INDIA SALES.
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/ 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
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