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Show [27] others whatfoever, whom they have not . impowered for that purpofe. A. That, I think, is only on tobacco carried coaftwife from one Colony to ano- ther, and appropriated as a fund for fup- Q You fay they do not objetft _t0. the porting the college at Williamfburgh, in right of parliament, in laying duties on goods to be paid on their importation; now, is there any kind of difference be- tween a duty on the importation of goods, and an excife on their confumption? A. Yes; a very material one; an ex- cife, for the reafons I have juf't mentioned, they think you can have no right to lay Within their country. But the fea is Virginia. Q Have not the affemblies in the Weft-Indies the fame natural rights with thofe in North-America P A. Undoubtedly. Q And is there not a tax laid there on their fugars exported P A. I am not much acquainted with the Weft-Indies, but the duty of four and a yours; you maintain, by your fleets, the half per cent. on fugars exported, was, I fafety of navigation in it, and keep it clear of pirates; you may have therefore a na- believe, granted by their own affemblies. . Q How much is the poll-tax in your tural and equitable right to fome toll or province laid on unmarried men P duty on merchandizes carried through that part of your dominions, towards defraying the expence you are at in {hips to maintain the fafety of that carriage. be paid by every fingle freeman, upwards Q Does this reafoning hold in the cafe of a duty laid on the produce of their lands exported E And would they not then object to fuch a duty 3 A. It is, Ithink Fifteen Shillings, to of twenty-one years old. Q. What is the annual amount of all the taxes in Pennfylvania? A. I fuppofe about 20,000 Pounds flerling. Q Suppofing the Ramp-act continued, A. If it tended to make the produce f0 and enforced, do you imagine that ill-hu- much dearer abroad as to leflen the de- mour will induce the Americans to give as mand for it, to be fure they would object - much for worfe manufactures of their own, to fuch a duty; not to your right of laying it, but they would complain of it as and ufe them, preferably to better ofours P a burthen, and petition you to lighten it. Q Is not the duty paid on the tobacco exported a duty of that kind P A. Yes, I think f0. People will pay as freely to gratify one paflion as another, their refentment as their pride. Ez A. That, QWould |
