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Show [34] " Pittance hardly earned, pays the high Duties " of Cufloms and Excife in the Price of his Con" fumptions, has Reafon to complain," if immenfe Sums arc railhd upon the Inhabitants of the Colonies e/frwbere. By fuch Artifices and Sophiftry, is Ignorance milled, Credulity deceived, and Prejudices excited. Thus Opprefiion gains the Credit of Equity, Cruelty pziffes for Moderation, and Ty- fanny for Juf'tice; and the Man who deferves Reproach, is celebrated by Adulation, and applauded by Delufion for his Wifdom and patriotic Virtues. [35] ty; and moreover the Planter mul't contribute to the Support of the expenfive internal Government of the Colony, in which He 9" rehdes. Is it objected, that the Duties charged upon Tobacco, fall ultimately upon the Confumers of this Commodity in the confequential Price fet upon it? Be it To, and let the Principle be ef'tablifhed that all Taxes upon a Commodity, are paid by the Confumers of it, and the Confequence of this Principle be fairly drawn, and equally applied. Brit/715 Nation from Taxes paid by the Colonies in GREAT BRITAIN, and even tine mofl ignorant Brit ifh Cottager, not impofed upon by infamous Mili e- The Britzfla Confumers, therefore, ultimately pay the high Duties laid upon Tobacco, 111 Proportion to the Qlantity of that Commodity which They confume-The Colonies therefore, in Pro- prefentation, muft perceive, that it is of no Con- portion to their Confumption or Britt/b Manufac- The Truth is, that a vaf't Revenue arifes to the fequence to his liiafe and Relief, whether the ties raifed upon flnzerim are paid there, and Duthence afterwards remitted to Great Britain, or paid at firfl upon the produce of the Coloni es in Great Bri/ain. tures, pay alfo the high Duties of Cufioms and Excite, with which the Manufacturers are charged in the confequential Price fet upon their Conlumptions-ln their Pafiage moreover, from the Britifla Manufacturers to the A'mmmn Importers, the Commodities go through a great many PIands, In the Article of Tobacco, for Inflance, the Planter pays a Tax upon that Produce ofhis Land and Labour confirmed in Great Britain, more than Six Times the clear Sum received by Him for it, befidcs the Expences of Freight, Commiflion and other Charges, and double Fre ight, Commifiion and Charges upon the Tobacco which the Bri/i/IJ Merchants, Mar re-exported, by iners and other Bri/i/IJ Subjects, are fupported -a Tax, at leafl, 'equal to what is paid by any Farmer of Great Britain, pofi‘eli‘ed of the fame Degree of Proper5 ~ W3 by which their Colts are enhanced ; the Paétors, the Carriers, the Shop-keepers, the Merchants, the Brokers, the Porters, the Watermen, the Ma. riners, and others, have their refpeétive Profits, from which They derive their Subfiltence, and the Support of their Families, and are enabled to pay the high Duties of Cufioms and hxcrie, 1n the Price of their * Confumptions. The Policy of the late Regulations of the Colonies is of the fame Character With their Jul'trce * See the Appendix. F 9, and |