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one King we were as many nations each with<lb/> | <p>one King we were as many nations each with<lb/> | ||
its King, as there are departments.< | its King, as there are departments.</p> | ||
<p>As the maps of national burthens has been encreasing<lb/> the pretence for this bad economy and this in<lb/>justice has become more and more plausible.</p> | |||
<p>The taxes which bear upon all alike in proportion<lb/> to their consumption, and thence in proportion to their abilitys have, (it is said) been all exhausted<lb/>ergo comes the conclusion necessity forces us upon <lb/> the Poor Rates. But how much more plausible<lb/>soever the pretence has grown to be, it has surely<lb/> never approached any thing the nearer to just <lb/>reason. For besides that the antecedent is by far<lb/>too much to be taken for granted upon mere assertion<lb/> the conclusion is altogether an untenable<lb/> one. No! so long as any tax exists in the<lb/> shape of property tax, though it amounted to<lb/> nine tenths instead of one tenth, it would still be <lb/> an eligible<hi rend="superscript">one</hi> because an equal one in comparison<lb/> of the Poor Rates. The property tax is indeed in<lb/> a preeminent degree a grievous one, but the<lb/> grievousness of it depends upon the vexation!<lb/>upon the vexatiousness of the scrutiny in the case of the commercial elapses: and this vexatiousness<lb/> is the same be the proportion ever so small or<lb/> ever so large.</p> | |||
<p>But whatsoever be the force of the propensity<lb/> to seek personal relief at the expence of public<lb/> interest and public duty, this like other sinister<lb/> propensities <add>has</add> it is to be hoped its limits.</p> | |||
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one King we were as many nations each with
its King, as there are departments.
As the maps of national burthens has been encreasing
the pretence for this bad economy and this in
justice has become more and more plausible.
The taxes which bear upon all alike in proportion
to their consumption, and thence in proportion to their abilitys have, (it is said) been all exhausted
ergo comes the conclusion necessity forces us upon
the Poor Rates. But how much more plausible
soever the pretence has grown to be, it has surely
never approached any thing the nearer to just
reason. For besides that the antecedent is by far
too much to be taken for granted upon mere assertion
the conclusion is altogether an untenable
one. No! so long as any tax exists in the
shape of property tax, though it amounted to
nine tenths instead of one tenth, it would still be
an eligibleone because an equal one in comparison
of the Poor Rates. The property tax is indeed in
a preeminent degree a grievous one, but the
grievousness of it depends upon the vexation!
upon the vexatiousness of the scrutiny in the case of the commercial elapses: and this vexatiousness
is the same be the proportion ever so small or
ever so large.
But whatsoever be the force of the propensity
to seek personal relief at the expence of public
interest and public duty, this like other sinister
propensities has it is to be hoped its limits.
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john herbert koe |
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andre morellet |
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letter 2118, vol. 8 |
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