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... importation of foreigners into a country , that has as many inhabitants as the present employ . ments and provisions for subsistence will bear , will be in the end no increase of peop.e , unless the new comers have more industry and ...
... importation of foreigners into a country , that has as many inhabitants as the present employ . ments and provisions for subsistence will bear , will be in the end no increase of peop.e , unless the new comers have more industry and ...
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... importation of claret and porter , while a great part of its people live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce ...
... importation of claret and porter , while a great part of its people live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce ...
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... importation now , is there any kind of difference between a duty on the importation of goods , and an excise on their consumption ? A. Yes ; a very material one : an excise , for the reasons I have just mentioned , they think you can ...
... importation now , is there any kind of difference between a duty on the importation of goods , and an excise on their consumption ? A. Yes ; a very material one : an excise , for the reasons I have just mentioned , they think you can ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
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