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the poor ? And who, if they had ctoti. nucd in power, would have still increafcd and extended them to every article of lire| from the light of heaven admitted through; oar windows, to the hearth, which ad-| minirters to our culinary wants ? The men who have expended millions on armies and navies, who have given a premium of 8 per cent, for millions of dollars: under whose administration the public debt has been augmented at the rate of a million of dollars a year, during ten years of uncom mon prosperity, and with a revenue in their hands of ten millions a year—the men who have forfeited the public confi dence and are now insidiously addrefling your paflions and courting your good o pinion. Without however considering the Ex cise as forming part in a system of mea sures unfavorable to liberty or creating an influence unknown to the Conflitution, calculated to humble the State Govern ments, and to effed a consolidation of the General Government, eras vexatious and opprenive to the citizens, the following view of its parties and unequal operations, together with the enormous expense of collection, will juftify the abolition to every candid mind. The whole of thefc duties for the year IKOO, amounted to 993,661 dollars 82 Cwl ■l3 • N.. mber of Officer* Expences of colleftion Dolls. Cts. Ncw.Hampfhirc 9 3,255 70 Maflachufetts 40 32,209 34 Rhode-1 Hand 8 6,393 6 Connecticut 12 5,733 96 Vermont 4 2,656 30 New. York 33 19,666 45 Jcrfey 14 5,922 76 Pennsylvania 26 40,977 43 Delaware 4 2,870 51 Maryland 38 191304 98 Virginia 133 40,670 76 Ohio 8,422 7 Tenneflec 12 3,511 61 North-Carollna 67 20,583 56 South-Carolina 67 xl* 3 57 89 Georgia 9 3,993 15 Total 467 227,431 58 Os the whole sum of 993,661 dollars 82 cents, the State of Maflachufetts paid *72,894 88, which exceeds one fifth part. The State of Virginia paid 144, 168 97, which is rather short of one fe- Vcmh part. Os course in these taxes Maf fachufctts paid 28,725 dolls. 91 cts. more than Virginia. Os the Dircft Tax of two millions of dollars, paid in 1798, the proportion of Maflachufetts was 260,435 31, being hearest to One eighth of the whole. That of Virginia amounted to 345,840 60, being rather more than one iixth part of the whole. At the fame rate Virginia ought to pay, 165,610 9, and Maflachufetts 129, 392. So that apportioning the Internal Revenue between Maflachufetts and Vir. ginia according to the ratio of the Dired Tax, it will be found, under the opera tion of the Internal Duties, that Mafla fachufetts paid 43,502 dollars more than tier proportion, and that Virginia paid 21,441 12 less than her proportion. And yet the people of Maflachufetts have been mod impudently told, that their interest was Jlcrificed to Virginia policy, by the repeal of these taxes, particularly that of the carriage tax. As this has been a fub jed of much federal clamour, the reader may be gratified by the following official statement. ,4 statement of ' e duties upon carriages for convejanft of persons, during the year ending on the lift December , 1800. Dolls. Cts . New-Hampshire, *>9o3 50 * Maflachufetts, 14,096 81 ' Rhode-Ifland, 1,046 75 Conncdicut, 4*564 77 Vermont, 180 66 New. York, 7,807 75i 5,233 86 Pennsylvania, 7,335 77 Delaware, 2,565 58 Maryland, 8,683 79 Virginia, . 13*701 47 Ohio, 287 25 Tenneflec, 85 50 Nonh-Carolina, 4*834 3 South-Carolina, 4*329 44 Georgia, 1*214 4® Total, 77,871 41 j From which it is evident, that although the just proportion of Maflachufetts was only 10, 13527, yetfhe paid 14,096 81 ; Virginia 13,701 47, New-York no more than 7,807 and Pennsylvania only W 7*335 77 '» notwithstanding the proper. ■ tion of each of those states upon the prin ciple of dired taxation, would exceed that of Maflachufetts, The next federal objedion is, that the carriage tax fell up. Befi * .ft# on articles of luxury, and for that rea son ought not to have been repealed. But is this true ? No, it may be seen that 11,024 dollars, out of the 14,096 8i paid in Maffacufetts, were levied on 3969 chaises, and 49 chairs, at three dollars each. The reader knows that these are generaflj articles of convenience and com fort, mtar than of luxury; and they were funift to an equal tax, without a ny diferfflhation between the beil and the mod luxurious and the mod ordi^Hpfc HavingTMg|fopriated the sum of seven million three mmdred thousand dollars an. nually to the payment of the intered and gradual extinguifhment of the principal of the national debt, the present admini. dration have made the following retrench ments in the public cxpcnces, viz. [Here follows a datement which has already appeared, making the retrench ments amount to 1,021,553 dollars.J It followed that some ■ of the public burthens might be difpenfcd with. The external revenue derived from Irapofts and tonnage, collected in comparatively few places, and of few persons, at an expencc of less than five per cent, and by a set of officers whom it was necessary to retain in service: and the internal revenues, de rived from another set of laws, collected by a different set of officers, at an ex pence of fifteen per cent, were before them for feleCtion ; and which ought to have been preferred r The duties on fait, on bohea tea, on brown sugar and coffee were comprehended in the impod; were laid by the fird congress, and from time to lime been incrcafed by subsequent laws —have been collected at a small expence, and with a certainty not applicable to the internal duties. A reduction of so much of the impod would reduce the whole ex pence of that fydem but very little, and nor difeharge a single officer. The internal duties on “ domcdic diddled spirits and dills, (that is, of American manufac ture, not imported refined fiugars, nuhich are fuhjeft to an intpoji duty) on carri ages, retailers licences, and damps upon vellum, parchment and paper,” were une qual in their application to individuals and dates, vexatious in their operation, fomc of them extremely obnoxious, some direCtly counteracting the policy of do. medic manufactures, others evaded by col lusion or fraud, mod of them to be col lected in alraod every town and village in the United States, requiring the vigilance of more than four hundred officers, and an annual cxpence of two hundred and twenty.feven thousand, four hundred and thirty-one dollars in their collection; diminilhing the refpeCt for oaths, offering drong temptations to bribery and perju. ry, and thus corrupting the morals, both of officers and people. Is it possible that a wife and prudent legislature (hould helitate between them ? Is it not obvious, that the whole, if any part, of these internal taxes ought to be repealed, because a partial repeal would retain all the collecting officers, and con sequently increase the expence of collecti on compared with the amount collected ? Is it not evident, that the proposal to re peal the duties on fait, on brown sugar, &c. was either an attempt to defeat the repeal ot the internal taxes, or a grasp at that popularity which the majority affeCt to despise ? Sit down, fellow-citizens, by yourselves, banilh, if possible, all didinc tions of parties, take the datements fur nifhed by official documents, make your intered the criterion, and form your own calculations, comparisons and conclusions. Is there in Massachusetts an individu al, even if he approved of the fydem of patronage, of loaning and taxation, a. dopted by the lad adminidration, would consent to the continuance of a burthen so unequal, and so oppressive to the citizens ot this date ? Who can deny the merit of the present congress, in contracting the wants of government, and lightening the burthens of the people ? Or, who, in fine, can withhold his admiration at the magnanimity of the chief magidrate, in commanding a measure which mud dimi. nidi his own influence and power, while it dismisses from public service, and returns to private dations, four hundred aCtive, difoppointed spirits, to increase the pro portion of his political enemies, and add to the number and zeal of his calumnia tors ? Between the calumnies of such a faCtion, and their own true intered, the people now have leisure to decide. In forming the ultimate decision, there is less need of fubtility and refinement than of candour, common sense and arithme rical computation. If there is any cer tainty in principles, or any dependence on reason and experience, the, difeharge of useless officers, especially of thofc concern ed in the pecuniary operations of govern ment is effcntialty favorable to freedom and repubHcanifin. If two and two make four, if a part is less than the whole, the retrenchment of unnecefiary public ex pences, the correspondent reduction of public taxes, and the consequent fimplifi cation of our public concerns, are so ma ny points gained in favor of the people. Fellow-citizens of Maflachufetts, the measure under consideration is particular ly interelling to us. If the repeal of that unequal fyttem of internal taxes is not ma terially beneficial to our inteieft, calcu lation is a cheat and arithmetic a har. BOSTON, Odober 11. The United States frigate BoJion t Da niel M‘Neil, efq. commander, anchor ed yesterday off Fort Independence, in 30 days from Gibraltar. Dispatches from Government having been delivered to Capt, M‘Neil immediately on his arri val, the ftigate will proceed without de lay, to Walking ton. We learn from Capt. M‘Neil, that a partial peace has been effected, by Commodore Morris with the Moors -and that Mr. Simpson, had returned to Tangiers; that the Emperor of Morocco had claimed and manned the Tripolitan veflfel, which has been so long dismantled at Gibraltar, and fitted her for sea ; in confequncc of which, Commodore Morris had ordered the Adams, Captain Campbell, to cruize off Algeziras, to watch her motions ; and stationed an ofii cer on shore to make signals ; that Com. Morris had failed from Gibraltar with Mr. Cathcart on board, for Algiers.— Capt. M‘Neil, after having been relieved oft'Tripoli, by the Confteilation, Capt. Murray, proceeded to Naples, where he convoyed a number of American and Swedish veflfels down the Mediterranean. Capt. M*Neil had a flight engagement, near Tripoli, with three gunboats, one of which he funk...the other two made off; in this engagement the Boston fuffer ed no loss. The Danes had paid a tri bute in money and military (lores to the Regency of Tripoli. The crew of the Bolton has been very healthy through their whole cruize, and now are. PHILADELPHIA, Odober 16. Important to Merchants. We have been favored by a refpeCtahle commercial gentleman of this city, with the following interelting letter from an of ficial character at the Spanish court ; (copy.) Madrid , Augufl 15, 1802. Sia-~Onthe 11th inst. the plenipo tentiaries of the United States and Spain signed a convention for the appointment ot commiflioners who are to form a board and fit at Madrid, for the indemnificati on of those who have sustained loflcs, da mages or injuries in consequence of the excesses of individuals of either nation, during the late war, contrary to the ex isting treaty, or the law of nations.— The convention to have no force or effeCt until it be ratified by the contracting par ties. I am fir, &c. Eighty paflengers have arrived at Balti more in the (hip Der CElbaum, (rom Bre men. WASHINGTON CITY, Odober 15. DELAWARE ELECTION. The following is a correct (latement of the majorities of votes given in the different counties of Delaware for a mem ber to reprefeut them in congress; Maj. for Rodney in N. Cattle co, 957 Do. for Bayard in Kent, 219 Do. for do, in Suifex, 723 Majority for Rodney, 1 £ The election for a member of the houle of representatives in the next congrels is decided, and Caesar A. Rodney, the republican candidate, is elected, by a ma jority of 15, over James A. Bayard, the federal candidate. The pre-eminent (lation taken by Mr. Bayard as an opponent of the adminiltra tion, and his violent denunciations ofe very measure of moment, accompanied with undignified inveCtive, seems to have forcibly attracted the attention of hiscon ftituents. The friends of republican li berty and the government, early resolved to support Mr. Rodney, a citizen of re fpeCtable talents and unimpeached fame: while the opponents of the adminittrati on determined to exert their full strength in defence of their champion. The contcft has been a warm one, and has decided the political character of De laware. Mr. Bayard declared the peo pie were on his fide, and opposed tp the measures of the government. The people have (hewn themselves to have been mis represented, by having, in a conjiituttonal twej f displaced Mr. Bayard. Republicans will rejoice in this event, not because their caufc has any thing to fear from the talents of Mr, Bayard- On the contrary, it is believed that his extreme violence is prejudicial to his own fide, and beneficial to that which h e I poses. But they will rejoice i n t hi»l vent, as adding a new atteftauon to I vigor and purity of public opi„ io , * ■ which, after all, our national charafie I and general happiness must depend. r ' B It may not be unimportant to noti Cf B that when Mr. Bayard was defied ,* B congress in October 1798, he carried his B election by a majority of 1020, over B Alexander the republican candidate. ** B In Ofiober 1800, the next period of B elefiion, that majority funk to 364. B And in Ofiober 1802, he is found i D a ■ minority. The moral, we trull, u |]j I be a ufeful one. It will teach public men fl the policy, however regardless they m>ly I be of the duty of moderation. Thus I we may hope, in a (hort period, a redo, I ration of a dignified, manly, and hono. I rable spirit of difeuffion, in the room of I the difgraceful detrafiion, with which it I has been attempted to inflame and divide I the nation. I Ofiober 18. I Further Triumphs. I PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION. I This is a proud period to the genuine 1 republicans of this country. The support 1 which sustains their cause, every day gains I a frefh acceflion of strength ; and in pro. 1 portion to the vigilance, interest, and in. I formation of the people, is the meafurc I of that support. The wife measures of I an honest administration are maintained I by an independent yeomanry, tooenlight. I cncd not to difeern their true interells, I and difeerning to pursue them. Before I the voice of such a people, how impotent I are all the slanders of faction ! I Pennsylvania, the wealthiest date in the 3 union, and the mod honorably charafier- I ifed for afiive industry, and prudent en- I terprife, Hands erefi, a political coloflus, I in the cause of republican liberty, and I presents a barrier againfl every hostile I force. The political charafier of Pennsylvania is the more important and imprefiive, as it has, with little, if any variation, been firm and confident. She was among the earlicft whig dates in our revolutionary contcd. She fudained that contest with equal vigor with any date in the union. She was, on the formation of the fede ral conditution, among the fird to ra tify and carry it into full and immediate edefi. She supported with zeal the adminidra tors of that government, so long as they supported the principles of liberty, and pursued a course calculated to secure the prosperity of the country. She abandoned the adminidrators of that government the moment Ihe was con vinced that they had abandoned the prin ciples of liberty, and were regardless of the means of promoting the common wel fare. Still whlggifh, federal and republican, in the true sense of those terms, she re sumes with joy the patriotic duty of Tup porting with commanding energy, an adminidration whiggifh, federal and re publican. Lad year the republican majority in the city of Philadelphia, was 125. This year it is 426. Does this look like los ing ground ? The city and county of Philadelphia, and Delaware, fend three reprefen fa fives to congress. Joseph Clay, Jacob Rich ards, and Michael Leih, all republican, are undoubtedly defied by great majo rities. The republican tickets for Governor, for members of aflembly, for the city and county, and for the councils of the city, have all succeeded. OFFICIAL . (copy.) Tangier!,nth Aug, 1802. I-have much fatisfafiion in acquainting you, that peace is again edablilhed be tween this Empire and the United States of America, of conleqaence our vessels have no longer any danger to apprehend from the Emperor's cruizers. This in telligence you will be pleased to communi cate to all citizens of the United States or others it may concern near you. I am, with refpefi, Sir, vour mod obedient servant. (Signed) ' JAMES SIMPSON. Joseph Yznardy, Esq. Cadiz, Letters from France by the ftiip Benja min Franklin, la'ely arrived from Havre de-Grace, mention that the drafts iflued by Mr. Pichon lad spring, to the amount of 150,000 dollars, have been duly paid ; and those fame letter* express a confidence that the subsequent ones will likewise meet with a punctual payment. It is further said that the French go vernment have provided a large fund in the United States to be appropriated to their exprncts, until fall confidence if-