Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-24

nation They believe that twenty-five "i'''o"'
will he sufficient, and will leave annually .
suopIy to provide internal usde with roads sno
canals THEY will be pleased II the State deo's'
contracted for State internal improvements
we,r assumed by The United States, and MADE
national debt, TO be redeemed W MONEY
raised from foreign commerce; ana 'hs' wiz
be lust, as internal labor, produces the maze
rails which supports foreign commerce. IL
~, wish 10 be relieved from all State taxes,
,xeen, what is necessary 10 remunerate ior ci>
vii srr,iee, rendered 10 the States. They have
desire That the States should owe no deh'-
,ba, internal trade and social intercourse sh"uid
no, be taxed for their use of Internal improve
ments. a, rate Of foliage more than viii keep
hem in good condition., and that they shoula
no, be the sources Of revenue 10 The States or
10 individuals The people are generally tene-
raj. and there are bal few Of them VINO 90
think and wish that all internal imp ovemen,
necessary 10 accommodate internal trade shou'a
be made by Congress, paid for out oil the com
mon treasury, and be National, and not S'a'e
improvements, and to be highly taxed. my
are aware the Uni,ed States can do TINS ny
money raised by moderate impos' on io'e'sn
merchandise; nor do they comprehend no"
States are more sup emely sovereign, because
they can & do Contract deo's; orsre more ihoe-
pendent, because they please 10 be In deot more
than they can pay, without taxing highly the
neonle or the States. The right 20 TAX they
know 10 be a sovereign privilege; and they al
so know il should never be used when II can
be dispensed with without injuring The com.
mon good: and to decline to tax for internal
State improvement, will promote the common
good, 90 hey can and ought TO b. made by me
National Government. as i, has The paramount
rio h, Of taxation, and The supreme right TO pro-
vide f, the general welfare.
The States WOULD have acted polite. had
,hey never engaged in public improvements
Ii they had not, they would not have oeen In
debt nor have been forced into an oppressive
system OF taxation The Safe oil New York
already owes as much as It's resources can soP-
ply, and cannot borrow at on interest as rfa
son able a, the United States The Slas OF
Pennsylvania is in the same condition; late at.
tennis 10 borrow failed for time, and some
Of her creditors refused 10 extend their loans
for q few months. The people of those States
ar. convinced il is disastrous 10 con inue 10
make STATE Improvements, and that II VIII be
prudent and becoming to apply to Congress 10
assume the debs they owe, and be relieved
from taxation, aud ,hS States from debi-a cir
cums,ance ,hs, would make them more inde-
pendenly sovereign.
Another happy consequence will be, when
the public Improvements shall be, as they ought
all 20 be, National the traveller will then pay
not half as much as he is now obliged 10 pay.
To industry aad intercourse, this will b. grea!
saving; and, in truth, whai shall be saved VIII
be a public gain. in which every citizen VIII
have share; and in such popu!ous STATES as
New York and Psnnsyl ania will amoust yearly
10 half million, which will be equal to hl'v
cent. for each individual. The inrres, ct The
deb,s assumed by Congress viii b. sufficient 10
discharge the annual expenses OF The States,
and there will BE- no need for Safe taxation.
Instead Of borrowers, they might be lenders,
and the administration Of ,hrir Governments
altogether patriarchal, and their citizens as
happy as freedom could make them.
Was Congress, with The consent OF the
States, 10 assume all they owe Tor ia'ernai i'm
pro, emen,s, it would no, amount TO more than
fo,y or 6f'y millions. The interest OF that
sum would he sufficien, 70 DELAY The expenses
Of the States, and supply them with semlnarits
Of edura,ion, for generation after genera lob;
and there would be none so poor but misn'
share in this great good, and become learned
as they should be gifted with talents aud sppli
caiion.
Equal right may be done TO each State, by
an cQuannaion according opop"ia'i""' ,'1P
posing Congress should assume for New York
million, p,oporl,oaals sum would be a.
sumed for all others agreeable to their popuia
tion, compared with tina, Of New Y rk. The
debts being paid. and the money assumed fund
/ ed, the suruoi interest will discharge the de-
IN ands Of S,ote Governments. SO long as IN"
States hold the obligations II the United. Con-
gress shall no. pay more han he ineresi quar-
'erly; bu' wheu assigned away, pay al It's plea
sure the principal. To pre,en' = re'u,r to
debt, and TO taxation, The balance OF national
income remaining in The Treasury should be
divided among the STAIRS according 10 RIPE
sen,a,ion, and TO CRAFTY S,s'e sovereignty )
let it have the direction and application OF The
money, and on such State improvements Con-
gress shall approve Of or designate. reve'
nue., equal to tina, Of the presen year, will pro.
vide for the common defence, pay The deb S, and
take care Of the general welfare. To have such
a revenue, foreign manufactures will be restrict
ed, sun ien,y, to supper, the America an System.
The SAFES GU, Of deb,, their CITIZENS relieved
from taxation and the opulence Of the United
States applied to the improvement Of each
State, and by its own agents, should be the