 | Thomas Jefferson - 1820 - 486 Seiten
...as members of the state, more than cattle, and that they have no more interest in it. Mr. John Adams observed, that the numbers of people were taken by...hundred slaves. Therefore the state in which are the laborers called freemen, should be taxed no more than that in which are those called slaves. Suppose,... | |
 | 1833 - 670 Seiten
...will buy them the necessaries of life, or gives them those necessaries at short hand? The ten laborers add as much wealth annually to the State — increase...hundred freemen produce no more profits, no greater supplies for the payment of taxes, than five hundred slaves; therefore the State in which the laborers... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 526 Seiten
...that the numbers of people were taken by this article, as an index of the wealth of the state, atid not as subjects of taxation ; that, as to this matter,...hundred slaves. Therefore the state in which are the laborers called freemen, should be taxed no more than that in which are those called slaves. Suppose,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 990 Seiten
...they were called slaves ; but that the difference as to the state was imaginary only. What matters rt whether a landlord employing ten laborers on his farm,...hundred slaves. Therefore the state in which are the laborers called freemen, should be taxed no more than that in which are those called slaves. Suppose,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph - 1829 - 506 Seiten
...necessaries at short hand ? The ten labourers add as much wealth annually to the state, increase itsexports as much, in the one case as the other. Certainly five...hundred slaves. Therefore the state in which are the laborers called freemen, should be taxed no more than that in which are those called slaves. Suppose,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1830 - 488 Seiten
...buy them the necessaries of life, or gives them those necessaries at short hand ? The ten laborers add as much wealth annually to the state, increase...produce no more profits, no greater surplus for the paymeot of taxes, than five hundred slaves. Therefore the state in which are the laborers called freemen,... | |
 | William Linn - 1834 - 282 Seiten
...much money as will buy them the necessaries of life, or gives them those necessaries at shorthand. The ten labourers add as much wealth annually to the...more profits, no greater surplus for the payment of tales, than five hundred slaves. Therefore, the state in which are the labourers called freemen, should... | |
 | 1845 - 778 Seiten
...others they are called •laves; but that the difference as to the State was imaginary only. * * • Certainly five hundred freemen produce no more profits,...for the payment of taxes, than five hundred slaves. • • • Suppose, by an extraordinary operation of nature or law, one half the laborers of a State... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1840 - 678 Seiten
...will buy them the necessaries of life, or gives them those necessaries at short hand? The ten laborers add as much wealth annually to the State, increase...hundred slaves. Therefore the State in which are the laborers called freemen, should be taxed no more than that in which are those called slaves. Suppose,... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1840 - 740 Seiten
...will buy them the necessaries of life, or gives them those necessaries at short hand? The ten laborers add as much wealth annually to the State, increase...hundred slaves. Therefore the State in which are the laborers called freemen, should be taxed no more than that in which are those called slaves. Suppose,... | |
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The ten labourers add as much wealth annually to the state, increase its exports as much, in the one case as the other. Certainly five hundred freemen produce no more profits, no greater surplus for the payment of taxes, than five hundred slaves. Therefore... 
