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House Of Commons.
ere were a proof . At present they had not more than three days work per week , and if the plan were carried into effect , they would not have more iJian one . He had on a former occasion opposed the was ; nor did he think Ministers sincerely desirous of peace . He thought them influenced by the same sentiments as Mr . Burke had been ; that gentleman had constantly asserted that the representative government must be destroyed in France , or that the same system would be introduced in England , to the annihilation of our Constitution , of King , Lords , and Commons .
The Secretary at War said , that the failure ofthe negociation had been due to persons on whom the Hon . Gentleman certainly did not wish to bear hard , the "French Directory . The object of French revolutionists was to plunder the higher orders of society , and to direct the vengeance of that country against this . Mr . Hobhouse , after some previous remarks , said , that the tax was an absolute requisition , and one ofthe most iniquitous kind , since it was apparent that , while men of smali fortunes would pay a tenth of their income , the rich would not pay to much as a twenty-fifth . Re said that it would produce national immorality ,
people would do as in Holland , where , from the relative produce of two contributions , it had been proved that they had perjured themselves to save their property ; it would dry up national chanty as the wine tax had done , since which the rich had no longer afforded that restoring cordial to their sick poor . If there should be another campaign , the triple lax must be tripled , and so on . Mr . Hobhouse then entered into an examination of the conduct of the present Administration . By interfering , said he , in the internal affairs of of other states , they plunged us into a ruinous wara war which they miht frequentlhave terminatedThey
, g y . have attempted to bully other potentates , but have withdrawn their mandates on the slightest shew of resistance . They have borrowed money on bad terms to subsidize faithless allies . They have sent money out of the country without the consent of parliament , and the parliament at the time sitting . They have introduced a system of espionage , of setting brother against brother , and man against
man . They have destroyed the credit ot the Bank , and made'it bankrupt , while the national faith had been shamefully violated . They have cut off the people , from the liberty of speech , and all the means of acquiring political information . They have soivn deep the seeds of our destruction , and novo are ' about to reap the harvest of plunder and peculation . Col . Wood thought the plan defective , because the rich were not called upon for their just proportion . He conceived the personal property in this kingdom to amount to 6 or 7 hundred millions ; landed property to as much more ; East and West India added to these
being , he thought the whole not less than twentyhundred millions , which , at one per cent , would produce twenty-millions . Mr . Tierney said , that ofthe Noblemen and Placemen who had talked of sacrificing their fortunes . to the war , Had any one contributed more than he was compelled to do ? Did the Rt . Hon . Gentleman ( Mr . Dundas ) who was bedaubed with emoluments , give one voluntary far'hing out ofthe io , oool . a year which he received ? Not even his carriages would subject him to proportionate taxation ; for the Secretary of State rides in the carriage of the President of the Board of
Controul , and wilh him may be seen the Treasurer ofthe Navy . The Minister in his spirit of plunder , left the nation no alternative . Because he ( Mr , Tierney j paid for two carriages last year , he must this year , even if he laid them down , Pay for eight . Because a poor man had ventured his half-crown for his silver watch , he must now , perhaps , pay its full value . Lord Temple , although he gave his assent to the measure , thought it would bear very hard on country gentlemen of moderate fortunes , while many great capitalists would avoid its operation .
Sir Robert Maekreth conceived an equal land-tax and the sale ofthe crown and forest lands would be preferable . Messrs . Plumer , Pierrepoint , and Martin opposed the measure ; and thought an esemptionof the Royal Family and their dependants from burdens that pressed co hard on every one else , to he unjust . Messrs . Bunion and Ellison approved of the tax , and believed that Jus Majesty had enough to do with his money .
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House Of Commons.
ere were a proof . At present they had not more than three days work per week , and if the plan were carried into effect , they would not have more iJian one . He had on a former occasion opposed the was ; nor did he think Ministers sincerely desirous of peace . He thought them influenced by the same sentiments as Mr . Burke had been ; that gentleman had constantly asserted that the representative government must be destroyed in France , or that the same system would be introduced in England , to the annihilation of our Constitution , of King , Lords , and Commons .
The Secretary at War said , that the failure ofthe negociation had been due to persons on whom the Hon . Gentleman certainly did not wish to bear hard , the "French Directory . The object of French revolutionists was to plunder the higher orders of society , and to direct the vengeance of that country against this . Mr . Hobhouse , after some previous remarks , said , that the tax was an absolute requisition , and one ofthe most iniquitous kind , since it was apparent that , while men of smali fortunes would pay a tenth of their income , the rich would not pay to much as a twenty-fifth . Re said that it would produce national immorality ,
people would do as in Holland , where , from the relative produce of two contributions , it had been proved that they had perjured themselves to save their property ; it would dry up national chanty as the wine tax had done , since which the rich had no longer afforded that restoring cordial to their sick poor . If there should be another campaign , the triple lax must be tripled , and so on . Mr . Hobhouse then entered into an examination of the conduct of the present Administration . By interfering , said he , in the internal affairs of of other states , they plunged us into a ruinous wara war which they miht frequentlhave terminatedThey
, g y . have attempted to bully other potentates , but have withdrawn their mandates on the slightest shew of resistance . They have borrowed money on bad terms to subsidize faithless allies . They have sent money out of the country without the consent of parliament , and the parliament at the time sitting . They have introduced a system of espionage , of setting brother against brother , and man against
man . They have destroyed the credit ot the Bank , and made'it bankrupt , while the national faith had been shamefully violated . They have cut off the people , from the liberty of speech , and all the means of acquiring political information . They have soivn deep the seeds of our destruction , and novo are ' about to reap the harvest of plunder and peculation . Col . Wood thought the plan defective , because the rich were not called upon for their just proportion . He conceived the personal property in this kingdom to amount to 6 or 7 hundred millions ; landed property to as much more ; East and West India added to these
being , he thought the whole not less than twentyhundred millions , which , at one per cent , would produce twenty-millions . Mr . Tierney said , that ofthe Noblemen and Placemen who had talked of sacrificing their fortunes . to the war , Had any one contributed more than he was compelled to do ? Did the Rt . Hon . Gentleman ( Mr . Dundas ) who was bedaubed with emoluments , give one voluntary far'hing out ofthe io , oool . a year which he received ? Not even his carriages would subject him to proportionate taxation ; for the Secretary of State rides in the carriage of the President of the Board of
Controul , and wilh him may be seen the Treasurer ofthe Navy . The Minister in his spirit of plunder , left the nation no alternative . Because he ( Mr , Tierney j paid for two carriages last year , he must this year , even if he laid them down , Pay for eight . Because a poor man had ventured his half-crown for his silver watch , he must now , perhaps , pay its full value . Lord Temple , although he gave his assent to the measure , thought it would bear very hard on country gentlemen of moderate fortunes , while many great capitalists would avoid its operation .
Sir Robert Maekreth conceived an equal land-tax and the sale ofthe crown and forest lands would be preferable . Messrs . Plumer , Pierrepoint , and Martin opposed the measure ; and thought an esemptionof the Royal Family and their dependants from burdens that pressed co hard on every one else , to he unjust . Messrs . Bunion and Ellison approved of the tax , and believed that Jus Majesty had enough to do with his money .