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8289. TAXATION, Equalization of.—

To equalize and moderate the public contributions,
that while the requisite services are
invited by due remuneration, nothing beyond
this may exist to attract the attention of our
citizens from the pursuits of useful industry,
nor unjustly to burthen those who continue
in those pursuits—* * * [is one of the] functions of the General Government on
which you have a right to call.—
Reply to Vermont Address. Washington ed. iv, 418.
(W. 1801)