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be productive. I the more freely mention this, becaufe, there is a dangerous fpecies of popularity, which, 1 fear, fome men are feeking from their constituents by giving them grounds to believe, that if they are elected they will lighten the taxes ; a meafure, which, in the present State of tliing3, cannot be done yi ithout expofing the country to the ravages of the enemy by difabling the army from defending; it.

Where knowledge is a duty ignorance is a crime ; and if any man whole duty it was to know better has encouraged fuch an expectation, he has either deceived himfelf or them : befides, no country can be defended without expence, and let any man compare his portion of temporary inconveniences anting from taxations, with the real diihefles of the army for tlie want of Supplies, and the difference is not only Sufficient to Strike him dumb, but make him thankful that worfe cohfequencea have not followed.

In advancing this doctrine, I fpeak with an honed: freedom to the country ; for as it is their good ro be defended, fo it is their interelt to provide that defence, at lealt, till other funds can be organized.

As the laying out new ftates will fome time or other-he the bufinefs of the country, and as it is yet a new bufi-nefs to us ; and as the influence of the war has Scarcely afforded leifure for reflecting on diftant circunittancesY I fliall throw together a few hints for facilitating that meafure, whenever it may be proper for adopting it.

The United States now (landing on the iine of Sovereignty, the vacant territory is their property collectively, but the perfons by whom it may hereafter be peopled will have an equal right with ourfelves ; and therefore, as new Itates fhall be laid olf and incorporated with the prefent, they will become partakers of the remaining territory with us who are already in poffeflion. And this conftderation ought to heighten the value of lands to hew emigrants ; becaufe, in making purchafes, they not only gain an immediate property, but become initiated into the right and heirfhip of fhe ftates to a property in referve, which is an additional advantage to what any purchafers under the late government of England enjoyed. E The