Note 752 — APPENDIXES
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"There cannot be devised a more eligible method than this of raising money upon the subject; for therein both the Government and the people find a mutual benefit. The Government acquires a large revenue, and the people do their business with greater ease, expedition, and cheapness than they would be able to do if no such tax (and of course no such office) existed."—Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, London, 1783, vol. i. p. 324.
"Nor, while the rates of postage are confined within due limits, or not carried so high as to form any serious obstacle to correspondence, is there, perhaps, a more unobjectionable tax."—J. R. McCulloch, Taxation and Funding, p. 320.