9 con c r &s. M "— cami H nJSKoF KEPRES&NTATIV£S. givu l".Ot I Wjtfdrefdny, Jnuary J795. ' lw 1 Tin; Hu'.if?, on ot Mr. VV. Smith, vent into a committee. of the ■/hole, in order to take into conlidera- pl e <s tioii toe report of the fe'ett committee publ <sti it plan for difcharfeing the national ed ti • debt. "'lit report having been read l>y the - e Ci.rk, Mr. W. Sm.th moved tlmtcer taia duties thertin named {Would be con- j ro( . tinned, not to 180 1, as piopoled in mat the report of tlie c jmniittce ; but that j coir ti'Js tenn Ihould be ft ruck out, and the I w a« duties ooutlmied till otiier taxes could I be feihftitut<d for discharging the pub- J he debt. j Mr. Nicholas l'a'.dthat since the report j ,| le had been made, a committee had been ap- I pointed to take into eonfideration the j complaints of the sugar and fuufT mauu-1 t [, a faCturers, and it wis now proposed to I lnl | make an alteration in thjj mode of levying I the excise on liiuff, and lugar. Mr. | pul Nicholas had been one of the commi.t.-e. | f,,f I videneehad been adduced that the ma-1 <jjr ( nuf'aclure of fnuff was ftopt altogether J v , jr from the impoflibUity of carrying it on j sou under the present Ivftcm of exciie. There j had been no rife in the price of refined I ne j sugars vet it could not be fold. It lay on j eX( 4 the hand of the manufacturer. j py Mr.S.Smith oppofedthemotion for ftrik- j wc ing out that part of the report, which con- j g cl tinued these duties to the year 1801. ■■ I ii n This amendment would perpetuate the j air kw, which was he hoped, contrary tp I wt •hi d.-tignof the gentleman who moved it. I . We had not obtained any mformation I n|| f-om the officers of the excil'c, in order to | ~ learn whether it was poftibleto colleCt the J txeifc in this mode or not. Yet in the I h~t of the evidence of the manufacturers, J it. and without any authority to contradict j w< them, we are going to perpetuate the ex- j f c ] cife. As to the duty ot t\»o cents, it has I been proved that this is paid by the mann- J fiCturer only, and that he cannot lay it on I his customers. Will any gentlemen pro- J pose' to perpetuate a law, which is to per- I « pstliate the destruCtion of a manufacture r j th The sugar bakert of Philadelphia demon- j hi ft rated to the fatisfaCtion of the majority J n( of the committee that this would be the I Q| Cafe. I Mr- M'Dowell would rather vote for | j the repeal altogether, than for the propof- J lc ed am ndment. I °j Mr. Shevbourne said, that during last di feflipn, when the excises in question were I o< impoied, much had been said of the im- j cl propriety of laying such taxes on the ma- I U| riufaClurts of this country. In reply it I has been asserted in the molt positive stile, | ei that the impost duties would fall infinitely I fiiort, and there was even a kind of stigma j la attempted to be call on gentlemen who ob- j S jeCted to the laying on of these duties, or j t ; who doubted that the revenue would fall [ f t short. At present we have account s from Ic; all quarters of the ruinous consequences of I .' these excises. The impost, inllead of fal-1 ling snort, has risen higher than it ever " was before. The alledged cause why the j b > new taxes were laid has proved to be with- I o out foundation. This in itfelf, is an ade-1 quatereafon why they ought toberepealed. I a ] But there is a second reason, viz, the j (ieftruflive nature of the taxes them-1 selves. I .Mr. Fitzfimons would not allow that I any revenue law could have its eiFeCts fair- I e ly tried in one or two years. He could j t not admit that the sugar duty would fall j t 6u the manufacturer. He would afic anv j member of the committee whether the ef- J fcCts of this tax conld be fully understood | in three or four months ? For that hebe-j lieved was the time during which they j r had been in effectual operation. As to the j v quantity of sugar on hard, it may be sup- J j posed that when a duty was to be laid on, | t large quantities would be bought up be- I fore hand. It had also fceen reported, but I he did not pretend to warrant the truth of I the report, that there had been a fuipen-Jj (ion 01 the buying, in expectation that the j 1 duty would be taken ofif. The sugar bak- t ers had the market intirely in their own , hands, and he did not believe that the peo- , pie of America would want refined sugar ( for the difference of two cents in a pound. He was entirely against any sudden and ' unadvised repeal. Mr. Goodhue did not admit that the tax fell en the manufacturer alone. The 1 merchant who paid an impost on imported j goods might as well fay that he paid the impost out of his own pocket. He could not affirm, but he thoroughly believed that as much refined was consumed iu the countrv at this hour, as when the ditty was firft laid. But the way to save t> e manufacturers was to lay another duty upon sugar unrefined. The latter would then be raised equally with tne former ; and as very little refined fu|ar is import ed, the American sugar bakers would »]iav' a complete monopoly. In reply to Mr. Sherbourne about the impost, he en quired whether we were afraid of having too much money. It was proper to pay off the public debt, and for this purpose ii was necellary to collect as much fnoney as as could be had in a proper way. The manufacturers of whilkey had alledged that they too were much injured by the ex , " effe. Mr. Goodhue believed the faCt to beotherwife. . r » Mr. rmdlcy confined himfefr to the p.opricty of extending thsl limitation o; e-.tifes on fntofT, fugtr, &c. He ia=d that they hail been opposed last fcftop qn pnn ciple, as laying improper restriCtions on the manufacturers, difcouragmg the fair T f rxt«ning a-jffeeetUTit, twat wo'jlde .iitually lead to levy.nj ex -'frs e:.- tax a.l'mai uiaCtures ; but when Hie li.niuti-_ J on for two years was introduced, as an ac- om cammodation, the oppofitiou was so far j given up as that the yei» and nays were r.ot called ; therefore it was enabled as a tu law of experiment. lie complained that wa now, lieforc the experiment wis mad., be the limitation was attempted to be cxend- rne td. He said that the limitation was a t [ l( the faith of gus'eium.nt to the public, that the law would not bt extend ed till experience of its utility and produc- *'P tivenefs would juitify the mealure. He j ta> nfked, where wa* the report from the trea- j fury informing us what was the produCt of ! lui these revenues ? There was none. But j sty from the manufacturers theie was infor- to mation. They had made it appear to the j committee, that the fnufTexcife, as it flood ' : I was impracticable except to hand mills 0 | I which never could be productive, and ce J might be wrought in secret and elude the I tax, and that the ronl'umption of loaf fu- an I gar wasgreatlvdecreafed. HejexpeCledthat to jthefnufl law would be rendered praCtica- m; j ble. He did not urge that either of them aj : I should be repealed now ; he only wilhed ' I that the faith of government enaChngthe li -1 I rnitation should be supported. He hoped wl 5 I that his dilpofition to discharge the re • j public debt would not be tested by his re- ar • I f'ifing to extend the limitation. He would er " I aifcover, on a proper occasion, that he was ct I j very willing to pay the debt by opening re " j sources of a more general and productive e J kind. He was not for delaying that bufi- re ' I ness by depending on fmill and uncertain m II j excises upon manufactures, which for eve- Iry4o or 50,00 dollars they would produLe, fe ' j would raise a new and separate host ofdif- f n " I ficulties. It was time enough to extend the " 1 limitation when it would be known what , e j amount would be produced, and how it P 0 I would afTeCt the riianufaCturers. t- 1 Mr. Dayton \vas in favor of confi- tc n j niiiug the sugar excise till the year 1801. Ie I He said tkat two arguments inconfift ,e j ent with each othei were offered against bi s, j it. One wat that the fugat bakers P Jt I would be forced to pay the excise them *1 | felvea, which would end in dellroying 't 15 I their trade. The other was that the t' I advanced price of sugar had driven their Vl 0 . j customers to the life of unrefined sugar. 11 r . j Both accounts could not be true. If 11 : r I the manufacturer paid ihe duty out of g 1-1 his own former profits, the price was w y I not advanced. If he advanced the price f' " c on his customer, he did not pay the c or j piice out of hit own pocket. He would « ,r. leave gentlemen to take which ever fide 1 los the question they pleafcd. But he a ill J did not think it proper that they (hoMld d sre j occupy a deubUjjround. In 011* parti- F n " j cular padage, iie was not sure that he j 1 a " j underitood Mr. S. Smith, who explain- a le, ed ' ' jy I Mr. Sedgwick said he rose particu - na j larly to request that his friend (Mr. a ib- Smith, S. C.) would withdraw his mo- i or j tion, for continuing the taxes laid last t a " J session, beyond the ye»r * ™j.| cause he himfelf should not prefer a 1 a l-1 longer continuance, but because he had , er j underfiood that time had been agreed on c he Iby the select committee at a matter of ' th-1 compromise. c Jc -j Mr. Sedgwick said at he wa» now up, i although he had no intention of speak- ' ing fully to the fubjed, he would sub- t j mit a few curfoi y remarks. 1 hat j He had expetSed, when he recoiled- 1 ir- j ed. what gentlemen had formerly said on ild ! the subjeCt of the debt—when he called < fall to mind the public opinion, which he I ul y j believed no member of the committee ( I miltook, he had expeded an unusual < be-1 d c R ree unanimity in the attempt ho- ] ley I neftly to provide a finking fund. As the [we progressed in our deliberations, he < up- J yet entertained a hope, that hit expec- 1 on > I tations would not be disappointed. ,^ e " I If the committee was determined, in ; j earned, to adopt the means of reducing !e°n-1 tHe public debt, taxes adequate not on the j Iy to the proposed reduction, but to ak- the ueceflaiy accruing expences of go wn vernment mud be imposed. Without >eo " the latter, there could be no well ground ed confidence, that the former would be continued. If other taxes could be sub stituted, less objectionable, than those the under coafideration, they should cer rhe tainly be accepted. The taxes contem rted j plated were on loaf sugar, fnuff, licen ces far retailing spirituous liquors, falet 3U 'j at action and carriages. He would not Tied enter ' l, '° a discussion of the merits of the those taxes, he would however observe save in general that, in his opinion, the le iutv giflature in laying those taxet, had ei ould ther wifely or accidentally hit, on thole • fubje&s, which were among the most ouW commencement of the ' to operation of any tax, probably inconve . en - niencet and embarraffmeHt would be ving felft, by those who were directly called pay certainly plausible objeCtione might 'fr be made. A change of fuLjedts of Uxa tion was itfelf a very great evil, and ded w ' ,enevcr a change was proposed, the e ex- conveniences and inconveniences should Ct to be duly considered. To these taxes generally it was ob the jedted, that they, had not tlie tell ofex ,n o! " perienee. o.Tlie fame wat also true of t! ? Jt any fubflitute which might be propo fed, excepting direct taxes. He hoped, fair in the progrefe of this e'ifcuiTion, to find tSat gentlemen fmceie. Rrfpectirj direst Hi>>.,•*. it was not liis ij.tentiou ot ljj;rak- jke ing particularly, lie could nut, however, as r omit to declare, that in his opinion, m:t there was not ongentlerfiati belonging < ~d to the legislature who supposed there fait was even a poililji'ify, thSt they could part be received as a fubiii;ute.jfo> those irti- difu mediately under con li deration j for al- hou tho* there might individuals within that the houfc, and r:Y. ol'iotmiry, who ICe approved, or oft'tci dto approve, diredt in'ei taxes, as the mcaiis of reducing the mir | debt, yet both here and there they were trad | such an infoiilitifruble minority, as in lurk ; the opinion oi all, .i.endcicd it impossible min to attempt the exped.ent. If then, di- mit: reCt \axes cOulu not be reflated to j to Mr. | offer them, as the finking fund would ffen [ certainty create doubts of fiacetity. Lie : With regard to the taxes on fnuff hcij ■ and loaf .sugar, refpe£ting which hither- the ' to the only explicit ohje&ions h; d been Mr. " made, they were objects of luxury, and to J as such properly sources of revenue. Coi They were dome/lie manufactures it tior I was true, but by our regulations all so- to i : reign'competition in the sale of those ent - articles was excluded, and the confum- eac - er, therefore, would undoubtedly be foit s compelled to pay the tax. Nit Mr. Sedgwick concluded by again arg requesting Mr. Smith to withdraw his mo n motion for the reason before given. it > Mr. W. Smith laid, that there were dec, [, ferente<m or eighteen manufactures of of fnuff hi the United States. Of these he of e believed that only five or fix h..d com- Sns l t plained of the tax. The great objec- uni tion to it was the facility which it gave tee . to Smuggling, for those who wished to exj [, defraud.the revenue and to underfcll ha\ [. their neighbours. An improvement had tog ft been fucgefted and adopted in the re- fel' s port of the committee of transferring on i the duty from the pounds of fnuff to M g the mortar.' This would be ealier for wit c the manufa&uter, and fafer for the re- pla | r venue. Very little fnuff was imported r. into the continent, so that the manufac- of [f turers had a monopoly. He-. would a(k to >f gentlemen whether it was proper ttiat thi i 8 while fait, a necessary of life was taxed, cla ■ x fnuff, a mere luxury should not be tax- thi ie ed. He adverted to the fluency with iar Id which gentlemen affected to speak in he |e that Houfc of a land tax, a measure es le attehded in this country with so many ed Id difficulties, that it was in reality im- ex J. pradticable. In any view of the sub- th ie jest, it mufV be a long time before such ce i. a tax could come into operation. The mi iirmenfe extent of the country, the wide ye I. difference in the natural foil of the lands, ta r. and in the (late of cultivation and the or n- impra&icability of ascertaining their ed ill proportionate value prcfented innumer- th «L.tc t Lli el' ul ILVCM- ul a ue. i" id Mr. Smith made only a flight allufi- u[ jn on to these cireumftances, regarding an cc of American land tax, which are herefpe- T cified for the fake of clearness. Mr. g< p, Smith believed that a Jand tax would tl meet with very few advocates within F b. these walls, which had been proved last fh feflion, and it would find a very small hi It. number of advocates without door 6. v< on The member complained that the design ai cd of his amendment had been mistaken. p he He never aimed at making the taxes in w :ee question perpetual. His invention was la jal only to continue them till others equally d 10- productive couldbe placed in their room, b \s In point of j lift ice, lie thought the' h he country intitled to a revenue-from the h rc- manufacture of fnuff, because if it had h not been made here, it would have been f< in imparted and pfiid an impost. The ma- 1 ng nufafturers had obtained a monopoly, m- and why fllouW so great an article not £ to be taxed as well as others ? he confi jo- dered it as a part of the .policy of this jut country, that, when a manufacture had c id- grown to so great a height as to exclude j j be every foteign competitor, which would ub- have paid a revenue to the (late, the ofe date was entitled to lay a tax upon it by ter- way of compenfatior. for that which it :m- had thus loft. In atifwer to Mr. Sher cn- b-jurne, he denied tb«t the new taxes ilea had produced such universal diffatisfadti not on among the manufacturers aftefted by " iof them. He fcemed to think that the :rve discontent was wholly, or in a great le- measure confined to Philadelphia. One ei- reason why the consumption of sugar ! lole had been diminished was, lhat tie friends j loft had resolved not to use it. This was • the only a large and temporary cause for ive- lessening its consumption. It was in be vain tq exclaim againit the national debt illed as a curse, and then refufe to adopt the ight best expedients which could be contriv »*a- ed to release the United States from and it. He'concluded by expressing his the hope that, on a principle of compro iiuld mife, the Committee would take the re port as it'n»w Hands. Ob- Mr. Smilie" was against the continu- F ex- ance of the taxes for so long a time as t of that proposed by the amendment, opo- Mr. Nicholas, in reply to Mr. Good ped, hue, observed, that if cwo cents per find j pound-were added to the duty,bo upre ireCt I fined sugar, this would not do any fer- |ke the itfijufr, who wpuld ft ill pay the) as (iiu.e in advance for the raw hit' i materia M to the duuhh groum! object- new •cd to 'ov Mr. T)*ytoti, he had a latis- 2ve factory answer to that. The following man part yf what tKe tntmber said was not cvts difliriCJy beard in fame places of-the farm houfc. Mr, Nicholas proceeded to state iarr.t that the report 'run. commit - j time tee had not been drawn up, as had been j will intended by the members of t iat com- iais mittee. Mt. W. Smith rose and con- debt tradicted this afTeriior.. He had been : cont lucky enough to keep the copy of the : 5 ininutvs us what past in the fcleCt com- fpcC mittee, and these minutts he read.— et's Mr. Nicholas answered, "I told the occl; ffentleman that this " was not agrcca- tabl; ble to my ideas." Mr. Smith could not! he a ' help that, ihe thiug had been put to Fit.z ■ the.vote; and carricd by a majority.— \ f u g a Mr. Nicholas said that it was contrary j « mi to the opinions of a majority of tiie quel Committee, and he added forneexplana- ons tion how the repoit came to be fuffered pert, to appear in its prefeut form, but differ- cifro ent gentlemen rising so quickly after rupt each other, or r«tthtr at the feme times by fume part of the observations of Mr. prof Nicholas, which were material to his no i argument, have been loft. Mr. Fitzfi- cafe i mons rose to remind the gentlemen that frier it would beboth mote correct and more cauf : decent to confine himfclf to a ftatcmenr for f of his own ojiinions, than to give those his t : of the f.elect comniittee. Mr. S. ;,n 1 - Smith, (of Matyland) said that he had , ling - underfteod the meaning of the cofomit- 't * t tee to be exaflly as Mr. Nicholas had t lon > expressed it. The Committee would t 1 have repealed the duties referred'to al lay, i together, if they had wppofed them- the - selves to* pofftfs full enough information heu j on the fubjirft. Mr. Dayton challenged j Mr. Nicholas for having charged him con r with a miflatement. Mr. Nicholas ex- (!en - plained. . e "9 i Mr. S. Smith, in reply to. the remarks •- of Mr. W. Smith, of'people objecting f'-'P I c to taxes, and yet affeiiing to for r t the rednition of the public debt, de- 1 I, clared that he was one who wished for f' the payment of the debt, and at the h fametisne was against tJie taxespropofed; ( '- n he said that the continuation of the tax- X e es was unfair. They had been propof- r< y ed for two years as an experiment. 1 lie c I- experfment has not been tried, Besides, e \ >- the pretence for laying- the taxes hath h ceafwd, for the impsit"has turned out ie more productive than ever it had been, tt '" Ie yet gentlemen infill on cont.ini.iing these s, taxes. He said that thi' w"«s a decepti- ,s 1 ie on upon the public. There was charg- on ir ed in the estimate for 1795, one million r- three hundred *nd tefl thousand fix hum t" t.icU a'id hii.iiui'ii bsr>\ trefthfa H. c infurreftion, as if wc were to calculate mv f:- upon an animal expedition to the back lin in countries. This was one deception.— e- There was another deceptior, or if the e x. gentleman from Penrifylvania [it was m ' Id thought that Mr. Smith alluded to Mr. in Fitzfimonsj did not like that word, he, 13 ift should call it a miltake. Mr. Smith all however, had get into a habit of cor:. rs. veying his ideas by those words mod apt l '' jn and fignificant for exprcfling them. He l '' n. proceeded to shew, that though there in was to be only fix hundred thousand.do!- as iars demanded for paying the national K e IJy debt, yet that after 1795 there would "" m. be an annual balance of one million eight he hundred and twenty two thousand dol he lars 00 haffd to discharge it. From this P° ad he argued, that there was no r.eceffity J°' en for continuing those laws. ia- The following flatement of calculations ' ,c< ly, was made by Mr. S. Smith. . P l lot State of funds to be calculated on for ' u ifi- 1796. llis Dr. Dolls. r Surplus of 1794, 842,245 i j Fund demanded to fink the 2 .] ild he per cent. 600,0c0 of u Excise on sundry articles to ' 0 | ( be repealed, 380,000 C i er- of xeß Dol.. 1,822,245 tt •_ Balance for contingencies, 449,532 c < by f c the Dols. 2,271,532 1 eat * '' )ne Cr. . ai jar Balance at close of 1795 pr. n nds] Eltimate, [B.j 510,913 ivas Surpluffes that may be fafely for calculated on [fee NotKJ 200,00 col 1 in For expences oi) the militia lebt expedition that will be la the ved in 1796, and which riv. are charged 011 the eltimate rum of 1795, his Increase on impofis for 1796 pro- more than allowed in the : re- estimate, [B.j 250,000 — a inn- Dols 2,271,532 f e as Mr. Smith had the honor to Itate last session, that the impdfts of 1794, ' rood wouJd not fcc leis than those of 1792. t per The event had jnftified his afTettion. I inre- H« now, as a commercial man affirmed, I ! fer- that they would <qual in 1795 1 ' - ■ t »- - € theyjliad been in 1794. It wi3p,,> . bis (flat llw;v aouki tic itill gri'atei. 1 new taxes itiijrht be continued for t! lt 2 veais mentioned in 1 tie act. vVhentl l{ manufacturers come, with'teats inthur eyes, (iitreaiing'you i.ot-to re ueetl,,.;. families to bcgj;aiy, a d while, at >t ;e farr.e time, yttu uid have nevu tlin* , times as much money in your hands -a ' will pay the fix handled it.o.ifand <f . faisuer annum, lor the linkin;> of ;•« debt ; will you, in such cireuiullaiitcs, . coiu;itiuejhe tsx ? i Mr. Sntitb'ihfifted much on the io : fpcCtabk- chau;Ctcrs ot the ltij.ar rtl;. ri ei'i of Philaotlpl in,, who biitlnulcmi iy declared, that the excise ivottki, incvi. tably, extirpate the mai.utatlUie , ai d : he adveitec, at 'different times, to Mn ' Fi.tjElimons, who h.;,d admitted, that u>« ' (ugar refiners o! Philadelphia- weie . { « most refpe£iablc chat after, and yet queilioncd the accuracy of their aflVf'i. oiks in a matter of which they were perfeitly competent to judge with pi«- cifron. He complained of being in'er rupted once or twice while {peaking by a member. To gentlemen whole profeffion was public fpcakir.g, this vvaj no inconvenience, but with bim thj cafe was different. He had been a friend to the excise on diltiller ies, be cause he had thought it a good nc lore for the country in geneval j but as to bis oivn dilliilery, he had never, line* an excise was imposed, nnde si e (bil. lings by ir. As to his bakery) it would have the very fame'termini* . jion. ' Since the law pafi, the refined fugai lay, like a dead Icttm-, orv the lnr.ds of the manufacturer. In this city, it had been laid, that as much refined sugar was iiow-wafttffttd, aa had c*vr been consumed in this country. That ht denied, fje entreated gentlemen to enquire in their own families, and tluy i would soon be convinced, that-tlie con* sumption of refined fuga. was greatly - r. . B' a tiat ed on the ii>juf> t: or yof the htgar am si system was abfmd, , b of revenue would be . d i iin the hi yheit dc? • t': f i.f. lay an impott on fi>- ri 4 • ncd sugar. Men of tf c ita! hrr. up the nxuwlittiur. ei i' ,•' b 1' acts. To f yip » \ Ifmiff ».«i" •• cqewl ten-tfcctrfW . dollars, ai d a . fugs' bal.eiv rcquirei ten thir.ifand pounds. You h;ne g> 1 e -manuf»£lureis engaged. 1 I eir capn. „ is fixed ; and then you come dxwii tfjv on them with an exciic' th.it „ the whole. Jdr. Smith dwelt upon thai idea. He did i.ot fpe;,k in this w » 1. ffo-rii mir'nww '*> ticTfo.ial j tTirrrcit it Mi c own, but from a conviction that,' in 1 k linaucjal light iufh taxes r ever c n'i _ 'be of-any. f«rVice, and would he mlt ie deftrudfive to incividu Is. The gentle* 1S man added a great iiu.nl er of other re r marks, which, from want of room, it ;<r is impofiible to insert- Some time he* h fore he had done .fpe-ik'Pg, Mr. W. Smith observed, that a« i: was now past 3t three o'clock, it wpuhl be better tor [ e the member to defer the delivery of the re reft of his remarks till to-morrow. Mr. S. Smitlj, in atifwer, laid, that the a ] gentleman bad a very happy Jacuiiy at [J interrupting him. At twenty ni.ntitcs pad three o'clock ,j. the committee rofV, the chatiman re !js ported piogrefs, and the Hmii-* ad tv journeil. In the above debate, it hid been al ri3 ledged that thjc raauuia&Wes ot fin it poffefTed a mt'iafi'fy ot America® cod cr furnptign. Mr. Nicholas obfervsd, that there was great reason to believe they pofTci.cd such thing, livideiue had been laid before tbe leleft ccf.nTiit'ee, vt.tch ilHvvdtli.it titer® was very iitl: fr.uff 3© of Arrerican mariufiitfure used il' three : of the font hen. states. The jpvural 30 jconcl iGsWi was, that a g'cat <;»»•««y — of foreign fritift mull he i i. tJ 4-S 'the coutiy; and if tlie excise fy ft em Si continued, thr quantity fmtigpted would soon amount to the total conlun |itii'ii. The (l:etch of the remarks of Mr. Ni* L. cholas have already bee:, fer.t to prtit, and this additional note, vhSrhhad bectt miC iid, if n- w i .feited a' thr end of ~ article for fh. fake of doing jull.ceg 3 to the ar-ument, oc of that member. for tit Gazette "f United Statu. t iio To tbe MANAGERS ,f the NEW 9 ■ THEATRE. , 00 IT is a misfortune, that geptroffy and induleenCe c>nV,< t Uw ys eaU'.re * ? 4-2 suitable re'Uvn from those on whorttthev 'ate :».c Uvi(hc«J. While tbe, Manager* ol n 4 , tbe 'New Theatre sw.lt ?ckn 02. the libera! and extenli"' P r,r<; " & V,' 1 ' ion. have received f.oin the u .»«» '•* ['' led, ladeiphia, the ciir/cas have ■hai. compum of to the iicaimei.t twj
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