to Pre rher w*re pro- o» of tax-ttion? And was it the e4 j> v duuhtfui, whether fnuff and loaf wo Lr i"r wrrt pAincf to be tax<td ? What be oald be more liropcr ? One is the molt Bu i svial of all luxuries ; and the other, ry (loaf fug* l ) ' 3 'f q u * tr > f t l l ' chifiretv Voiifun. dby the class of citi- no jetis who hive some ptcttiiiions to ob realth. Yet when we press hard soT tet fubftitu'f, inrtf .I of the fnuff and fn •ar revenue, we are, with a faee of f°- •mnitv, advised to tax the land. May tai tmft my fetes ? I* it poffibk for per- ell f jns to call }he ~xes on fnutf and loai lw jfar, opprefiion —arid the land tax, foi elief? I» it pvffiWe to thi.ik of taking lai |be tax from the fintf? box, and the i c tea pot, to put it on the plough ? T «- IrVnowrrer, that 18 intended, at gen- ne tlcmeii assure us it is, there is no time to ca be loft. It will take two years to or- wi *iiy.e such a tax, and get it into the freafury. If a land tax » to be the pi obflitute, the queftioa, therefore, real- th j i ( —Shall we repeal the taxes in quef- pr ion ? If then had been any d.Aibt be- d<. fore, there can be none in the opinion so of those who prefer the land tax. ar The interests of the manufacturer* th have been ftrenuuudy urged, |»d no is <»nc would listen with more attention to cr tray fuggeition of injury on their part, is If there is * »v point on which I am w nore an t;i uuiiiitt than another, it is Ith , >u the policy and duty of encouraging 'tl Jtanufacturcs, and on every occasion -c< wheTe their interests have appeared to 1 ti be affeCted, my voice has been heard. •'I But hjiw is the fuggeflecP iujury to ' b happen ? Is the capital of the mnmvfae- j ai turcrs drawn from them to pay the dft- ; si ties ' T've r-C- of tiuii'e whn pay dti- j ties i-. the reve -Ce. The credits allowed l a are such as to lc>«e the public money in , ii r.heir hinds. Theircompl;ints on that j ■ lead, if they h:ive anv, miv be easily o dtiitied, by extendi g the term of | c -jredit. r Another allegation is that the con- j c umption of the articles is diminished a in consequence of the duty. One of ] the fnuflf m.inufarturevs afftirep me they i were not so weak as to imaginetiie co i- t umers would nut repay them. Will { he cop fume is of loar sugar be terrified j >v the exorbitant duty of two cents to ! ( so- v inlence to their habits and deny j < thtmfelves loaf sugar? Will they treat It their/riends with brown sugar ? Of all \ , tyrants fafhion is the moil inexorable. j I tell the gentlemen wljo dread the ' irown sugar reform, it is not possible. it is not creditable to substitute brown ' ' ■itigar in the place of loaf, in confe- ; (iientt anv miua- than fori hefaire gentlemen to wear frocks and i trowfer* and leaihern aprons on account •■if the impofton fuperfine cloth. There is one other view of the irte tft» of the manufacturers. Possibly lie mode of levying the tax may be in :onvenient and vexatious. If that be he cafe, who doubts the readiness : at Congress to conciliate the inte cfts and even the pr .-judiccs of the roncerned ? Surely not those who re rrmber wirh what extreme solicitude Dongrefs attempted to reconcile the Dnuniiy to the excise. Surely those yllo oppofc the taxes will not expeCt lie Eaftem members, wheic mnnufac ur -'i are the most extensive and nume ons to be the oppoftis of any plan of ccommodation of the manufacturers. They we perfectly ftire, and ever have >ten, *of our conturrence in such a nei.dments, and why would they wiftl " theJavv?..t>lfi?, ujj _i? uncertain j-*?nwo years. Is it to set ure the power of the next Mongrels, and why not of the next Congress after that, which perhaps may >>e bettjr Itili. And why on that .round (hould any law be passed to con inue longer than an Almanac? Is this he idea tobe inculcated of the reign of iws, that gentlemen tell us by pafling n aft for more than two yeats, we part ith our power. And what is the im nrt of this new falhioned jargon of a j i werorfr the laws infleadof the pow rof thtrla ws. The power to pass laws i not a peifonal prerogative, it is a üblic trull, and when the common '>od, when the attainment of a great dvantage for our country, such as the progrefiive rcduftion of the debt re quires a law for ten years or even longer, u it an argument to fay that thus we niiy lose our personal importance and prerv.giivvc i Shifting unsteady kws are a public evil, and they are aiways felt as fuefi by s He dealets in the taxed articles. The iilt effiiSt of a tax is a' lit tie to stagnate <nd derange the hufinefs of the dealers, ut foou the current finds its way again, nd th<* tax becomes a part of the ptice, part of the fetiled order of things, 'vluch a hasty repeal would derange rew. This argument it is said requires that all revenue kws should be perma e,lt. Where there is a permanent oc '4 !ju o for taxes and the proper objeiSs . » •• /.• • a of t?sation are known to be felcfied,, of the Su£tuation of the revenue laws ] w h would be an evil and therefor* it would I be proper to make them permanent.— J ul But when the call of taxes is tempor«- J ry or the mode of collection untried, I the limitation of the bill to a fhart pe- Irp riod may be no less proper. This I objection therefore deserves little at- j tention. One ol.jeCtion is scarcely intelligible, j Why will you urge the permanency of I the taxes for temporary objeCts, such as war I ing eftablifbmehts, frigates, &c. The an- 1 th« fwer is, the appropriation is intended I am for the debt ; for an ohjeCt that will lou last, we fear, much longer than theyear Itw 18 i, the term propofol for the taxes. 1 thi The taxes are not to be made perma-1 TI nent, nor arc the objeCts of their appli- | th cation temporary. The ohjeCtors arc I trs wrong in fact. They are no less mistaken in princi-1 cr pie. The temporary taxes were during lan the last llffion charged with an appro- I wl pri»tion of twelve hundred thousand j va dollars, and one million ot dollars also, I all for the foreign intercourse. These furns Iso are to beTatisfi'ed out of the produCt oi j m the temporary taxes, and (he President I h< is authorised by law to borrow on the I credit of those funds. The public faith I(j is solemnly pledged, arid in express j hi words (fre'the appropriation aCt pasted I P i j the ninth of June 1794) to provide for I <3 the principal and iuteieft out of the pro-1 P 1 • ceeds «f these very taxe3, or to fubfti-J V 1 1 tute other adequate funds in their stead. I 0 I These taxes are charged in this manner I P > ' by law, and if we refufe to renew the J t' - ; a£ts we arc sacredly bound to provide J t: - 1 fubfti'nted revenues. I Kv«ry one knows, that these taxes J 11 ri will not sice ihetnfelves from the charge 1 e I . in the two years. I t j How then can gentlemen prevail up- j I .' on their good sense, to aflert that by I 1 f ! continuing the tax laws, the manufaftu- j 1 rers are deluded and deceived, when the I e - j cause and ncceffity for such continuance I J appeals on the face of the statute book. 1 c f How above all things can they fay, that v y;it is a bre ch of the public faith to ex- 1 - tend ths-mto 18 i, when unfortunately e II for the affertor, the public faith is in ex- 1 d press words pledged to continue them, j o'or to provide othjr funds. The afferti- I y J on has been a subjeCt ot no little cliriofi- I 1 't I ty, undei circum!tances so Angularly a- | ' 11 1 dapted to its confutation. e. j My own view of the importance of has- I ' ie teniiig the reduClion of the debt, has led J 1 e . , me to suggest aufwers to as many of the I , n ( objections as I can recoiled, I notice them | 0 as they happen to occur to me. One ap- I ' peal to our pity is made on the score, that I . j*.» .wt tnw^iUb.-ir h rrufl In I. d chufe this time for the tax. Why not I nt chufe it, if the tax will fall, as others do, I on the consumers ? Do the fame objedtors I e . dtfire a relinquifhment of the duty on mo- I ]_ lafTes, because it is dear, and yet the ma- I mifaCture of New Englartd Rum is unfor I " tunately from various causes in a languifti- I ing itate. Foreign goods are dear, and I ;fs yet they are taxed. All articles are be- I e- come dear, and the blind rule contended I he for would be doubly wrong, if adopted, I c _ on account of its neceflary partiality. If we regard the experience of other | • natioiis, we shall not find cause to dread I ' c the deltruiiion of manufactures in confe- I quence of taxes. Has England exempted j 'Ct thera, and yet where do they lourilh more I ic- —The truth is, in an increasing thriving I society, the taxes are absorbed and diftri- 1 of buted over the whole mass of the commu- I nity. No problem has been oftener d«- I rs " bated than where the taxes ultimately fall, I ve and yet experience has invariably refuted j a " the gloomy anticipations of interested the- I iftl ory. Ihe language that infant manufac-I iu- uirfi *repr>t to be crushed is more decla- 1 maTrtry thm correiit. They ite not to be I •xt crushed, nor will the manufactures of j , xt fnuiT and loaf sugar fall, if the operation I of the tax should be like that of other tax- I 1 es, or of similar taxes in other countries. I sat But is it really defiredwholly to exempt I the loaf sugar from tax, now the duty on I Ilia the foreign article has secured an effectual of monopoly to the home refiners Shall the j n g four cents remain on the foreign loaf fu- g ar ' an< ' nothing on the home made. If j the price should in that event keep up, the J consumers would (till pay tbe tax, after a it's repeal, although the money would not I w- go into the treafiirv, but into the pockets • ws of the refiners. I ftifh their prosperity, j a but they are too candid and to • on desire such an advantage. :at A great objeCt is before us, and it after j, e all, its attainment shall appear to be ob struCted by much seeming and some real difficulty and embarrafTintm, still we owe tr ' it to our country as well as to our own es we gagements to proceed. Let us endeavour nd i to overcome the prejudices of the over ap ; prebenfive, and to conciliate the interests ilic °f the manufacturers with that of the | )V public. In our other taxes we suppose it is done and why fhauld it be despaired of e in this cafe. Greater difficulties than any ate that a calm and unprejudiced mind will T8 > discern in the plan before us ought to be in, expeCted, and readily acquiesced in,rather ce, than to abandon the great objeCt of free „ „ ing the nation from debt. It is worth iorne exertion and some facrifice. If we t fhouid effeCt it,ray hoptscf the destinies of rCS our government would brghten. There ia " is nothing in the magnitude of the debt to >c " discourage us, and fliU less in the profpe £ls rous circumitawws and good difpofttions . of our citizens. Ib depends on ourselves W I whether we realize their expeditions by r y I aAing in conformity with our own pr.ifef- f c( j I Coas - , m, [Debate to be continued.'] 3 ' ——- fay Foreign Intelligence. LONDON, Novembet 8. The progress of the Frcnch army on En I the Upper Rhine is dreadful and alarm- par ling. Coblentz fell into their bands on I the 23d ult. besides Binguen, St. Goar, by I and other places on the Rhine. Their die I out ports were only at the diltance of wa I two leagues from Mentx, against which he; 1 they were advancing i;« three columns, cat I This placc has a&ually a garrison of Ri I thousand men, and a mod formidable I train of artillery. I The whole of the Prussian army has I I crofted the Rhine, and 10,000 Pruffi- I I ans garrison the City of Frankfort, I . I where the great eft consternation pr«- I I I vails. These alarming movements have J , I also induced the Elector Palatine to sue I i I for peace, and the interference of Dn- I : I mark and Sweden, as neutral powers, I TI ; I has been proposed sot this purpose. Ivi ■ I The head quarters of the Prussian I 1 J General Motilendorff, were at Hock- 1 nv 5 J heim on the 21 ft ult. 20,000 men of the J g< ! I Prussian army of the Rhine were hourly | th r I expeited to march to the frontiers of I to . I Poland and Silesia, and 15,000 to Idi . J Wcfel, to defend the Prussian pofieffi- j p; lons in Westphalia. Mentz and the" Ihe r I Palatinate are therefore defended en- lai r I tirely by the Palatinate and the Auf- Itl e I trian troops. I w Our letters from Ha&leth of the 3d I it s j ttift. give the following account of the la e j environs of Holland. I p At Hedikhuizen, in the environs of I ti 1 Heufden, the French have ere&ed bat- 1 w y tenet to moled the Allied troops, but j I they being out of reach are of no I v lC j effect. I b I The garrison of Venlo, reduced to I j I only 900 able men, from 4000, which j j Jt was their number at the furrendrr of j c c . that place, is arrived at Boxtel. The J r [y I express condition upon which they capi- I \ tulated is not to serve in defence of I { nj Nimeguen. j \ I The garrison of Vcnlo n>ade an un- I f f, I fuccefsful sortie on the 21ft, in which |j j they had three officers wounded, and 59 1 I non -com in ilTioned officers and privates I; l f. I killed. The French, however, conti- I ;d I nued their works : and their fire having 11 he I killed the greater part of the brave gar- j 1 m I rifon, a capitulation was finally conclud- 11 P" I ed on the 20th ult. I On the fifth article of the capitujati- I J oil*" TSTpTdCtTrrg having fr* | 0) I been refufed by the Dutch Command- |, >rs I ant, who said he would rather defend I 10-1 the place to the last extremity ; the ia_ I French Gen. Laurent, who command- I I ed the siege, agreed to his demand. j I Nimeguen has been greatly re-infor- I Jt _ I ced and strengthened : the Duke of I ed I York has fer.t some additional troops in- I :d, I to the town, and a few days ago fix I j battalions of Dutch Artillerists march- I ler j ed in with a large supply of provisions, I I ammunition, &c. The garrison con- I ted I 1 4>°°° men. 3rc I A bridge has been thrown acroft the I n g Rhine at Wefel, by which the Auftri- J tri- I ans were to pass on Tuesday last, and I iu- lon Wednesday the concerted attack I I was to be made. Gen. Werneck, at J a "; 1 the head of a thousand horfc, was to I I make a diversion in that quarter, to I ■ ac . I draw off the attention of the enemy, I -la- while the real attack Ihould be made, be I The Duke of Brunfwick has arrived of i at Nimeguen, and taken upon him the 10!1 command of the allied army employed I ? x ~ in the defence of Holland. ies " In Holland every thing it quiet. I g n I The French opened their trenches I ua l j before Nimeguen only, on Saturday j the j night last, but on Tuesday had not be fu- gun to fire upon the town. Ir ~ J On Wednesday last, a sortie was to I ibe ma^f from Nimeguen, for the pur- I n " j pose of destroying the enemy's works. :eU i In this the gai rifon were to be assisted ty, j by twenty-five thousand Auftrians who to ; now co-operate with the Duke of York. Fter ob ■eal we Philadelphia, Jan. 22. en- ' •/ 3ur —— a P" efts The late hour at which the Poll from the the Eastward arrived, prevents our de lC tailing at large the contents of the pa ! ot ~ pers received. Three arrivals, one at viil Newport, from Hamburgh, of Bth No [lC vember—one at Plymouth, from Dun her kirk, of the lOth—the other, from ee- Nantz, all .bring a report of the furren ■rth der of Maeftricht to the French. we ABIEL FOSTER, Esq. is elected 5 a Member of the House of Represen tatives of the United States, by a large p e _ majority. ons From Portland we learn that Mr. 1 ■ • v Wadfworth had 141, and Mr. Wedge- W ry 4.9 votes at the second election (or jj, e j federal Reprefentative—lcattcring votes j^ ou •5- — London accounts to the 14th Npv. large fay, That PEACE was concluded be- eties tween Prussia and France, the 12th of t j ie ; r O&ober ; and between the latter and Spain, on the 18th ot Odlober—and Negotiations for Peacc, between the Emperor and France, were actually carrying on in Paris. Sloo That the Ruffians have taken Warsaw by storm. That the gallant Kofciufko f rorn died of his wounds a few days after he was taken; that after his death, his t head was fevered from his body, and carried on a tbro' the ranks of the Ruffian army. Tranjlated far the Aurora. From Paris Papers, ' I chalons suk-saone, 19th Vendimaire. . I The reprefentatrves of the people in the \ I department of Ain and of the Saone and ' I Loire, to the National Convention. IV " I Aaother triumph citizens, colleagues 1 > I The age of liberty elevates the mind and I vivifies the powef of genius. i I While the watchful aerollat conti - I nues to second our arms, whilll the in- I ; I genious telegraph transmits to us with Bar! f j the rapidity of lightning at once the Dul f I towering flights of our glory and the & atl i I disgrace of our enemies, whilst the ra- Jr, 3t ' - I paciousEuglifh, devoured by rage, be € I hold with envy our fuccefsful discoveries, i- I and contemplate with fear and despair L or [- 1 the fill of ambitious conspirators ; in a Lqr I word, while the Britifli cabinet cxhaufts Ty, d I its resources in crime and vain proje£ts ie I a Frenchman dares to conceive the bold Qli I plan of braving the billows and pene- CT >f I trating into the profound abyfles in 1 t- 1 which the' Rhone is swallowed up. it I The tri-colour flag has been made to io I wave in the bowels of the earth. Eight I brave watermen of Scyflel have accom :o I panied the brave Rolffel, the engineer, :h I put into requisition by the committee of los public fafety. The Rhone has sub- , 3 ie [ mitted to the yoke in its precipices fen >i- I which the eye cannot pierce from the °- c of I summit of those stupendous rocks from I whence confined and foaming to gtt ma n- I fi*ee it disappears and is loft in horrid :h I gulphs. Let tyrants and their slaves an >9 I relinquish the vain hope of subjugating rrii e§ j a nation of heroes, victors cf nature, ti- I In the auspicious moment when you ng I restored to genius, when the arts began an ir- j to breathe the pure air of the republic d- I for which they were created, nine pa- an I triots conquered the gulph of Belle ti- I garde and fubjedled the rage of the "g J Rhone to the coniroul of "The repobti- tll id- I can trident. This vast river, navigable c( j nd in all parts will soon give new vigour to Isi he commerce and double the wealth of the j id- I republic. jr- I .° f By this Day's Mail. NEW-YORK, Jan. at. j ns" I B 'lAt a Meeting of Tammany Society or Co- ei I lumbian Order, held in Tarpmanial " h e I Hall, on Monday Evening the 19th Jan. r < tri-1 179 5- nd ick I Resolved, TJiat it is the opinion of this 1 at I Society, that the President of the United si t° I States, inufing his best endeavours to iup to I port on all oecafions the laws and conftitu- j ( I tidn of these States, entitles him to the si red I vrar,ne ft thanks, and fulleft approbation [he los every lover of their prosperity and hap- ii jred I pinefs. ® I Rofolved, That a committee of thrte £ hes Iye appointed to draft an address to the ci. " Ja y I tizens of the United States, and publilh j I the fame. c r I»RICE OF STOCKS. iur- g 6 per Cent ig/5 f , 3 per Cent 11/1 4 vhO J Deferred 13/ 1 0 Bank of the United States 24 >-2 Pennsylvania 25 j North America, 40 0 t * The following errors of the press '■ ' • occurred in the letter in the second page J of yesterday's paper —line aid for broad- . fide, read crocadile—/ine 30, for releaf- ' - om ed, read relieved—line 79, for wafting, J 1 i c read worming. fat WANTED, t n°- An Apprentice ! U "* To the , - % Watch making and Repairing Buiinefs Sed APPLY TO On- C. Campbell, lr ß c No. *3, south Fourth street, two doens from Markst street. Mr. J*n. 19 ™**f \ 5 1 ... We hear, that at a late mewing of the proprjetoif of the German School House, on motion a vote palled by a large majority, that no political Soci eties or Clubs, (hould injuture hold their meetings in said School House. Arrivals at New-York. Sloop Lion, Raymond, St. Croifc The brig William, Capt. Edwards, from Liverpool,' put intb Bclfall, for ballad, and failed from thence on the 17th of November t for Philadelphia. NEW THEATRE. On Friday Evening, January 33. Will be Pre/enteJ The TRAGEDY of Richard the I lid. King Heury VI. Mr. Whitlocfc Prince Edward, Master WarrelV Duke of York, Master 1 . Warrell Duke of Gloucafter, Mr. Chalmers Duke of Buckingham, Mr. WigneU Earl of Richmond, Mr. Moreton Duke of Norfolk, Mr. Wirrcll Ratcliff, Mr. Francis Catelby, Mr. Cleveland Treffel, Mr. Marlhall Oxford, Mr. DlilTett Lieutenant of the Tower, Mr. Harwood Lord Stanley,. Mr. Green Lqrd Mayor, Mr. Bites 1 Tyrell, Mr. De Moulia | Qneen Elizabeth, Mrs. Morris Anne, Mrs. Franoi* t Dutchefs of York, Mrs. Shaw To -which mill be added, ; The COMIC OPERA of The Deserter. Ladies and. Gentlemen arerequefted f j fend their servants to keep places by five e o'.clock, and order; them, as soon as the company pre seated, to withdraw, as they: cannot on any account be permitted to re -1 niaia. d No money or tickets to be returned, nor :s my person on. any account whatsoever, ad g niitted behind the scenes. Tickets and placcs for the Boxes to be taken of Mr, Wells, at the Theatre, ' frpm ten'till one, aijd.on day* ofpe.form- ; n an«e from ten'iill three o'clock. ic Also at Rice's Bookstore, No. 50, and a- and Carey's.No, 118. Market street. e . Box one Dollar—Fitt |of a DoUsr—and e Gallery j a dollar. The pi blic are rerpeftl'ully informed, that till further notice, doors will be open 'lc c d at five and the performance begin at 10 six o'clock, precisely. Vivat Refpublica ! To be Sold, A VALUABLE Tract of Land, jr BEING that part of the city of New- Brunfwick that lies in the county of Som o- erfet and state of New Jersey. It contains j a j upwards of 600 acres of very valuable land and is bounded on the south by the public 'n. road that leads from New York to Phila delphia for near two miles, 011 the east by the river Raritan for near a mile, and lays in a triangular form. Building Lots on fe "s veral streets in this part of the town le 1 ed from live to ten dollars and two thirds a lp _ foot front, and the extension of Albany street, which the litu.itien admits of for at :u " lead half a mile', will open a new four ce he for Verypleaiant U commodious situations for dwelling houses. A conGderable space 011 along the river is well calculated for build-, ip- ing Uote.houfes and wharves, and affords afeat for a Grift Mill on the bank of the river, which maybe fuppiied with wtter from the Mile-Run by a fubterraneou; pas sage already dug, where vessels of 300 bar c[, rels burthen may conveniently load and un load. Thete are now on the premises a good FarmHouse and two latge barns, a commodious new Dwelling House two fto ries high, 43 by 3 4 feet square, intended and well calculated foraftore, with very good cella'SHnder the whole, and a kitchen 30 by 90 feet fqnare, a new wharf of 80 j/S feet front, and a well built store hoofe of 1/1 40by 2tfeetfquare and three stories high, . r and a quarry el building stone On the premi fe»- New Brunfwick, onenf the ms>ft fiouriffi |ng places in New Je'fey, lying at the head of the navigation of the Hver Raritan, i_ the magazine for the rcceptifcn ofthe pro -ess duce of a very extensive and fertile couna jjv e try, and is wellfituated for vending every a( j_ kind of imported merchandize far fnpply ,aj-_ ing the country. The easy tranfportatiou " of every kind of produce and manufatturc *' from thence to New York by water,- its si tuation on the poll road through the stater, *""" and its vicinity to Perth Amboy, one of the belt seapOrts in theftates, render it an object worthy the .attention of petfonswho have the means and knoW how to improve a situation fo-Hvell calculated for commerce . or mannlafture , \ 7h premises will be (hewn by John Par. lofcr or James Cole, at New Bmulwick, an< tde toms and conditions of sale, made known ky Jambs Parker, Of Perth Ambej. f | Jan. i» aawtf \ ■£' ?. . V'.v - r ■ -4; >
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