DAILY EVENING ADVERTISER.
[No. 60 of Vol. Vl.]
Treajury Department, Augtiji 16, 1794*
... : '& R.
T r appears probable, that advantages will result 1
J. from giving to theciniscn? at large fill I iirfornia
tvsn on the of tha disturbances which exist
mrtie welter; pares of Pcii%Jvlvanij. With this ■
View, if no o'ij afid! to the meafuie mould bcCur to
you, I would c;iufe4 VvW'ica>!<in ro be Wuitte of'thit
r-port tfvhich I had the honor to adiifc& to you, dk
'tit 1 the jrh iftti
With the most perfcift refpcsS,
Jhave.the honor to he, fir,
Youi most obedient, and
Humble f. rv'a. t,
ALVXANDER HAMILTON
The President of rhc 7
United States. |
United Slates, (gtb Augujt, 1794.
S 1 R,
I AM iiredled by tfte PrefiUeht to inform you, $
reply to your littst <Jf the 16th indant, that re
lying that the fads contained in th» report, have
been stated with due care, and from authentic
sources, he perceives no' obje&fon to the publication
of it, as pro posed.
I am &c.
y«uf Aioft obedient ftrvant.
B DANDRIDGE.
The Secretary of tfie Treasury.
Tttdfu'ry Tjcpar i'ntn!. AuguH ztb, 1794.
SIR,
rr-'Hb difagrecable crisis at which ma'ters have
1 .lately arrived in Softie of the western counties
of Pennsylvania, with regard to the laws laying du
ties on Spirits dllVilted wfthin tile United States, and
on (Villi; Seems to render proper a review 6?the cir
eurtiftancej which hSve attended those lawn in that
ftene, from their commencement to the present time,
and of the condudt which haahitherro been observed
on the part of the government, its motives and ef
fect— in order to a bett'7 judgment of the measures'
rieeffary to lie pursued in the exiflng eniergeticy.
The opposition to those laws lii the four mod
western coulitlesofP<flinfylva.nia, (A.Utghany/J'afh
ington, Fayette, and Weftmoreland) commenced as
«?rly as they were known to have been palled. It
has continued, with different degrees of Violence; ib
tlie different counties, and at different periods.—
J'jt Wafhingron h.rs Uniformly diftingnifnffd its re
finance, by a mote exaafiive ipiri't, than hti. appear
ed in the other counties, and seems to h' vc been
chic Av iiilliumental in kindling and keeping aliVe
the flame.
The opposition firfl manifeffed itfelfin the milder
ffiape or tne circulation of opinions unfavorable to
the law, and calculated; by the influence ol public
difeftcem; to difcsiutige the accepting or hgtkLtng of
®fEces under It, or the complying with It by thoie"
wHo might He so disposed 1 to which was added, the
Jliew of a difcontirmancc ofth. bufir.efs ol difliiliiig.
These expedients ware Ihortly after Succeeded by
private affociatioiis to forbear compliances with the
law. ifut it wa- not long before these more nega
tive modes of opposition were perceived to be likely
to prove ineffectual. And in proportion as this was
the cafe, and as the means of introducing the laws
fats'operation were put into execution, tlie dtlpofl
tion to resistance became more turbtilciit and nlore
hi'lmed toadept aftid'prttftieevhleht expedients. The
officers now began to experience marksof contempt &
ir.lult. Threats again ft them became frequent and
laud; and after Some time, these threats were ri
pened into a<Sh of ill-treatment and «uttage.
These aits of violence were preceded by certain
iheetirigs of malcontent persons, who entered into'
tefilmisns* calculated at once to sonfirm, infiathe
Whd lyftematize the Spirit'of opposition
The fir a of these meetings was hidden at a place
called Red Stone Old Fort, on the 17th of July,
<79', where it was concerted that county commit
t«et. Should he- convened in the four counties, at
the rel'petfive feats Of justice therein. On the 13d
of *uguft following, one f these committees assem
bled in the countyof Washington.
This meeting pnffrd fonie intemperate resolutions,
which were afierward* printed in the Pitifbnrg Ga
iretre, corrtilnirtg a ftrtuig censure on the law, de
tlaring that aity perlon -ivto hdtt acctpted o> mitt! dc
tepi a>i office under Ctmgrrfs in ordtr to carry it into es
seS, Jheuldbe as inimical to tie intetefti • ftht
ifluntry ; and recommending to the litizens of IVaJhing
ton county to treat every per/on -wijo bad accepted or might
hereafter accept any fucß office tuilß contempt, and also
utely to refufe all kind of communication or intercourf
viitt tie officeri, and to -withholdfrom them all aid!, fop.
pertj or ctmfoi t'.
Not content with this vindi&ive profcriptibn of
those who might esteem it their chitv, in tile capa
city of officers, to aid in the execution of the con
stitutional laws of the land, the' meeting pi nceeded
to accumulate topics of crimination of the govern
ment, though foreign to each other; authoriflng,
hy this leal for cenftire, a fufpieiott that w re
actuated, not merely hy the diilike of a particular
law, but by a disposition to render the government
ltfcif unpopular and odious.
meeting, m further pi ofecutioti of their
plan, deprtfed three of their members to meet de
legates from the counties of Weftmoreland, Fayette
and Allegheny on the lft Tuesday ofSept: folic wing,
for the purpofc of exprefling the fenfn of the people
of those counties in an address to the legislature of
the United States, upon the fuhjeit of the Exciie
Law and'cfjftfr grievances.
Another marting accordingly took place oH the'
7th of September, 1791, at Pittlbur.h, in the
county of Alleghany, at which there appeared per
sons in character of delegates from the four Wes
tern conntie».
' his meeting entered into resolutions more c«m
pi<hcnfive iii theirobjecfts and not lefsinflammatory
in their tendency , than those which had before pair
ed the meeting in Waihington. Their resolutions
contained severe censures not only on the law hich
as the immediate Subject of objedtion, but upon
• at t*iey termed the exorbitant Salaries of oficers:
•he unreafonahle interest of the public deist; the
warn of dilcnmination between original holders and
>aa..crrces, and the inllitvtion of a national b*nk.
Thursday, August 21, 1794-
The fame unTrierid'y temper the e»vern
nient of the United States, which Seemed to have
led out of their way the Cieeting it WafSiington ap
pears to have produced a similar wandering in that
at Pitrfbureh.
A representation to Congrei*» *etft'Aftra-fice
to the Lejjfifliitiire of I'- oi)lvania against the law
niore particularly complained of were prepared by
this trteetirrg— together with their other
proceedings in the PirtlbilrjH) Gazette, and after
wards presented so the t'efpeflive bodies to whom
they wereaddrefTc'l,
These meetings cortpoied of very i' Fiuential jp
' dividuals, and oondutfted without moderatibn or
prudence, Ire jultly chargeable with the exceflei
Which h'aVe heen from time to time committed;
: Serving M give c'onfiftericy to an opposition w .ich
has at length matured to a point, that threatens t. Ie
foundations of tlie government and of the Union —
unless ffeedily and effectually Subdued.
On the 6th of the fame month of September, the
ftppofitinn bVelce otiT ih all ail of violence upon the
person and pn.perty of Robert Jefhnlon, ccllcdtor
of the revenue for the counties of Alleghany and
Washington.
A party of men Krthed ind difguil'ed, Way-laid him
it a place on Pidgeon Creek in Walhir.gton county,
feiied, tarred an.' feathered hiWv, ctit off his hair,
and deprived him of his horse, obliging hirrt to tra
vel on foot a confideralde distance in that Mortify
ing and pair.tul lltuation.
The cafe was brought before the diftriii coiirt of i
lvanla, oat of which proceftes issued againd
John Robettfort, Johtt Hamiltotf, and Thomas
M'Comb three of the perfsns concerned in the
outrage. . ,
The Serving of these processes v/as conßded by
the then marshal Clement Biddle', to his deputy
JofephFoX, who in the month of Oaioht;r went in
to Alleghany county for the purftofe of fsrVing them.
The appearances and circcmftartceS Which Mr.
Fox observed himielf, lti the courle of his journey,
and learnt afterwards upon his arfivai at Pittsburgh,
had the effeift of dcterrii'.j; him from the Service of
the ptoceffes, and unfortunately fed to ?dopt the in
judicious and frbiclefs expedient 0? fencing them to
the parties by a private messenger under crtver.
The deputy's report to the marshal, Slat'es a
number of particulars evincing a considerable fer
mentation in the part of the country to wliicb fe
was tent, and inducing a belie! oi. his part, that he
■ ould nor with Safety hai/'e Executed the proct Ses.
The matfbal transmitting this report to the diilri6t
attorney, maltesthe following observation, it.
" I am sorry to add, tbflt be (the dtpiity) found tnc
people in gi neral in the wellefn p, ht of the ft at
and particularly b. yond the Alleghany mountaine
Kch a ferment on .VcOuht nf the act of Coiigrcii
fyi-lading a duty on distilled spirits, and so mum
oppnir'' 'n the ecec'j-t-nT of tfrc Taf-i aH, and fro '
a variety of ..thrents to nimfelt pcrfonlilly, althtugh
he took tile iitihoft precaution to conceal his prrand;
that he wis convinced oS the hllpntlibiUty
of Serving the proeefa, but.that any attempt to cf
ftft'it would H*vte dccafioned the hioJV Violent bppo
fltion fi'om the. greater part of the inhabitants, and
he declares that if 4tr 1(«<J, attempted it, he believe!
he (hould not have teturnsd alive.
" I lpared no expense ncir pains to have the proceis
of the court executed, and have not the least doubt
that my deputy would have acccrtaplifbad it, if it
ctiuld have btfeli done."
The reality of the dinger to the deputy wis
countenanced by the opirion of gin.. Neville, the
infpq6tor of the revenue ; a naan who before had
given, and fint eh.as given nuiherous proofs of a stea
dy arid firm temper; and Wfe'it follbwed is a' further
; Confirmation of it.
Tile per fun who had beeti sent with the processes,
; was seized, whipped, tarred, arid feathered; and
after, having his money and horse taken from him,
was blindfolded and tied in the woods, in which
condition he remained sot five hoars'.
Very f.rloiis reflections naturally occurredUptin
this occasion. It seemed highly phibafele, from the
issue of the experiment which had, been made, that
the ordinary course of eivil prtcefi would be inef
fedtual for enforcing the execu'lon of the law, in the
scene in qneftion —and that a perseverance in this
course might lead ta a ftriotis concuflion. The law
iiftlf was flill in the infancy of its operation, and
fat frottt eflabliflletl in other ilnpoi lanr portions
of the Union. Prejudices against it had been in
. duftnoufly disseminated, mifrepreferitations diffu
fed, misconceptions foftered. The legislature of
thi'United State's had art yet organized th'e means
by Which the executive could cCirfir in aid of the
jtidleiary, when found incompetent to the executi
on of the laws. 11 neither of these impediments to
a decisive exertion had existed, it was desirable, sf
pecially in a republican government, to avoid what
is in such cases the ultimate retort, till all the milder
means had been tried Without fbecefs.
Under the united influence of these confidetati
bns, it appeared advifeable to forbear urging coercive
measures, till the laws had gone into more extensive
operation * till further time for refledtion and et
. perience of its operation had served to correct falfg
invprefllons, aVia iva Spire greater mb'dferatioh; and'
till the legislature had had an opportunity, by a re-
Viiion of th lavv, to remove as far as piaflible objeW
tions, and to reinforce the provifiohsforfecuritig iu
. execution.
Other incidents occurred from time to time,
which are further proofs of the very improper tem
per that prevailed among the inhabitants of the re
fractory counties.
Mr. Johnson was not the only officer , who about
the fame period , experienced outrage'. Mr Wells,
collector of the reven e fur Weffn . eland aiitf'Fiy
ette, was alio ill treated at Greenfburg and Union
town; no were the outrage-perbetiated confined
to the officer-; they extended to private citiieiti,
who -nly'dared to (hew their re'fpedi for the law's
of their country
Some trme in Odtfiber, 1791, an unhaippy man,
of the name of Wiifon, a flranger in the county, and
man if flly disordered iti his liitelleds. imagining
himfelf to be a colleiftor of the revenii". or invetted
with some trust in relation to it, »a« 16 unlucky as
to make enquiries concerning the distillers who had
cnrc-ed' their Oiij*-; giving out th.'t he wa? to tra- |
Vel through tht United States, to afcertiun and re- J
port to Co» gteffr the nurhbeh ol ft ills, &c. This 1
than was purfutd by a party In disguise, taken out J
ol fced, rarricd 5 mii> - back, to a in-ith's
ihap, ii ripped of 'hi* cipthes* wnicj) were afterwards
burnt', and after having he en himlelF nhumanly
bfyrnt in federal place's, with a lieu red ilron, tar
ed and feat fie red, and about 'day-lij> ht drfmiffed,
naked, vrouncltd, and othcrwiic in a Very fuffeiing
condition. TrCfe particulars are communicated in
a letter from the infpe&or of the reyenu*, of tht
17th of November, who declares he had tjitn
himfefr seen the unfortunate maniac, the abuft of
whom , as he expreflei it, exceeded and
was fufficient to makehtlYian nature,thuddcr. The
a*Fair is the more extraordinary as persons of Weight
and confederation in that country are under ft oojd to
have been aCUrs in it, atid as the fykhptrrm of in
sanity were during tht whole tifije ofi 'flt&mg the
pumfhmuit apparent—tht
ing the heroic fortitude of a man, wh • conceived
himfelf to be a martyr, to the diicharge of si/me im
portant duty
Not long after ,a person of the naijie cf Rofeberry
underwent the humiliating puniftiinent of tarring
and feathering with fdrvu aggravations, for having
in eonve;fatic|(> hazarded the Very natural and just,
but unpalatable remark that the inhabitants of that
country could hot. rtafoniibly expert frofn
a government, whose laws they so strenuously oppo
sed.
The audr.rity of the perpetrators <;f these eicefles
vra.' f? great, that an armed banditti ventured to Teize
and cariy. fiftwo peiTohs, wh > werewitneffes against
the fit-.ters in thf cafe of Wilfon,in order to prevent
/heir giving teftiitaony of the riot to a Court then
fittiug, or about t<J fit,
Dtfigns of pyrfofial violence against the jnfpe&or
of the revenue nimfe'lf, to force him td a resignation,
were repeatedly attempted to be put in execution by
armed parties, but by different circumstances were
fruflrated.
In the feflton of which comrtienced in
OdUber 1791, the law, laying a duty on diftillcd
spirits and ItiUs, came under the revision of Con
gress a* had been anticipated. .By an a& Rafted
May Btfi, 1791* during that material alte
rations were made in it—among these- the duty was
reduced to a rate so. moderate, as to have silenced
complaint on that head—and a new bnd very favo
rable alternative was given to the dilliller, that of
paying a mcnthly, lhfte&d yearly rate, according
to the capacity of his jjkjH, wi'tH liberty to take a
licence for the precise term, which he ihould intend
to w«rk it, and to renew tnat licence fbr a farther
term or terms. '
This amending actj in its progress through the
legifiatursengaged the pa: ticular attentionol hieni
feKcfs Who themieHrts y+crc
and of others who represented parts «f the country
fh which the biifiiiefs of distilling was extenfcvkly
ckrned on.
Qbje&iofts werfc well confide red andgrfcat pains
taken to oliviate all sikh &s had the femblahce of
reafenabl'encfs. lt
The eife& has in a great measure correfpondVd
with the views of the legislature. Opposition hai
fubfidcd in several difitridb where it bef re prevai
led,and it was natural to entertain and not easy to a
bfcndon a hope :hat the fame thing would by degrees
havd tf ken place in the four western counties of
thi? state.
But notwithstanding some flattering appearances
& particular junctures, akd infinite jpainc by vari
ous expedients to produce the desirable iflue, the
nope entertained has n ver been realized, and is now
at an end as far as the ordinary means of executing
laws ate concerned.
she firft law had left the number ahd positions
of the officers of Infpe&ion, which were to be tfta
bliflied in each diftriit for receiving entries of stills,
to the discretion of the supervisor. The second, to
ftCure a due accommodation to distillers, provides
peremptorily, that there fhidl be one in each county.
The idea was immediately embraced, that it was
a' very important point in thefrhemc of opposition
tp the law to prevent the establishment of offices iri
the refpe6iive counties.
for this pUrpofc, the ihtimidation of well-difpofcd
1 ihhabitants was added to th« plan of molesting and
«bftrtr6ling the officers by forceor otherWise, as
migjHt be necessary. So efTc&uajly was the firft
point carried (the certain deftrudion of property,
and the peril of life being involved) that it became
aimoft impra'iSicablfc to obtain suitable places fat of
fices of the counties; and when ottainfed,
it was found a matter of neceflity, iri almofl every
idftance, to abandon them.
After much effort the Infpe«Sor of the Revenue
r Kiccceded in procuring the house of William Faulk
ner j a GapVaTn in the army, for an office of infpfec
ticjh in the county of Wafliington. This tookplace
ih Ailgufl, 179 a. The #!fice #as attended bv the
Ihfpe<ftf«r of the Revenue in person, till prevented
by the following incidents.
Captain Faulkner being in purfr.it of some dfcfet
ters from the troops, was encountered by a number
of 1 * people; irt the fame neighborhood where Mr.
had been ill-treated the preceding year, who
repreached him with letting his house for an office
; of infpe&ion, drew a knife upon him, threatened t,o
scalp him, tar and feather him, and reduce his house
, 4nd property to ashes,' if he did »>ot solemnly promire
to prevent the further iife of his house for an office.
v Captain Faulkner wai. induced to i'riakc the
e*ad;ed; and; in conlequence of the circumstance,
Wrote a letter to the l».fpc<stor, dated the i6th of
4ugU&, countermanding the permiflion fer using
his house ; the day following gavp a public no
tice in The Pittfbu'g Gazette, that the office of in
fpc&ion fhfiuld be n. longfer kept tfcere.
t the fame tiAie ahotHer eiigine of opjiofitiori
was ih operation. Agr<.eble t© a previous notifi
cation, there met at Pittfbtlrg, on the 21ft of Au
gust a number of perf.-ns. ftiling 44 A
Meeting of fundi y inhabitants of the Western Coun
ties of Fennfylvaiii-i.**
This meeting entered ; to rcfolutions not less ex
ceptionable than those of its piede, effors. The pre
amble ft'ggvfti that a tax 011 spiritods liquors is
(injiifr .ii 1 ft If and oppressive upon the poor, that
/ nuinal taxes uj.*,: must in the end tie-
[Whole No. G1 o
ftroy the liberties of every country in which they are
introduced—that the law in qyeftion, from certain
local circumflances which are fpecified, y ould bring
immediate distress and ruin upen the Wefiem coun
try and concludes with the ferment, .that they
r'ftiihfc it their duty to persist in femonftrances to Con
gress, and in every otherV*gal meaiure, that may cb
ftrud the operation of the uw.
The refutations then proceed, firft, to appoint
committee :to prepare and c'aufe to. be pieftnted to
Oongrei?, ap address stating, obje&ions to the law, and
paying for its repeal -Secondly, to appoint cqnir
mittees of correlpomjence for "Waitiington,
and \ 1 leg charged to cgrrefpopd, together. and
with such committee as should be appointed for the
fame purpol'e in the county of Wefimoreland, or with
any ccmitiittees of a itiiilar natuie, that might be
appointed .nother parts of the United States; aijd.al
fo if found neceflary tocall together either general meet
iufcs of the peop!s, in their Tefpedive counties, 01 con
nces of the feyeral committee* and lastly to declare
that they wjll in fuune conlider those who hold oh:ce*
•or the coliediofi of the duty, as unworthy (ff their
friendihip, that they will ha e no inter course nvr deal
trigs with them, will from them every af
ijtjlunce -Withhold all the 'comforts of life •which depend
Mfron those duties, that as men ana JeUoiv citizens fry
owe to each other, and*u> tl upon alloc tafions treat them
tvith contempt; eutmjtlj *e d o it: mto lsi a it to
TJfE PEOPLE AT XAIUiE, TO IOLLOW THE SAM*
i-t.NE OF CONDUCT TOWARDS THEM.
The idea of purfuinjj- legal measures to obftruß the
operation ot a laiv, necus little comment.
n)e»luie'> *n»\ be pttrfued to procure the repeal of a
law, but 10 c bjtru& its operation presents a couuadifir
tion in terms, j.he Or wh.-t is the faxnt
thing, the execution of a law cannot be bbjiru&td after
it has been conftitutionall/ enacted, without illegality
and crime. ihe expre.iifrn quoted is one ot thole
phials, which can only be uft'u to Cov.ceai a dil'or
deily anu culpable intention ioVms that may
elckpe the hotd ot the law.
Neither was t 51 intuit to perceive, that the ana
thema pronounced a'gaintt the oalfcers of the revenue,
piaceu theni 4 n a state of \ ntuSf. outlawry, £nd ope fi
rated as a * gna.l to all those who v\ ere bold enough \&
encounter the guilt and the eiriger to violate botji
their lives anu theii properties
1 he foiegoing proceedings, as ipon as known, were
reported b, ihfe Secretary &' tiie Yreaiury to the Pre
li'dent. Ihe rrehdent on the i r th of September*
ifiv.i a proclamation- • ai. eftly ac'momiV
in§ and exhorung ail per lons Vv horn it might concern
to refrain and uetiit tiom all umawfm combination**
and proceeding. wfaattbe- eri having for object or ten
ding to obstruCt the operation of the laws afbrefaid.
inaiinuch as all lawful ways fend means would fee put
in execution, for bringing to
thereof and securing e«ce^tfifeleto: and more
over, clwi ging and requiring all courts, iiiaSiiiates and
otticeis whom it might concern, to the du
ties, ol their leveral oii/ces, to exert the powers in
them relpediveiy veiled by law for the purposes
afor^faid; thereby alio enjoining and inquiring all
pcflons whomsoever, as they tinue.td the welfiie of
thur country, the just and due authority 0 f go
me 4 .t and the preierviition of tße.public peace, to bp
aiding and aiiniing therein according to iaw.'—And
likewiie directed, tliit. proitcutious might be infU*
tuted against the ofleirders, in the cftes j n
laws Would support, and rfequiht<s evi(i entc C oul«4
oJtamed.
Pursuant to theie inlhrudlions, tMb atiomey-genera),
in cp-operation with the Attorney of the difirid, at
tended iciicuit court which was hildenaf Yoil-l own
in October, 1792— for the purpdfe of bunging fori
ward ptofecutioas in the propei calls'.
Collateral measures were taken to procure for this
purpole ihe necpfl&ry evidence.
1 he fupervilor of the revfthue wfcs sent into the op
poling survey—to albenain Ihe real irate of that sur
vey—to obtain evjcence of the were con
cerned in the riot, in liaulkner's tafe, and of those
who com puled the meeting at pitriburgh— to uphold
*; the.conadence and.encourage the of the
othcers acting under ihe l^w—and to induce, ifpof
i.bie, Ihe inhabitants of that part ofthe lurvey, which
appeared ifeaft (Jiftijchned, to come voluntarily into
the law, by arguments addrefTed t© their l'enfe of
duty, and exhibiting the eventual dangersaiad mif
cliieisoX resistance.
: The million of the fupervilor haff ho other fruit than
that of obtaining evidehde of _ the'p efions' who ccm-:
posed thfe meeting at Pittibiirgh, and of two wher
were und£rflo<sd to be cobcfern'ed in th 6 riot—and a
confirmation of the enmity which certanl adive and
designing leaders had induftrionlly infuied into a large
ot th"fe inl.abitants, not against the particu
lar laws in qtuMtioh only, btit of a* more ancient date,
igainft thfe g*6vemtiisn't of the United States itfelf.
The th&n Attorney-General beifcg of opinion, that
it was at best a doubtful pbiHt, whether the
iugs of the meeking at Pittlburgh contained inuidable
matter, 110 prblecution attempted sfgainft thole
who cotfipofed J.t, though if gtound fbr proceed
; ing againit thehi had appeared to be nr'm, it is pte
fymed, that the truest policy would ha ; , e' didated
course. .
t4 were preferred to the circuit cour(, ar
fotind against the two fife'rfons uiiderftood to have beeri
: concerriec\ in the not, the ulual meafurfes wertf
for carrying' them irito efieCt.
But it appearing afterwards, fiOrri various reprefeh
tktions, supported by fatisfaitory teftihiony, that
had been some itiiiiaxe as to the peitons &< cufed-—
justice and policy demanued that the jjrolecutiohi
hidultTbt- which wzTs Accordingly done^
This iitue of thebulinefs'univoidabiy defeatea th<r
attempt to eltabiiih Examples or tile pViniihtnent of
persons who eng.age%l hi 4 yioieni rehltance to th*
laws—and left the oncers to agft nil th<s
stream of relifiince, withbut the advantage of such ex
amples.
The following plan, afterwards futce'Tivtly put id
execution, was about this time d||eTtei, for carrying
if pv;[lib.c the laws into efreci, without the neceliity at
recurring to force.
1. 1 opiofeCute delinquents inthecaies in which it
could be clearly done for non-cduipii'ar.ce with the
laws. 2« To inteicept the markets for the iurplhjf
produce of the diitillerie's of the coun
ties, by feizaig" the fpints'iti their way to thole mar
kets, in piaces where ft could be efireCted withoutpp
poiition. 3- t ßy purchaies, through agents, for the
ufeof the ariny (instead of deriving the supply through
contradors as formerly) contining them to spirits, ia
re foe d to which ihere had'fceen a compliance with
the laws.
1 he motives to this plan speak for It
For the Remainder ftt the laji page.