps like N.Y.
self, sOme what more in debt. than is
at all times either convenient or a
greeahle and may also wish to know,
when they come 20 renew their notes,
how much they have 10 pay govern
ment because government has made
them unable to pay their debts. in any
ether way than government pays its
swn debts. that is, by borrowing the
money. or rather getting shaved for
it, | subioin
a table Of stamps.
Five cents on notes not exceeding
100 dollars :. ten cents on notes above
400 and not exceeding 200 dollars
% cents on notes above 500 and not
exceeding 500 dollars; fifty cents on
notes above 500 and not exceeding
1880 dollars !; seventy five cents on
notes above 1000 and not exceeding
800 dollars; one dollar on notes a.
bo1e $500 ¬ exceeding 1000 dolls.
one dollar and fifty cents on notes a
hove 1000 dollars; and not exceed.