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In fine, the general & national view of the subject is this- The Republic is seen to have two great sources of Revenue, and in one of these the Direct 'taxes there is an enormous deficiency. It is there- fore proper when the evil is seen to exist, to search for its cause and apply a proper remedy. Further that the Tariff cannot NOW be abolished without the most ruinous results to the Country is apparent to all, as at present it is the chief source of revenue, and the only one under existing laws that can be relied on, with any certainty- That the Tariff NEVER can be safely abolished, unless there is in active operation, a well devised system, for the FULL and PROMPT Col- lection of the Direct taxes, must be equally apparent to all. When the Import duties shall be abolished, and that great source of Revenue cut off, the functions of Government will be paralyzed, unless the proceeds from Direct taxation should be adequate to the payment of the Civil List, and to carry on Military and Naval operations, These are now borne by the Direct and Indirect taxes, when therefore one of these shall be removed, the remaining support must be sufficient to sustain the burden at present borne by each. The topics embraced abqve will be included in the Report 75 of the Secretary of Treasury, and specific laws recommended.-and some ad- ditional suggestions respecting the Revenue & the Assessment of taxes will also be presented.- No. 1605 [1839?], F. LECLERC, TOURS, [FRANCEl, TO ~l. B. LAMAR, HOUSTON, [AUSTIN, TEXAS]7 8 Sir, I am to publish in France a work 77 on the Republic of Texas: I should feel very much honoured if you were to give me leave to dedi- cate it to you. I have been a citisen of Texas for nine months in 1838, and i was so much delighted with it that I shall come back to it next year and settle there forever. All kind of true informations are very much wanted in France on the republic; I think a such work may be in some way useful to Texas, by directing for instance the attention of emigrants towards it. I should feel very happy to give as truly as possible its state in 1838, and if it was not to ask too great a favour I would pray you to procure the cypher of population in 1838-the receipts at the custom-house in Galveston and (if possible) in Matagorda for the first nine months of the year 1838-the number of vessels and ton- nage- the quantity of cotton shipped- the crop of cotton per acre in good soil.-
"See note•• to no. 1529. '"A. L. S "Le Texas et sa revolution. Printed in Paris in 1840.
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