EXAM OF MR PAINES WRITINGS (CL

Excerpt from An Examination of Mr. Paine's WritingsEvery author who had before written on the finances of the nation, every individual who had made them the fubjeét of his confideration, have uniformly confidered our national debt, as threatning the greateit mifchiefs to this, country Judge Bidet/tone confidered it as even endangering our liberties it. Is true we have not yet ecrie'nced thofe fatal éffefis, but they. Are not therefore leis inevitable, however uncertain maybe the period in which they may take place. The difficulties and difadvantages under which the commerce of other countries has hitherto laboured, prevented our own, from being afi'eéied hy,the weight of taxes arifing from our national debt, as it'is' compar ative incumbrances which _operate on the commerce of nations.(3)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.