The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 20 · paragraph 15
The same instrument, says another, obliges each province to levy certain contributions; but this article never could, and probably never will, be executed; because the inland provinces, who have little commerce, cannot pay an equal quota.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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