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Show 282 ExtHan-hatibxz affirm '1'rain-din (Gym .251; would attend it; and it. they could be toundhl think it impracticable (rt) plroier‘l the {linips u, «7‘: "-nt and term: e i aces. ‘ ‘0 giqnlgdtlin places where} they could he . p1").- teé‘fed, would not the people ule them iatner than remain in {rich :1 rituarrou, unable ltODobtain am right, or recover, by law, any ile )L; A. It is hard to fay what they would do: 1 can only judge what other people will tliiilik, and how they will act, by whatI feel wrt 1m myfelf. I have a great many debts due to me in America, and I had rather they lhould remain unrecoverable by any .law, than {ubmrt to the Stamp Act. They Will be debts Of'}110... hour. It is my opinion the people Will e1: 1e; continue in that fituation, or find tome way to extricate themtElVes, perhaps. by generally agree» ing to proceed in the courts Without Ramps. m1'litar.y ' i ' a fuflicrent 6). What do you think force: to proteé'c the diflributioln of the fiamps in ._ art of America P ever A): 1:01 very great force; Ican't fay what, it the difpofition of America is for a general rec . _ fiftance. Q What is the number of men 1.11.AIIICI'IC11 able to bear arms, or of difciplined militia? A. There are, I fuppote, at leafl- _) [Qytflion alzjcfled to. agazlz.] He wribdrcw. Cal/rd 2/. A. 1 think not. chfl' qf Com/710m 2'72 1766. 283 Q VJhy f0? 11. T' " greatef'c part of the money muf't a- rife from law-{nits for the recovery of debts; and be paid by the lower fort of people, who were too poor eatily to pay their debts. It is therefore a heavy tax on the poor, and a tax upon them for being poor. ‘Q But will not this increafe of expence be a means of lefferiiiig the number of law-fults? 11. I think not; for as the cofts all fall upon the debtor, and are to be paid by him, they would be no difcouragement to the creditor to bring his action. .Q. Would it not have the effect of errceflive ufury P fl. Yes, as an oppreflion of the debtor. .Q How many {hips are there laden annually in North America withflzzx-faed for Ireland P d. I cannot fpeak to the number of fliips, but I know that in 1752, ten thoufand hogfheads of flax-feed, each containing {even bufhels, were exported from Philadelphia to Ireland. I fuppofe the quantity is greatly increafed finee that time,- aud it is underflood that the exportation from New York is equal to that from Philadelphia. .Q What becomes of the flax that grows with that flax-feed ? A. They manufacture fome into coarfe, and fome into a middling kind of linen. Q Is the American Stamp Ail an equal tax on the country i [Az D.T.] . 51-, Why 2., Are there anyj/zi‘ting-772il/r in America I F I [1.6. Mills for the flitting of iron. O O 2 E.) .4. l |