ADDRESS
V-
WE3TMORELAND, WASHINGTON, FAYETTE AND
ALLEGHANY COUNTIES.
REVENUE LAW.
By JOHN NEVILLE, Inspector of the Revenue,
Survey No. 4, District Pennsylvania.
Friends and Fellow-Ltnzeni ojthe Counties oj IVcJlmoreUnd,
Wi'jhingloii) Fayette and Alleghany,
XT is with p<ir*cular regret I perceive, that my acceptance of
J. the office I now hold under the United States, has not the ap
probation of a conhderable proportion of you. It is with ItilJ
more regiet I find that a very important law of the federal go
vernment is an obj'dl ot dislike and opposition with the fame per
sons, who difapprovc the part I have taken towards its execution.
It, in so great a public concern, I permit my (elf to mingle any
p rfonal confederations, you will, I hope, attribute it to no other
motive than my sincere anxiety to pielcrve your esteem. If any
part of my condutt in lile has afForded you proof of my being
afctuatcd by patriotism and public spirit, you will do me ihe jul
tice to believe, that, in accepting the office which displeases you,
I yielded to my convictions of the utility and necellity of the law,
and to a fcnle ot duty. It any part of you have ever had evidence
of my regard to their particular interest aud welfare that part will,
I trull, believe me, when I allure them, that the fame regard for
their intereli, that an unfeigned solicitude for their welfare, has
no small Ihare in dictating the observations which I (hall submit
in this their confide ration, and which I exhoit them,
as they tender the good of their country, and their own particular
good, to weigh with coolness and seriousness.
Felloiv-Citizens,
The law is a clear exercise of a constitu
tional power, delegated by the people o* the United States
to their reprefentatms in Concrefs. 11 is a powei grant
ed, not by implication, but by express words. The Bih
fe&ion of the full article of the federal conflitution fays, "The
Congress Ihall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts
and excises." The right, indeed, is not called in'qucftion, but
objections have been made to the exercise of it. In patting the
law, therefore, there was no usurpation of power, no in
vasion of the rights of the Slates or or the citizens'; nothing
more than the exercise of a discretion, constitutionally and clear
ly vested in the representatives of the UNION. Since the pafl
sing of the ast no State legislature has intimated a disapprobation
of it. 'Tis true that one branch of the legislature of Pennsylvania,
during the readings of the bill in Cong rets, exprelled their dislike
of it ; but the other branch alio freely chosen by the people dis
agreed to the r< solutions. It would not be unbecoming in us,
as citizens ot this Slate, to remember that our afTembly once enact
ed an excise law, authorising the forcible entry of dwelling
houses even in the night, and that there exiftcd at the time of the
late difcuflious in our legislature, an equal excise on home made
spirits, which being no higher on the Ilrongeft rum and brandy
than on our grain and fruit liquors, must be confefled to have
been much Ids favorable to agriculture than the prcfent law.
I flatter myfclf, I should not be one of the firft to recommend
to my fellow citizens an acquiefance in any attacks upon their
rights, a fubmillion to any alfumption of unconstitutional power
on the part ot their government, or an implicit deference to the
opinion of rulers. But, wheu a law has been enacted by the le
gislature of a countiy, after long, repeated, and mature delibera
tion; when its conflitntionaliiy is not even pretended to be
drawn into qucftion, when its expediency only is d'.fputed, it
appears to me that there are fomc reafonablc preemptions in fa
vor of the propriety of the law, which ought to have great Weight
with piudenl and good citizens.
It is a natural prcfumption for inflance, that the representatives
of the people of the United States must be better acquainted with
what will promote the best interest and greatest convenience of
the whole, than the inhabitants of any small portion of the union ;
and it is evident that the laws of the union ought to be accommo
dated to that rule, and cannot in every mltance operate alike up
on the wishes, and interefls, real or supposed, of every part.
Some laws will best suit fomc parts, other laws will best suit
ether parts of the great family ; and in the course of things the |
advantages and di fad vantages will be equalized as neaily as the
imperfection of human affairs will permit ; each part finding its
particular happiness in the order and piofperity of the whole.
This observation applies as well to the laws of a particular State,
as tothofeof the United States. Jt is, generally [peaking, im
ppffible, that any law can aftcCt all the parts of a community ex
:*£tly alike ; and it will be highly Satisfactory, if the operation of
all the laws should be so happily devised, astodrawthe public
revenues with equality from the whole of the people.
It, then, Congress, the members ot which body come from
every parrof the union, are likely to be better acquainted than
you are, with the interest and convenience of the whole, is it
not more probable that they have judged and a£t uprightly, than
that those among you who condemn what they have done, are
right in the judgment which they pronounce upon it ?
ocs u lerve to confirm this probability, that no combi
nations like those which have been formed among you have ap
peared in any other part of the United States ? If the law were,
upon the whole, really an opprtlfive and tyrannical a6t, would
not an opposition to it before this have resounded from every
pait of the continent ? Are the citizens ot the reft of-the union
iefs watchful ot their rights,lcfsjealousof their liberty,than you are?
I will not, however, attempt to conceal from you, that there
has been a degree of diffatisfaCtion in some other quarters. Mil
conceptions have taken place eliewhere as well as among you.
But I will affirm, that it no where else wears a serious afpedt ;
' in p ro portion as the law is explained and understood, its
jufticeand policy are admitted, that the principal part of those,
upon whom it immediately operates, in the greatest part of the
Limed States, are convinced of the neccflity and propriety of
the tax ; at moftonly desiring some alterations in the details ; and
t at the great body of the people of the United States concur in
tle opinion. This information I derive from unquestionable au
thority, and I pledge myfelf to you for the truth of it. It may
oetru.v laid too, mankind have confidcred diltilled fpu
nts.sftt objects of taxation, for we know not of any country,
K. 1 13s not laid internal and import duties on them.
1 ut £ cnera l prcfumption and fuggefttons ot this kind are not
he only lights you have to guide you. There are well known
lacts and circumstances which afford you a better rule of judging
ou .ave only to exercise your own understandings impartially,
to think for yomfelvcs firmly and cooly, and you will cafily dis
cover the path of your interest and duty.
You are well aware that a v f ry confidence debt was contraft
d tor the defence of the country during the late war. Official
of T madC publ ' C: mcw ' that 'he amount
ot the de Jt principal and interest, including the sums owing by
the States individually, which have bee,, a (Turned by Congress
qperations of.hc present federal
mountT 'M M my_flX mill,ons ol do:la "- Of thisa
mount a confiderablepart wasdue to foreign nations.
hbl" ™u a " , eq K U l t prOV,f '°n for th;s you moll be fen-
eq ' ,,r J u rer P caabl<: revenue; all the late
""P 0 ' 1 3 " d dollars of taxes having been applied to
our pars °f u, by the legislature of Pennsylvania before I- efta
hMhment of the federal government. I "fay our ° Jif .
T ' i; s was exclulive of the foreign debt. ' '
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
TO THE CITIZENS OF
ON THE
Bank of the United States.
December 3, 1791.
XJOTICE is hereby given that the Bank of the United States
1 \ will he opened on Monday the s'h iniUnt.
Transfers of the fubferiptions to the itodk of said Bank may
then be made.
On Monday t*ie 12th instant, deposits will be received, and 011
Tueiiday the 20th initant, discounts may be made.
By order of the President and Direflors,
JOHN KEAN, Cajhier.
All Bills or Notes efTered for Dncount shall be delivered into
the Bank on Mondays or Wcdnefdays, the Discount lhall be fet
tled on Tuesdays and Thui fdays, and (hall be rwade know n ihe
next fuccccding days.
At a MEETING of the DIRECTORS ok the
BANK or the UNITED STATES,
RESOLVED,
THA I' the payment of the portion of the Capita] Stock of the
Bank of the United States, consisting of Specie which will be
due on the fLVeral §harcs on the firfl Monday of January next,
tnay be made at the refpeflive Banksof Ma/fucHJilis and b'cw.Yotk.
Provided, That any Stockholder claiming the benefit of Inch
payment, shall, ori or before the tirfl Monday in January next,
exhibit to the Cjlhier of the Bank of the United Stales, a Certifi
cate signed by the Cashier of the Bank into which such payment
shall have been made—any thing in the regulations heretofore
eflablilhcd to the contrary notwithstanding
By order of the Prefidrnt and Direflors,
JOHN KEA N, Cajhier.
Bank of the United States.
PHI ladelphia, November 22, 1791.
THE Stockholders of the Bank of the United State*
are hereby informed, that according to the statute of incor
poration, a general clrflion foi twcnlj-five Directors will he
held at the Bank of the United States, in the cityof Philadelphia,
on Monday the second day of January next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon.
And, pursuant to the eleventh Jfe&ion of the Bye-Laws, the
Stockholders of the said Bank afe hereby notified to affrmble in
general meeting, at the fame place, 011 Tuesday the third day of
January next, ai five o'clock in the evening.
By order of the President and Dircftors,
JOHN K E A N, Cajhitr.
SecondfunAamcnut&kitiile of Statute of Inarporation.
" Not more than three-fourths of the Direaors in office, exclu
sive of the President, 'ball be eligible for the next succeeding year.
But the Diteftor who fhill be Picfident at the time of an elefclton,
may always be rc-elccled." ,
American Lead Manufactory.
STEPHEN AUSTIN, &Co.
HAVE just now opened their Lead-Warehouse, two doors
south of Walnut-llrcct Wharf, adjoining their New Factory —
where t|iey have now made, and ready for sale, a general affnrt
ment ofSHOT of all sizes, with SHEET and BAR LEAD the
production ol the Mines in Virginia. As they have employed a
number ot experienced Englifli woikmen, they warrant \i to be
equal 111 quality to any manufactured in Europe, ana at a leduced
price from the coll of imported.
They also continue to manufa£lure all the above articles at
Richmond, in Virginia. All orders addrcded to either of the
aboie FaSories, will be thankfully received, and executed on the
Inortcfl notice.
N. B. Wanted, industrious, fobev, Labouring Men, at the said
Mines, where coriftant employ, good wages, and other encourage
ments wtll be given, means of conveyance being provided, and
notifes for their reception. '
For further particulars enquire ofMefTrs. Moses Austin & Co
at their Fa&ory in Richmond, or as above.
Philadelphia, December 3, 1794. t f
IMPERIAL HYSON,SOUCHONG, and BOHEA
tea S,
REFINED SUGARS, COFFEE, & SPICES,&c.&c
Of the firft quality—lby retail,
No 19,
betwren Chefnut and MarketStrerts.
John Pintard,
SWORN BROKER & AUCTIONEER
' PURCHASES and SELLS '
PUBLIC DEBT of every defcriptionjonCWw/^o?/,
Oat the following lates:
N the fpecicamount of all'fale« at auction, one eijrhtk no
cent. ° 1
On ditto at private sale or purchase, one-halt per cent
On remittances, ditto
Receiving interest at the Loan-Office, one per cent, on the
amount of the intereji. r
For making transfers at &Mo,fevtnty-jivc cents ■
{p- Such perions as may incline to favor the fubfenber with
l°V U " T bein .6 e *«uted with punauality,
fidelity anadifpatdi. H.s long experience and extensive dealings
in the public stocks, together with' a well elhblilhed correfpon.
dence throughout tne Un.ied States, enable him to couduQ his
operations with peculiar benefit to his employers.
JOHN PIMTARD,
New-York, No. 57, King-Street. '
Oflober 15, 1791
Public Securities,
Bought and Sold, on COMMISSION bv
SAMUEL ANDERSON
Chefout-Strcet, next door to the Bank, No! 97.
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DtCRMBER 5, 1791
George Meade
Has for SALE, at his Stores on Wain ut-St rui Wn.\ F
A FF.VV pipes of 3 and 4 years old bills of exchange M.rfe...
V clfk E ' Wh ' Ch HC W ' n d ' rP ° r<: ° f by ' he P ' ?Cl hoi(h«d or
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A lew boxes ot Spermaceti CANDLES of the fi.fl J,;... .
Burlington PORK of prune quality.
stave's alf ° '° dispose 0t ' " l uanlit y of dressed White O-k
He means to keep a corrflant ftipply of First Quality Madeira
thlir Ul" k' T l A h Tt" " Pl " red t0 fjVOr h,m Wlt'l
their (u-iloti), may be afTmed of being well served
an , r»^. ill, ?, rOU S h the Wu,ter an ' ; s P r ">S. buyundrelfed HAND
t, s P urchari "g FLAX-SEED and BEES-WAX and
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_ A few hampers of excellent London PORTER »,„4
Taunton ALE, just received, and to be difpoled of
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R U *r AY ' / ome tune Au ? u(l 1789. a yellow N'ECRO
W/,j /' n rT u " laiC the P r °P c "V ol A&*W
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e.ght or nine inches high, p, etty well set, with a large woolly head
and large board, walks with his knees bent, often complain, o?
painsin his ectand ancles_by trade a bricklayer, (tone mason and
p s ui' r r IS a u hand V fcllow 2S 3 house. waiter, and is fond
oi fucb business. He is a great diflembler, and no doubt pretends
he a freeman He ha. been eloped so long that no defection of
his prefeut clothing Can be g.ven. It is supposed that he went to
the Northern States, as he often mentioned having friends there.—
1 wenty Dollar. reward will be given to anv person that wiH fe.
cure said Negro in any jail, so that the fubferiber may get him
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to Mr. John Kinchei.or, by J
CrIARLES WICKLIFF, Administrator.
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Oftobcr i 2, 1791
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