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^hey do not make sufficient profit on their 

 land to pay the taxes. The negro tax is like- 

 wise very heavy upon landed property ; and, 

 as these accumulated burthens encrease dai- 

 ly, cultivation cannot, except by extension^ 

 furnish the means of payment. Then, 

 look to the aggrandisement of their govern- 

 ment; — the president's salary of twenty-live 

 thousand dollars per year; the various re- 

 presentatives in assembly, congress, or se- 

 nate, each man six dollars per day.— 

 There are many public buildings to erect In 

 the new city : congress-hall and the president 's 

 house, both magnificent structures ; the 

 navy, war, and treasury-offices ; and various 

 others, which the Americans pay yearly tri- 

 bute to. And, although it is said there is 

 no tax to pay, it is a mistake : for there is a 

 stamp-duty on all bonds and notes, &c. 

 But if not in the hat, there is a tax on it : 

 the hat that is bought at Liverpool at five 

 shillings and six pence, is sold at Baltimore 

 for thirty-seven shillings and six pence, 

 which is twenty-five shillings sterling ; and 



