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may be carried ; always fuppofing them ex- 

 pended at home. Bat as to the abfurdity of 

 expecting ruin from them ; or that we fhall 

 not be able to fupport our government with 

 that vigour which future exigencies may re- 

 quire, on account of our heavy taxes, appear 

 to be groundlefs apprehen lions. 



But here I am afked, if the mifery undM 

 which hufbandry groans in France, and fome 

 other countries, looks like any fuch inno- 

 cence in taxes ? I anfwer, that Great Bri- 

 tain, by the beft accounts we have, is higher 

 taxed than France-, and Holla fid high 21 than 

 either. It is not taxes that opprefs France; 

 but arbitrary power j which deftroys indus- 

 try, from infecurity of poiTeffionj and by 

 unequal and irregular taxes. The taille in 

 France raifes about two millions fterling : 

 It is not the payment of that fum which 

 burthens fo great a kingdom j but the man- 

 ner in which it is raifed. A tax multiplia- 

 ble on live ftock and improvements that 

 raifes a million, is more burthenfome than 

 others on confumption that raife fix times 

 the fum. The taxes paid by Holland are 

 immenfe, yet the Dutch are a rich and 

 flouriihing people. 



In the above table we find, that the tythes 



of England amount to above 5, 500,000 L 



This is the great burthen that keeps down 



the products of the foil; mat checks im- 



C c 2 provementj 



