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8357. TAXES, War and.—[continued].

Instead of taxes for the
whole year's expenses, which the people cannot
pay, a tax to the amount of the interest
and a reasonable portion of the principal will
command the whole sum, and throw a part
of the burdens of war on times of peace and
prosperity.—
To William Short. Washington ed. vi, 401.
(M. 1814)