INDIA SALES. ✓ / SALSS at AUCTION, fey ISAAC MOSES, & SONS. The C iRGO of the (Lip Sansom, Samuel Hubbart, frtim Calcutta b* Madras entitled to drawback, for approved indorsed notes at 2 and 4 months. coHsrsriyc of a very valuable and well chosen aflbrtment of BENGAL MADRAS $ piece GOODS > } u P er ' or k'nds and qualities. Dsy s of Sale will be as follow, Monday, > The SUGAR, consisting of 1300 bag» Klarch asd PEPPER joobags. The ship SANSOM, As (he arrived from Sea, bttrthen 310 . Tuesday, tons, and coppered, with 16 guns, March 16 t equipped in the best and mod warlike I manner—a fwift sailer, is in the eom- I pleatcft order and can b: immediately I lent to ft*. Inventory at the Au&ion Ji Room. Taefday ~) DRY GGODS, cohfifting of 650 April 2,' f bales ef the most seasonable and best J atfortment. N> B. The particulars of the above will b« given in a few days. New-Yrrk, March 15, t8 § Wanted a House Servant, well recommended ; one who can dreffihair will be preferred. Apply to the printer. March 18 diw P O K In the Britilh ftip Douglas, eapt. Walker, from London, just arrived, Cannon—Woolwich proof 91b ealiher, bored from thefolid wighing i6cwt. iqra. and loewt. each Ditto of 6lbcaiiber, wt. newt. 1 qrs. each, Ditto Swivels, mountid Cannon (hot, viz. Carinifler, cross bar and round 30 cases Slips muflcets, fowling pieces and musket- oons Ship Store, Horfmun's and Saddle Pistols, A large of Flint', Ijo casks Porter, Brown Stout in Bottles, tanthen* Stoves alTorted from so to 40 inches diameter 40 Cafits Shot, No. i, to 6, 3000 Bulbsls Coais, 30 Crates Window Glass 100 Crates-and 10 hhds Queens ware adapted to the Weft India Market, 6 bales Whitney blankets 8-4 and 10-4 Forfale bv THOMAS & JOHN KETLAND. Waluut Street Wharf. March 16, t f Who have also on hand, Claret in caler, fiift quality, Old Port Wine, Horf; men's swords, hangers, Sic. Dry Whi'e Le»d, 1 Ironmongery and webbing by the package, Boston Beef, A ease of bed roll arnotta, Painted floor clothi, Enslilh quart boi'les in crates of 11 dozen each, Ruflia ba • iron, Hemp and coidage, Cables from 7 to iSinches, Plat ill as and Urildgnes, A few trunks bed kid and morocco (kins, Ba(krt fait in hhds. , To holders of unseateu Lycoming county. WHEREAS divers persons, intending: to enter their Lands with us, the commissioners of said county, according to Law, have transmitted to us imperfect statements of their Lands, whereby we are unable to distinguish them on the general returns of the deputy surveyors: we hereby notify aH persons holding unfeited Lands ih the county aforefaidj who are defircus of entering their lands with us according to Law, that they tranflmit to us a ftatemcnt, Shewing the narues of the warran tees, numbers and dates of the warrants, the qual ity surveyed upon «ch and the name of the depu ty who surveyed the Lands. Such a statement for warded to thepoft office at th« town of Northum berland, pofl paid, will be dnly attended to by us, and ths owner speedily furnifhed with an account of his taxes Those perfoos who do not enter Iheir .Lands at a/lfirekkJ, jwd pay their ta*es, within tiree months from thin notification, an interefl of one per oent per month, will b« charged upon the dpfaulttn as the Uw dircflj, besides the expenfea accruing up on a' to sale, which will be in the names of the original warrantees, of which the eommif fioncrs are in poffefiion of accurate Lifts for the whole couaty. WILLIAM WILSON,"I HENRY DONNEL, I cemmtfjioner, THOMAS FORSTER,} march 13 William Wilson, one of the eommiffioncrs is now in the city where be will remain until the 18th mil—Any per/on wiftingto enter their Lands may make application to him at Wm. Elliot'*, Cross Keys, North'Fnurth Arret. A Meeting of the Creditors of HENRY BANKS, is rcquefted on Thursday next, tSe 14th inftaut, at the houfeof Mrs. Nicholas, (ign of tnc Conertoga Waggon, in Market street, at 6 o'clock in ihe evening. Joftph vBaH, John Baker, march 7 Nankeens. 10,000 pieces Nankeens, entitled to draw back, 7 bales Blue Gurrahs, 3 bales Checks, For Sale by No. 80, south Third ftrect. d(it march 14 NOTICE. THE Following certificates of {hare* of the stock of the Bank of the United States haw been loft or destroyed at sea, to ioit 13 lhar« in the name of Peter Blight, of which 5 fbares N« 4185. j (hares No 4186. and 3 {hares No and 6 (hare* in the name-os John Barker Church, No 205-8. which were forwarded by the Countcfs of Leicester packet from Falmouth for New-York—and ten (hares of said stock in the nawie of Stidnitlki & Son, of Amsterdam, No 1796. which were forward ed by the Packet from Falmouth for New-York jn November 1794 j and for the renewal of Which application is made at the said Bank,and all persons o«Bcerned arc desired to take notice. CLtMENT BJDDLE. d3m march 12 Boarding Lodging. Thhee or four Gentlemen may he accommodat ed with genteel boarding and lodging io a finall family,ami upon reafonablc terms, by apply ing at No. 1 a, Pear Street. snarct i j S THAT the trafl of Land herein after de ferred, namely, " beginning at the North Weft corner of the seven ranges of townftiipt, and running thence fifty miles due south, along the western boundary of the said rasgeithence due Weft to the Main Branch of the Scioto ri ver ; thence up the Main Branch of the said ri ver to the place where the Indian boundary line crofTes the fame ;—thence along the said boun dary line to the Tufcaroras branch of the Muf kingura river at the crofting place above Fort Lawrence 5 thence doivn the said river, to the point where a line run due weft from the place of beginning, will interfefl the said river ; tuence along the line so run to the place of be ginning has been divided into townlhipa of five milea square, and fra&ional parts of town ship« ; and that plat» and surveys of the laid townships and fractional parts of townships are deposited in the offices of the Register of the Treasury and Surveyor Generaf, for the inspec tion of all perlons concerned. 'S in 11. The holders of fueh warrants as have been or shall be granted fer military fervicesperform ed during the late war, are required to present the fame to the Register of the Treasury, at some time prior to the twelfth day of February in the year, one thousand eight hundred, for the purpose of being registered ; N» registry will however be made of any I«fs quantity than a quarter township, or four thcufand acres. t 5t The holders of registered warrants, (hall on Monday the 17th day of February, in the year 1800, in the order of which the priority of locati on (hill be determined by lotas aforefaid, person ally, or by their agents, designate in « riting at the office of the Register of the Treasury, the particu lar quarter townfcips elected by th-m refpeiftively, and fuck faid holders as frail not designate tMeir locations on the said day, (hall be postponed in locating such warrants to all other halders of registered warrants. | Trufieej. dtioMar. V. The holders of warrants for military services fufiicient to cover one or more quarter townfbips or traits of four thousand acres each ; (hall, at any time after Monday tht 17th day of February, 1800 and prier to the firft day ol January, lßoa, be al lewed to register the said warrants in manner a forcfaid, and forthwith to make locations therefor en any trail or tra<fts of land not before located. SAMUEL HATS, All warrants or claims for lands on account of military fcrvices, which thall not be registered and located before the firft day of January, 180 a, are by th» supplementary a<ft of Congress herein before recited, pafTcd on the second day of March, 1790, declared to be forever barred. HHHE Creditors of J©HN SHAVER, of Hope- J- well township.in the county of Huntingdon, are hereby requeued tppreduce their accounts and demand* against him, duly attested, to the fubferi bers, at the court house in the town of Huntingdon, on Saturday the 2otf> day of April next—And all persons indebted to the said John Shaysr, ara re quired to make immediate payment to either of the lubfcnbers. ■ ■ Given under our hands 23d Feb ruary, 1799, Weavers. SEVERAL WEAVERS may find em ployment by applying to Isaac T. Hop per, No. 39, Pine-street. 3 mo. 15th, 1799. East India Company of N. America. fii The Company are defir- (ouo of pHrcliafing immediately, a mijMA fubftintial well built faft failing ves sel, completely fitted for fta, a (hip fS' ~-y already coppered will he (inferred ; her burthen to be not left than Tkree Hundred Tons. AHy pcrfon having such vessel to dispose of, will be pie a fed to forward their proposals on or before the ijth inft. with a particular descrip tion ©f the vessel, the timber of which (he is built, the number of guns she is calculated to carry, and her dimcnfions, to the'fecretary of the boari of agents, who will receive the fame for their con sideration. Per order of the board, S. BLODSSI - , Secretary p. t. march 5, NOW LANDING, From on board the ship Jof'phus, H. Kennedy, mailer, at Rofs's wharf, from the Havanna.and for Sale by the fubferiber, 91 hogsheads of prime Molafles, 31 tierce-os Coffee, 73 quintals of Logwood. Who has also for sale, Bill Madeira WINE of 6 years old, in pipes, hoglheads & quarter calks; t box of low-priced (nlh Linens, Window Glass, Clover Seed, &c. &c. J|§L JOSEPHUS, For SALE or CHARTER. MiT)" it For Sale on a long Credit, New-fork iP Philadelphia NOW lying at Henry Pratt's wharf,the firft be -1)w Race-street, burthen 56 38-95 tons—(he may be feat to sea at a small eipeoce—lf not fold be fore Monday the xft of April, (he will then be fold at public sale at the Merchants' Coffee House at 7 o'clock in the evening, A PPL Y TO Pratt £3* Kintzing, No. 9St North Water-flrtet. WHO HAVE FOR SALE. 80 tons Hemp, 3000 bulhels low priced Salt, 17 pipes Port Wine, 300 boxes Wiiidow Glafi, 100 balesTicklenbvrgs, Heflian Rolls, Fatterbornes Creas, Brittanias, Checks and Stripes, &c. &c. mar 19 lojuj I'l9M. 1 A. March 'ith, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Pursuant to the aft of Cengrefs paffcd on the ift day of Juae, one thoi'fand, fevei) hun dred and ninety fix, entitled " an aft regulat ing the grants of land ippropriated for mili tary services, and for the society of United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen ; ' and the aft supplementary to the said recited aft pal Ted on the second day of March, onerhoitfand seven hundred and nine ty nine to <wit: Th« priority of location of the warrants which may be presented and registered in manner afore faid, prior to the lxthday of February in the year one thousand eight hundred, will immediate ly after the said day, be determined by lot, io the mode drefcribed by the a£t firft recited. Given under my hand at Philadelphia, the 4a y and year above mentioned. v OLIVER WOLCOTT. Sec. of the Treaswv. Notice. JOHN CADW ALLADER, 7 Aflignees of GEORGE BUCKANON, j John Shave ™ arch law 4 w A favorite TRAGEDY,I called, VHE GRECIAN DAUGHTER, Dyonifius, Mclanthon, Mr Downi». Phocion, Mr. Hardinge; Areas, Mr. Warrell, jr. Calippus Mr. Warrell, Greelt Herald, Mr Wood. Evander, Mr. Wignell. Euphrafia, (The Grecian Daughter) Mrs. Merry. Erixetw, Mi fa L'Eftrange. To WHICH WILL BE AUIIED, For the firft time, a DRAMATIC SKETCH, in terspersed with SONG and SPECTACLE, call ed the CONSTELLATION; Or, a ivretrtb for American Tars. Drag, mr Warren; Jack Heart-Oak, mr B:r ---nard; Buckram, mrßliflett; ift Sailor, mrDor ley : id Sailor, mr Fox; jd Sailor, mr Warrr.ll. Mrs Drag, mi# Francis; Nancy, miss L'£f traDge. With a representation of the Chase and Ac j tion between the Constellation and L'lnfurgente FRIGATES. The whole to conclude with an Appropriate Bal let—composed by Mr. Byrne. The principal/ characters by Mrs. Byrne, Mr. Byrne, and Mr.Warrell, jun. Box, one Dollar—Pit, three quarters of a Dollar—Gallery, half a Dollar. SCT° The Doors of the Theatre will open at a quarter past 5, and the Curtain rife at a quarter pafl 6 o'clock precisely. %* Places in the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Wells at the office of the Theatre, frojn ten till one, and on the days of performance, from ten till four. JOHN CRAIG. dtf To-morrow Evening a celebrated Come dy. not atted these three years, called THE DRAMATIST, or, Stop him who tan ! with Entertainments. |C7* There •will be no performance on Friday. Treasury Department, March stb, 1799. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT by an a£l of Congress passed the aßth day of February, oi;e thousand seven hundred and ninety nina, the following al teration* and amendment! have been made t* an ad passed on the fixthday of July one thousand seven hundred and ninety fevm, intituled, " An aA laying duties upon (lamped vellum, parchment and paper." The Aamp duties heretofore intpofed upon foreign bills of exchange and bills of lading are to ctafe and determine from and after the 3111 day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. The fevcral stamp duties hereafter enumerated will be levied and colledted throughout the Uni ted States, from and after the 31ft day ot March, on* thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine. For every (kin, or piece of vellum or parchmapt or Ihect or piece of paper, upon which lhall be written or printed either of the inflruments or writings following, to wit. Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign country, Any neti or bill of lading, ar writing or receipt in nature thereof, for goods or merchandize to be export ed ? —ifirom one diftriA to another diftriA of the United Scates, not being in the fame (late, If from the United States to any foreign port or place. Any policy of infuranee, «r instrument in the nature thereof, other than those heretofore fpecified in the above recited a<3, when the sum in- Wred lhall not exceed five hundred dollars, When the sum insured lhall exceed five hundred dollars, ... And the said Duties are chargeable upon eaeh and evrry Bill of Exchange and Bill of Lad ing without refpeft to the number contained in eafch set. Bonds required in any cafe by the Laws of the United States* or of any state, upon legal procels, or in any judicial proceeding, or for thefaithful performance ef any trust or duty are exempt from the payment of Stamp- Duties. march 7 1 BuiLU ig and Gaxden l^ots. to, and at ifmall diftanc* VJ from thecity, to be fold at the coffee honfe •n Second street, on Wednesday the joth of March, at 6 o'clock in the evening, containing from dbout 1-4 ©f an acre to about 4 acres each. The I'mall lots fronting on Vine and Caltowhill streets, on the weft fide of Schuylkill Second jlreet, and the larg» lots containing whole or half or quarterfquares.fomeof them bounded on the wtft by Schuylkill and the upper ferry road including fom« fine quarry lots on Schuylkill : the whole containing about 140 acres, and for merly known by the name of Springfburv ; boimdrt on ths north by Francis street, exten ding from the Ridge road to Scfcuvlkill, crofW the canal, on which several of the'lots w ill pive fronts. ° The (ituation of many of the large lots is on h'gh ground, commanding beautiful views of the Schuylkill, supposed to be fufficiently de tached to escape any unfortunate disorder which may be prevalent in the city.—The terms will be made known at the time of the faie. •jj'i a P* lots are fixed up at the middle and upper ferries ou Schuylkill , at | C t'-l veril > Second street, Nor thern Liberties; at Ogdens tavern in Chefnut street, and at the coffee house. The convenience of stone fonear the prewifes will prove very advantageous to purchasers. CONNELLY & go. auft'rs. Poflponemtnt. £5" The uncommon severity of the weather having prevented many persons from viewing the lot, above defcr.hed, the sale i, postponed until Saturday the 20th April nrxt, wh«n it will be held on the prennifes, at a o'clock in the afternoon. The terms will be ? afc for thofs lots which are Jo ft.et, andl 49 and an half feet front, and for thof« of a 'arger size, one half the cast to be paid down sale 10 mollt^s from the day of marck is oetot%t>eatte, THIS March 20 , WILL BE PHICSKKTF.D, 11. Giren under my hand at Philadelphia, the day and year abovementioned. OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. dim I jforcipi Jntdliffmm I LONDON, December 6. ' Mr. Pitt's Speech on the Finances I In the houie of commons, on the 4th of December, Mr. Pitt brought forward his new plan for the taxing of income, by the means of which, no further addition (after I the present year) will be made to the nation al debt, while thtt de6t will be continually ' diniinifhing by the operation of the finking 1 fund—The ininifter went into a very minute ' detail of every bralieh of the eJrtenllve and J impoj-tant fubjett, after which he conclud ed with the following remarks. Mr Warren. Mr Vox In the mode of applying the money so collected there would be two ways—it might be either by paying off the turn borrowed last year, and then by borrowing an equal sum so paid off for the service of this year, or by applying it/to the service of the present, and letting it (land mortgaged,' for the dis charge of what would exceed the sum which the linking fund of la ft year would pay off. But before he stated any thing of the amount of the loan, supposing ten millions to be the amount of the produce of the tax, he wifli ed it t© commence from the sth of April next ; and he proposed that the a fie (Ted tax es fliould be repealed from the fame date. The aflefied taxes became due on the ift of February : and the differences of the dates from which the aflefied taxes and the proper ty tax would become become due, threw a balance of 700,0001. in favor of the present year ; that would give a sum of 10,700,0001. But it must be recollected, that the whole was not applicable to the supply of the year; for the interest of eight millions borrowed last year, was payable from the afieffed tax es, and c<Jnfequently was chargeable on this tax, which eame in lieu of the afleffed taxes. There was also to be added the interest of the loan which must be borrowed this year. When this was deducted from the amount it would leave a balance of 9,200,0001.- as applicable to the service of the year. This sum, added to the others appropriated for the service of the supplies, would leave 14 millions as the sum to be provided for by loan. Of this lAmillions, 4-5 millions would be di(charged by the operation of the finking fund ; the residue g\ millions would be ad ded to the national debt and would be the only addition to the national debt. This flatement gave a general view of the whole sum to be raised as applicable to the ftrvice of the year. It would not be neceflary for him to persuade the houfc to a dopt his opinion, or rather to adhere to thole principles which had received their de cided and warmest fuppert during the last fefllen of parliament. Ihe great and fei'i ous confequtrnces which had resulted moll beneficially for the country, spoke more strongly in favor ot the meaiures than any ar guments which he could use. It had net only supported us under the prelTure of ex pence, but it had circumfcnbed the hopes of our enemy ; it hadiliewn them we tfrere in vulnerable in the part where they chiefly di rcdled their attacks, and where ihey hoped tnoft sensibly to wound us. The diftrefsof our finance was the circumstance that the most elated our enemies, and aggravated the fears of the timid among ourselves ; but it now clearly appeared, that however exofbi- i tant the pretences of our enemy, or however enormous their means, yet we still rose fu penor to every effort—True it was, that many thought we were verging to that pe riod when we must be obliged to adopt new means ofrefource, and in the execution of those plans they forefaw, or thought they forefaw, danger, difficulty, and difrnay. But we tiad tried other methods, and the re that we had succeeded beyond our most fanguihe hope—the result had pro ved, that we had the means of rising fape nor td all our difficulties. That after all the burthens of a fix years war of unprece dented seventy, we hadfeen new mean:, tried and oew plan, adopted, whereby a vigorous exertion of the; nation, the hopes of the ene ir.y had been destroyed, public credit again revived, our fears were turned into confi dence, despondency was f.lenced, and all our hopes confirmed. Dolls. Cti. These great effects had been produced by the bounty of Providence ; but of the in. ltruments which bad produced those changes raofl ft" king had not the most effea. 1 here were circumstances which did not at traft the attention, but which neverthekfs had most powerful operation in producing a turn h> the events of the country. The deeds performed by our armies had been emi nent, brilliant and glorious—The luftreaud toccdles of our naval arms, had, if poflible, ruled the character of the Britifb navy be yond every former period ; nor was it with a delign oi depreciating their merits that he gave to other circumstances more important confiucration. The naval glory of the coun try was a theme congenial to the heart of an Englishman ; it was bringing to a point the afources of the country, aud shewed i ts power and energy in the faireft point of view. Let it not be iuppofed he meant to detraft irom their great and important l'ervice ; but n was important for that .house to carry their views still further. Trm- it was our Seets had produced a change in the face of Europe ; true « was it had been produced by the judgment Ikill, and energy of a naval officer, whole abilities, refoiiL InS perteverance, were aided by the zeal, -order and unconquerable vigour of Brjtilh seamen. ed'theV* 5 th l l ? lonotJsvla,or y had avert tt ovT W , h rea dy to ov,rft U pon the continent. It had saved the distant poffcffions of the country ■ it had given salvation to feme nat.ons or/the Con to au' if n th ° n thc mMns of falv!uion to all, if they VO uld profit by then,. But ™ f m , Uft T °" eft the P— whichgave > • gy to that force : 1 hey muftnot forget to thT * enab ' cd US to in to those quarters/of the world where here tofore.we: karccly ever ventured to doit. The house must thn the £oul of these enterpr'nes, the vital spirit which an' watsd them, wat in the permanency 0 f ou ~ • resources—And whence arose those refon f ces ? In the profound wisdom, the unfcl;™' firmnefs, and inflexible perseverance 0 f liament, with that unabated zeal, with th » disinterested magnanimity, with that pu m^ 'S spirit, which chara&erized the British of tion, was not content merely with f is themselves, but they afforded to the reft ic the world an opportunity of vindicating their er infill ted honour, and restoring themselves J n . that rank from which they lad been deer a , ded. Tlie wifdoin of parliament had callJ I for , th the r adi c a l strength of the country ° and therefor® he felt no difficulty in ' d what the zeal of the country had valuatarilv J He ielt - hefttation in afk.nT small part as a salvage, for restoring our Co feI A ve j * nd c th * re{l of Euro l*- But had we it rested fatisfied with having found refourc, d and done no more ?—We were confident al as a mercantile country ; the spirit of com r merce was (uppofed to be so transfufed into t ' us, that pacific purposes, and the desires 0 f ' increasing the profits of our capital, h forced all our military ideas, and obliterated r from our memory the sturdy chara&er of ou y ancestors. But although we had with ener gy raised the necessary supplies, and had paid" every attention to our commercial interest. .j yet our charafter had fuffered no di m i nu ' tion in military spirit. •' , the r PUr the occaflou the nation had come forward with martial oider t- ue magnanimity, and with enthusiastic military ■ zeal, that had at last put us on a level with • the mod military rations of the continent • at the fame moment also we had accompanU ed it not with a dsfertion of our commercial - interest, but with an increase and extension of them unprecedented in th hiflory of t ] le ' country. This is what we had seen in the cotrfe of the present year. Though we had , been deserted by all the world, we had con tinueu the vnr with more vigor and success • then ever. If the great and fplend.d fiwefi r w hich hail attended our arms had been the • oc cation of temporary deprivations—lf we had purchased them by a suspension of fo We advantagas, there was not any one who would )r regret the facrifice ; but when, as was the cafe, i/e enjoyed all our advantages and our • fuccefTes together, when our line of duty f 0 - much coincided with our interests, there could not he a moment's hesitation in the P breafl of any man to follow up the system " whose beneficial effects were so vifihle, and 10 whose advantages were so fenflWyfelt.' He could hardly conceive it poffifcje that there Was any necessity for going into details to • induce that house to persevere in a plan by which we had shewn to all th« world and convinced our enemies, whatever were the ° hopes they entertained, that we at least could - continue the druggie as long as either the Jionor or the interest of tlie country demand it. We should feel, upen refleftion, that el . very maxim of prudence with rtgard to our intereft requires a perseverance in the fyftrm '' we had adopted. He should not now go o ver the ground which he went over, of ftat- k * itrg the ultimate oeconoroy of such apian—, " -hat of raiting within the year a large porti. " on of the supplies for the year : let it bte. nough to slate, that of what money was bor rowed, i-i2th part mufl be annually fur > nifhed for tlie defraying of the annual inter. ell. 1 his would be found, upon compari ie I'on with the present measure, to bring !t threefold cha'ges upon the country— that is, as in the proportion of three to rr one. If such advantages resulted to the '• country from an oeconomical view of the '• l'ubjea, without taking into the scale the po litical advantages of the measure, lie was w sure he need not urge much to persuade the committee to lupport a fyfteni so advanta >' geoiis. They would not, by an adherence • to prejudices, objeft to a dii'clofure of pro , P ert y> where the commissioners were sworn to secrecy. He trusted they would not k. pnve themselves of an advantage which mud extend its benefits equally to the landed gen " tleman, the farmer, the trader, the artizan, " the manufacturer, and more particularly to the latter class, for the prosperity of the ; 8 country and the stability and security it en joyed. But it was not on a view of general 1 economy alone that the question was impor tant, it would be more evident if w» were lr not determined to shut our eyes to pad ex perience. 1 aking the average number of y years as to tbe probability of war, fiipnoflng they would he equal hereafter to what they s had been since the peace of Aix la Ckapelle, and the luftory of mankind afforded strong presumption tliat such a melancholy cakula. J t' oo w ould betoo true, consider then what a would be the situation of the country if we ; c adhered to the old fyfteni of borrowing for tb.e supplies of the year, and that the present 1 j fyfteni was not adopted. That amount of •> : tax which now would be only temporary, ) would in that cafe be permanent, entailed 1 I upon their defceHdants a lasting burthen. If i the question was looked at in that point of 1 view, it would alone be fufficient to decide it. t Having thus considered the question in an n , economical and financial point of vie\y, let us next look/at the questions as affedingthe s permanent interest of the country. 1 It had been tfie opinion of many, that lt because we inlieritsd a b'irthen from onran i ceftors we ougfit without consideration t» |r throw it again forwards on our poflerity. But if instead of anticipating the rcveniie» «ur forefathers had been content to adopt a | the present plan, itiftead of paying twenty four millions of permanent taxe» which we , r now paid, a much lei's sum of temporary u taxes would answer all the demands ®f the t- y ear - If the house considered well this u point, they could hardly think we ought j to throw the burthen on poflerity. If we jj continued in the system of enlarging our )_ debt, after the old mode, at the end of fix n years war, supposing it to br equally expec lt five with the present, inflead of io millions e of temporary taxes, we fhoufcl have 30 rnil ,t lions of permanei.t taxes to proride ti r. But if 'he present plan was adopted, ta« ■- k' n g ii.to confidcratioH the operation of the ; finking fund, at the close of 30 years the ■,f fax now proposed, with the finking fund at 1 I 1.
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