1393. [further continued].
All the States have
agreed to the impost. But New York has
annexed such conditions that it cannot
be accepted. It is thought, therefore, they
will grant it unconditionally. But a new
difficulty has started up. Three or four
States had coupled the grant of the impost
with the grant of the supplementary funds,
asked by Congress at the same time, declaring
that they should come into force only
when all the States had granted both. One
of these, Pennsylvania, refuses to let the impost
come into being alone. We are still to
see whether they will persist in this.—
To William Carmichael. Washington ed. ii, 19.
(P.
1786)
