Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-07-22
ALEXANDRIA. .
MONDAY, July q.

.-e the period of eur revolution tnt
BelOl. ,s used TO call England then
An = country. And though since d that
uOl1sl has been as little OF fhal as
era u,s affection between tae tive
Of MAJ .;... vet the daughter has COPIED
'.an' ~ II example Of tie mother IN Sc
'ltsl SSsolorable respects, and perhaps
,'fai . ss more deplorable than IN plang-
InHy%S s her, into an ocean OF debt. :
lps, .,Se time Of the revolution IN bri-
. q coz the capital Of the British debt
talD sDIy SIX hundred anu sixty four
s s.. M two hundred and sixty three
'ao aa'Is sterling. That debt was funded
j 1929. ,o;sna,, ,b;r,ssn wears.
Nh. t,om 1860 lT0o. He being a
s ~ warrior, the English got deal OF
INV INV during his reign, batincreased their
ss.' the amount Of more than fifteen
u uiI;o., and an half. e,,,.,,.
Queen Anne, the successor Of " liilam
.snsd also thirteen years. Hers was
~. ~ rcIgu OF glory indeed. Her great
W. s.Tyusa 3, BY his chisairous deeds up
he cantiaeut, exalted the military
- s.ns # England, at the expense how
var w., d the increase Of the public debt to
80 t,Il saouat of thirty sesen million
s.ssn hundred 4 forty thousand pounds.
A. the sessionof George !, in l!14 the
dsn amounted TO somewhat more than
sfr four millions sterling. A debt OF
hat magnitude was found to be a very
esayenisnt engine il the hands OF 60
,spu,ueat; aud, as s0ch, it hegaa 1T chat
hoe to be employed. Wafnie the
mime minister, Chiefly, fnot altogether
means of tue paD!ic debt and taxes,
me1Dirca and carried ilto operation a
deep laid system ol corruption which
has persaded tie government ;rom that
day 10 the present. As some bridges
are the more strengthened, the greater
isthe weight thatis eus upol them So 1t
Is iOnnd out that governments Of a Tree
castnay be made stronger that is, de.
spotc) BY means of a great pubic debt
and eaerm5us putiic tazes. Ii Sir lSa-
ben Walpole had the merit OF being the
asst inYentor, there have been others
since, as we'll Americans as Eag!ishnen.
who have improved ton this iavehtion
very ;asenio4siy.
Not to give further narration of the
Increase Of the British debt from period
nperc'l; suffice it to say that in the
rear 1910 that debt was accumulated TO
upwards Of eight hun.Ife,l anu eleven
millions pounds sterling; and that the
government Itself was manifold niorc e.
rergeuc in 1910, than ia 1899 when tae
deb: was fourteep hundred times less-
@fE forth clearly proving that public
debts pah'ic blessing, at least to men
public office.
Such mas bees the sesasapte Of the mo-
Asr, which the daughter has net merely
copied after, but for her age and circum-
stances has Far, very far exceeded.
During only four years Of the adminis-
tahOn Of Mr.. Madison. the American
debthas been Increased we.! toward as
nuchas the British debt WAS encreased
during the 26 years Of the reigns Of
William and Anne, although those reisns
were attended with almost perpetual
loreisa wars: Nor is il unworthy Of Sc
nous notice and remark, that the admi-
nStTaton Of MIR. Madison has been the
era OF commencement Of sYatematic
corruption exceeding in protlisacy the
genus Of Walpole himself. The e>is-
fence aad fearful extent Of abonlinable
corruption in the fiscal affairs OF the ma
a0a has been acknowledged by congress
men Of all parties /; though, strange to
9il ltseems to be the prevailing OPT
mon that Tie way to cure it is to feed it,
CorResticut Coarant.