Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-10-29
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tary Of the Treasury, the amount of
the annual civil diplomatic and mis-
celianeous expenses OF the government
is $1,000 600
The annual military expense, 85,ff2 ,59
Tho annual naval expense, 2,716,5f0
The interest on the funded debt, 6,f50,OOO
--
Making in the whole.s Si5,778.669
The receipts into the Treasury are estimated to
amount to upwards of S25, 600 600, of which
Sf7,000,O00 are derived from customs. by adding
the surplus OF the receipts (after deductlng the
nual expenses of the government to the present
sinking fund. that fund will be sufficient annually
TO redeem SIS 900 of the public debt whereby
the whole of that debt, contracted either on ac-
count OF the revolutionary the late war, will be
paid in less than twelve years.
BY law passed this session, the amount of the
direct tax is reduced from six to three millions, and
to continue in force but one year only. Believing
that this msde of taxation ought to be resort
ed to, except in times Of extreme pressure in our f.
in Mr.. Madison's Mee-.ge, vol. ), page les,
American State Papers--I suppose you own
the book, 'Sguire-Well, now turn over to
page 655i OF the same volume and you will
find the treaty--and not one of these objects
obtained-No Squire, not one--ncr noiillng
like ii. How then was it fatlering 10 our
pride? Why you proceed TO tel! US
The success Of our arms mad deVeioped tie
capacity u our Government for 1v0r, as zvell as
peace, and tie Idle theory dsct Republ.ean
Government could not stand the shock Of yar
mad been completely rsfuted." You MET nave
had in view the races " Diadensburg" when
you penned this sentence. We Republicans,
you know, always mean &c Administration,
when we speak Of " Government" " The
success" OF these races " had developed the
capacity of our Administration for war as well
as peace. and completely refuied the theory"
that the race is not to the su.f, nor the battle
to the strong. Pardon my freedom, Squire :;
| have perceived that grow saucy, every
day, since you condescended to write me this
letter. repeat it--how was our pride"
fattered Was your pride fattered,"
Squire, when you saw the ruins of the Cap
ital, all the public buildings, the arsenals and
Navy Yard at Washington? guess not
What have we gained, then, in this g Storm
Why, we have gained---a funded debt
and floating debt--so big as almost cracks
my head to enumerate the figures We have
gained loss OF the fsheries--an exclusion
from the West-lndia trade, and many other
the like boons. But however fattering these
gains may be TO your pride they are not
very much SO to our purses.
/" .Making" out 8. in the sShoie" that you
are wise man, and know how 20 astonish us.
Clodpoles, with vast calculations and long
rows of figures.
Il l found ismy duty &--and you might
have added you found it for your popularity
Well Squire, you can have no conception
what an effect that dry (tax) speech Of yours
had upon us-Nor how much our" pride was
when you told the Buckskns that
we were not like the rest OF the people of Mas
sachu setts--that is, not tories, but good re-
publlcans, every man OF us-and had sent
you-a good republican to Congress. The
whole speech was excellent-snper-exc
But when you come TO that part, where you
placed yourself g IN the door Of your humble
Dwelling and pointed out US. plough -joggers,
laboring and sweating under the pressure Of
this tax--it looked so kind and SO fatteriy, and
withal so demogogicai, that all your constitu-
en's, who had Tears in store, prepared 10 Sled
them then. $50
You inform us, however, you could not
prevalent that the tax is sadddled upon us
tor another year. Well, Squire, we take the
will for the deed in this matter and assure
you, we shall ponder over often and many
a time, your kind advice to us to make broad
shoulders, and endure, like heroes, the burth-
ems, which even your talents, when exerted,
their uH length, could not remove or prevent
and this we should do, with better courage, il
your promise for next year had been less am-
biguous. I" In the course OF another year,
you say +" there is no doubt but il (the taxi
mag be repealed Why could you not have
said zsiH instead Of may There is no know
ing what effect that may, may have upon our
toit'tude and patience. :" There is no doubt
but in the course OF another year" there 6 nay
b" an earthquake, that will inguli the United
States in ruin! 'There is no doubt but in the
course OF another year" the whole created Uni
verse may" go to wreck and alb me
6 there is no doubt, but" we :" MAY" be de-
prived OF your services in the next Congress /!
These events, however deplorable, "may'
all take place =" in the course Of another year.!