1594. CONGRESS, Taxation and.—
I
like the power given the Legislature [in the
Federal Constitution] to levy taxes, and for
that reason solely approve of the greater
House being chosen by the people directly.
For though I think a House chosen by them
will be very illy qualified to legislate for the
Union, for foreign nations, &c., yet this evil
does not weigh against the good of preserving
inviolate the fundamental principle that the
people are not to be taxed but by representatives
chosen immediately by themselves.—
To James Madison. Washington ed. ii, 328.
Ford ed., iv, 475.
(P.
1787)
