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< | <note>Bankruptcy<lb/> | ||
Probability | |||
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<p>Come Peace indeed and the mass of wealth applicable<lb/> | |||
to the purpose of redemption <add>Redemption Plan</add> could not fail of receiving a<lb/> | |||
very considerable accession: if the National Income composed<lb/> | |||
principally of taxes on consumption <del>equals</del> <add>answers</add> the demands<lb/> | |||
upon it in time of war, it must much more<lb/> | |||
than answer them in time of peace. Some conjectures,<lb/> | |||
if it were worthwhile might be made of this <add>concerning</add> probable<lb/> | |||
amount of this encrease <add>difference as between Peace and War</add> by the <del><gap/></del> observation of former<lb/> | |||
differences. But after the most <del>painful</del> <add>laborious</add> examination, <add>searching</add> uncertainty<lb/> | |||
would still be the result: and the possibility of<lb/> | |||
steering clear of the rock of Bankruptcy by the operation of<lb/> | |||
<del>resources</del> preventive measures taken so late in the day,<lb/> | |||
can not at best <del>be</del> appear other than precarious.</p> | |||
<p>All depends upon the Directory of France, <del>which</del><lb/> | |||
<del>seems to have</del> <add>an act of tyrants</add> to the resources of which there seems to be no<lb/> | |||
<add>certain</add> bounds any more than to its malice. Its credit annihilated,<lb/> | |||
its taxes unproductive, it seems to have learned the art of<lb/> | |||
maintaining itself upon nothing. Having everything to dread<lb/> | |||
and nothing to hope from peace, war without end seems to<lb/> | |||
be their object and their wish. Habituated to the view<lb/> | |||
of misery and of misery of their own production, there is<lb/> | |||
no misery which they would not inflict on their own subjects<lb/> | |||
for the satisfaction of giving us the slightest tinge.</p> | |||
<note>Bankruptcy in<lb/> | |||
this country<lb/> | |||
<del>appears</del> presents<lb/> | |||
itself probably<lb/> | |||
to their sanguine<lb/> | |||
eyes as the first<lb/> | |||
scene of a state<lb/> | |||
of <del><gap/></del> uproar<lb/> | |||
and misery like<lb/> | |||
their own. And<lb/> | |||
were it but a<lb/> | |||
scratch, there is<lb/> | |||
no wound <del>which</del> <add>by the</add><lb/> | |||
sufferance of which<lb/> | |||
they would not purchase<lb/> | |||
the delight<lb/> | |||
of inflicting it.</note> | |||
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B Political Prospects
Bankruptcy
Probability
Come Peace indeed and the mass of wealth applicable
to the purpose of redemption Redemption Plan could not fail of receiving a
very considerable accession: if the National Income composed
principally of taxes on consumption equals answers the demands
upon it in time of war, it must much more
than answer them in time of peace. Some conjectures,
if it were worthwhile might be made of this concerning probable
amount of this encrease difference as between Peace and War by the observation of former
differences. But after the most painful laborious examination, searching uncertainty
would still be the result: and the possibility of
steering clear of the rock of Bankruptcy by the operation of
resources preventive measures taken so late in the day,
can not at best be appear other than precarious.
All depends upon the Directory of France, which
seems to have an act of tyrants to the resources of which there seems to be no
certain bounds any more than to its malice. Its credit annihilated,
its taxes unproductive, it seems to have learned the art of
maintaining itself upon nothing. Having everything to dread
and nothing to hope from peace, war without end seems to
be their object and their wish. Habituated to the view
of misery and of misery of their own production, there is
no misery which they would not inflict on their own subjects
for the satisfaction of giving us the slightest tinge.
Bankruptcy in
this country
appears presents
itself probably
to their sanguine
eyes as the first
scene of a state
of uproar
and misery like
their own. And
were it but a
scratch, there is
no wound which by the
sufferance of which
they would not purchase
the delight
of inflicting it.
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