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The EdUor hfc fteelved a letter from n very refpeanUc cori-.rponaent, wr.ofc r.^Tic. 

 uere he « libcriy to puWilh it, w.5»lii do hoaow. to his^.iinMla.vy \ (i-JivK. thit 



anr returns to the quenes of Sir John Sincliir, from a„ «p|,rchenfi:..i ih,^ fom; 

 improper ufe miy be made by adnllniftratUm oPthe inTormitiomlim.cor.vvyal to 

 the public, with 'regard to taxation— Notliing however cm he wurf,: gromiicl 

 than thefc fears. Scotland has nothing to fear ba: on the fo.rrary „mch t,, 

 hope for, by letlinR her real circnmft^ncei be fully known. 1 hcfaft ,■<, tnat all re- 

 venue laws are enforced with much greater rmo-.ir m Scotland, l.ian in l:.nglanJ, 

 which is occafi .ncd by the igmrana of admiriiftratiSn, and the body of the legilluor. 

 with rcfpea to the real ftate of this country, a.i'd the c'.rcuinnjncei of the pco/.e. 

 As a general opinion prevails above, that Scotland is greatly und -r-nxed, ar.J th,t 

 the revenue laws are enforced with a faulty lenity, which is directly therevcf;; 

 no revenue board in England would dare to take upon them to do wha; is done by the 

 revenue boards in Scotland every day, of which innumerable inftances might be given, 

 were this a proper place for it ; It is therefore by giving full and authentic infor- 

 mation to the public, and by jhis means alone, th=t thefe errors can be properly cjr. 

 reaed. Opprcflion may be praalfcd with impunity in this country as well as others, 

 when the real ftate of things is not fully known, bectufe, in conieqn-nce of mifre. 

 prcfentations, they may be thought ta be very dilVetent from what they really are— 

 •but trutli will didipate thefe errors. Thofc therefore who on the prefent occa- 

 fion, with-hold ufcful fafts that they could toatmunicate to the public, aft a very 

 viupatriotic part. 

 It does not fo properly fall in the way of the reporters, ai 0/ thofe who (ball draw 

 inferences from thefe reports, to ftiew the difference that is well known to every 

 Scotchman to have taken place between the progrefs that has been made in agriculture 

 and other arts, where government docs not interfere, and thofe in which it does in- 

 terfere : Witnefs the filheries, the diftilleries, the llarch and the foap manufafturcs, 

 which have been ruined in Scotland by regulations refpeaing revenue, which, if the law 

 does authorife, have never been enforced in England. Scotland has no need to be 

 aQiamed of herfelf. She has no reafon to conceal herfelf ; the more (he is feen, and 

 the better (lie is known, the more (he will be admired and refpcfted among the na- 

 tions. Why then (hould (be llirink back from public view ? She has been oppreJed, 

 it is true, but that opprelTion proceeds from ignorance alone. Let us inftrua oar 

 oppteffors i and the rod will fall out of their hand without any effort : 



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