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Show [ 31 ] :md opulent People z-lt is alledged that They held mol't dear. contribute tothc national Expencegby Taxes there, only the pitiful Sum of 19.01. per Year, for the Collection of which, an Eltablilhment of Officers, attended with the Expence of 7600 l. per a'mzzmz, is ncccllhr 7.--Upon thele Premillhs, the Unealinefs of the Colonies, at being forced to bring more. Payment of it hath not been refufed, it hath. not into the common Stock appears to be unreafon- able, if not rebellious ; and They feem rather to (lefcrve Reprehenfion and Correfiion, than Favour and Indulgence. If They are really in Debt, the been demanded-If one Subject, grown giddy with fudden Elevation, fliOtild, at any future l'eriod, rafhly declare, tha: the Colonies fhould be taxed, at all Events, in the molt rigorous Man- ner; and that Millions of indul‘trious and ufeful Subjects {hould be grievoui'ly oppreli‘ed, rather than himlelf depart from his Character of Pcrtmacrty and VVilfulnefs, check the ln'ipulle of a tyrannical Dilpofition, or forego the (gratification of. his Vanity, in a wanton Difplay 01‘ Power, Submiflion The Succefihs of the War were obtained as well by the vigorous Ellbrts of the Colonies, as by the Exertion of Groa!-Brimin--- The Faith of Grazi..h'r/.tr:!/z hath been engaged in the moft folemn Manner, to re-pay the Colonies the Monies levied b would be an admirable Virtue indeed, it not the Effect of Impotence. That the Contribution arifing from the StampDutio: is difproportioned to tbez'nCircu‘mf'tances internal Taxations for the Support of the VVar.--- from whom it is exacted, is manifellz; for They Is it confident with that Faith to tax Them to- wards linking the Debt in Part incurred by that lie-payment? fl he inimenle Acceflion of Terri tory, and Value of the Acquifitions obtained by will produce in each Colony, a greater, or leis the Peace, is the Conlbquence of the Stic celles of the "'ar-o'th Charge ofthe War is leflened by the fidvantages reiulting from the Peace-~The Colonies, for a long Courie of Time, have largely contributed to the public Revenue, and put GreatBritain to little or no Expence for their Prot ection-1f it were equitable to draw fro m Them :1 Sum, not in Proportion to its Wealth, but to the Multiplicity of Juridical Forms, the QSuantity of vacant Land, the Frequency of transferring landed Property, the Extent of Paper Negotiations, the Scarcity of Money, and the Number of Deotors. A larger Sum will be exaé‘tedilronx a TobaccoColony than from formic/z -, and 1t.w111 not only be higher in one of the poorcil; Colonies, and the leal't able to bear it, than in the richePt; but the Brill- further Contribution, it does not ther efore follow, cipal part of the Revenue Will be drawn from the pooref't Individuals in the poorell Colonies,~ from Mortgagors, Obligors, and Defendants: It and rigorous lvlethods ellablilhed by the Stamp-Act; this be true, does the Act deferve the ltncomium that it is properto force itfrom Them, by the harlh an Act unequal and diliiroportioned to their Circurnl'tances whom it afi‘eél's -, exe mpting Opulence, crulhing lndigencc, and tearing from a numerous, loyal of being a Mode of Taxation the mfiifl, zmd the mofl equal, a Duly upon Property fiorrml [zglvtly ot'rr i J n, 7,, n .F, . , .v 1r-mvn 9 a great Variety of Salaam, mm mm) upon mm . ‘ , and ufetul People, the Privileges The had, in their Opinion, earned and merited, and jul'tly ‘ held 7'17: |