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Excerpt from An Examination of Some Prevailing Opinions, as to the Pressure of Taxation: In This, and Other Countries The doctrine contained in these propositions forms the stock in trade Of the popular orator. When insisting on them, he is well aware that he is touching a chord which vibrates in the national heart, and does not even attempt to prove that which nobody thinks Of denying. But it is not merely in that part of the community where democratic sympathies most abound that the doctrine prevails. If we go to a meeting of agriculturists we shall find it held with an equally undoubting faith. We are there told by every speaker, that British farmers or landowners can never successfully contend against foreign compe tition, on account of the heavy public burdens to which they are subjected; while we are also in formed that the foreign corn or cattle producer is in the enviable condition Of enjoying the blessings of government almost without having to pay for them. 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.