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Excerpt from American Eloquence, Vol. 2 of 2: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the Most Eminent Orators of America; With Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Notes
We are told by the gentleman who spoke last, that direct taxation is unnecessary, because we are not involved in war. This admits the propriety of recurring to direct taxation if we were engaged in war. It has not been proved that we have no dangers to apprehend on this point. What will be the consequence of the system proposed by the worthy gentleman? Suppose the States should refuse?
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