 ... that they contain in their own nature a security against excess. They prescribe their own limit, which cannot be exceeded without defeating the end proposed — that is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this object, the saying is as just...  The Oriental Herald - Page 541828Full view - About this book
 | 1802 - 344 pages
...is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this object, the saying is as just as it is witty, that " in political arithmetic, " two and two do not always make four." If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption — the collection is eluded ; and the product... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1817 - 570 pages
...is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this object, the saying is as just as it is witty, that " in political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four." If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption — the collection is eluded ; and the product... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1818 - 882 pages
...is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this* object, the saying is as just as It is witty, that " in " political arithmetic, two and two do not always make " four." If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption ; the collection is eluded ; and the product to... | |
 | 1820 - 606 pages
...revenue, notwithstanding the new taxes, is most alarming, and offers a fine illustration of Swift's maxim, that " in political arithmetic two and two do not always make four," and incontrovertibly establishes the important fact, that we are now arrived at oirr maximum of taxation.... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1838 - 684 pages
...is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this object, the saying is a* just as it is witty, that, 'in political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four." If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption, the collection is eluded, and the product to the... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1828 - 598 pages
...not only frivolous but ridiculous, can be converted, excepting by some mystical process, into a whole offence. I hope every man in the nation will attend...political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four. But this is probably the first tinae that three cyphers were ever supposed to form an unit, completing... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1890 - 928 pages
...is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this object, the saying is as just as it is witty, that ' in political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four.' " May I not now affirm, without a presumptuous impeachment of the authority of ™ able authors of... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 684 pages
...is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this object, the saying is as just as it is witty, that, 'in political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four.' If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption, the collection is eluded, and the product to the... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 686 pages
...is, an extension of the revenue. When applied to this object, the saying is as just as it is witty, that, «in political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four.' If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption, the collection is eluded, and the product to the... | |
 | Edward Thornton - 1835 - 422 pages
...assessments we shall insure a proportionate increase increase of our receipts. Swift has observed, that in political arithmetic two and two do not always make four, and this is not less true now than it was in his day, and certainly not less applicable to India than... | |
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