Journals of the Continental Congress, Vol. 24
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Excerpt from Journals of the Continental Congress, Vol. 24: 1774-1789; January 1 August 29 The year 1783 not only increased the difficulties with which Congress had struggled through the preceding year but also created new embarrassments to intensify the inherent weakness of the Confederation, though the successful termination of the armed conflict was plainly in sight. The political bands which had connected one people with another had been dissolved; but "to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature´s God entitle them" required that the expense of the struggle to assume that station should be honorably met. The attention of Congress therefore became absorbed in the ever-pressing problem of devising a practicable plan of providing a revenue and reducing the current expenditures of the General Government. To the latter end committees were appointed in the second week in January to inquire into the administration of the Departments of Finance, War, Foreign Affairs, Post Office, and the Office of Agent of Marine. A long and at times heated debate upon the various means suggested for raising revenue and supporting the public credit culminated finally in a renewal of the recommendation to the various legislatures to levy an import tax of five per cent for Federal purposes, leaving to the States themselves the appointment of the collecting officers. This recommendation, set forth in the Address to the States of April 26, was a meager result after four months of discussion, yet one that was the limit of the power of Congress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
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