Alexandria Daily Advertiser

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14.

Truth in a new light.--The strong and concise view of waste in our saving administration under the signature of "Censor" which we have to day extracted from the New York Evening Post, should be seriously and repeatedly read over by every citizen into whose hands it may fall. It is a plain "unvarnished tale" of the most serious and important "matters of fact." Not like General Smith's "matters of fact" such as the coining of every cent costing the United States a half a dollar or fifty cents, and the other "matters of fact" of that gentleman so called, which are in general chiefly distinguished for their falsehood; but a true and considerate statement of things which are or may be within the knowledge of every man that can read and has learnt as far as the Rule of Three.

No observations from us could add force to the strictures of "Censor." But we may be permitted for the sake of our readers within this State to remark how far Maryland appears by his calculations to be committed in the late Louisiana purchase. It seems then that the share of the fifteen million of dollars, which will fall on this State, rated according to our representation in Congress. is upwards of nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This is our portion of the principal debt. The interest on that sum. will amount to more than fifty seven thousand dollars a year.

By the cunning mode of taxation pursued by the ruling powers, money is to be indirectly, and they hope insensibly. drawn out of the pockets of the people, for the entire support of Government. That is, there is allowed no other sort of tax but imposts on imported goods, which impost duty was raised by an act of the last Congress two and a half per cent higher, it having been before as high as a Federal Administration thought could be right or indeed tolerable. Whatever the pretence, the real object and necessity of imposing this additional tax were on account of the Louisiana debt, which debt the ruling powers have themselves incurred. At any rate it cannot be denied, that by means of the revenue so raised and by no other means is the Louisiana bargain to be at last paid for on our side. In the mean time. Mr. Jefferson and his Congress hope, that without laying any fault to them the people will go on paying. & throw the blame of the high price of the goods, they are obliged to use, altogether on the merchants and shopkeepers from whom they buy. It remains to be seen, whether the people have not more than the little sense, which this hope supposes.

There being, however, according to the last census almost 350 thousand men, women and children, white and black, within Maryland:---and they having altogether to pay only 950 thousand dollars of the principal of the Louisiana debt, it is clear by the rule of division, that it will not be quite three dollars a head, supposing every one to pay accordingly. True, where there is a large family and the father or head of the family is paymaster for all the rest. it may make some difference, especially if he happens to be a little poor or so. But in many cases, this, we suppose, may be only a just punishment on a man for having too many children or other dependents to support.

Again as the white population of Maryland amounts to almost two hundred and forty two thousand persons, and as the aforesaid interest of our aforesaid part of the debt aforesaid, is but a little more than 57 thousand dollars, it is plain that, as at the rate of between four and five to a family there: must be 57 thousand heads of families. so each such head be the father or master. can only have to pay as interest on the said debt, 1 dollar a year & every year, until the said debt may be redeemed by his paying three dollars a year more for himself & three dollars for every soul black and white in his family, by way of principal.

As it must be very comfortable to know exactly how all these things stand, should our subscribers in any other state, who have not the means of calculation at hand wish to have the calculation made for them we will cheerfully do it.

As to the benefits which are to come of all this paying business, it is quite a different matter, and one which we apprehend Mr. Jefferson and his confidants can alone calculate. Should we ask any honest farmer or tradesman of the Northern, Eastern or Middle States, what advantage he has derived, or expects to derive from Louisiana, he might possibly be puzzled to answer. If he has got into his head any wild notions about millions of acres of new land, he cannot do a better thing than consider well what is said in the above mentioned piece which we have published

All the effect of Mr. Jefferson's speculation, which we have yet seen or heard, of is "a cock and a bull story" about salt mountains, and hogs. and squirrels, and snakes, and prairies. and buffaloes, and so. lid sympathy and the deuce knows what, not forgetting however the present prospect of a Spanish war, and the display of gun boats No. 1, 2, and for aught we know, 3,4.

(F.T. Herald.)