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2789. EXCISE LAW, Unnecessary.—
The excise system, which I considered as prematurely
and unnecessarily introduced, I was
* * * glad to see fall. It was evident that
our existing taxes were then equal to our
existing debts. It was clearly foreseen also
that the surplus from excise would only become
aliment for useless offices, and would
be swallowed in idleness by those whom it
would withdraw from useful industry.—
To Samuel Smith. Washington ed. vii, 284.
Ford ed., x, 251.
(M.
1823)
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