Mandeville, LA – From John Taylor of Caroline County’s magnificent argument on the Constitutionality of  The Carriage Tax, available here. A reference to the progress of the excise in England, will illustrate this insatiable construction. It commenced about a century past, and has since glided along until it has mingled its poison with almost every...Read More

Veritas et Sapientia – “A reference to the progress of the excise in England, will illustrate this insatiable construction. It commenced about a century past, and has since glided along until it has mingled its poison with almost every human enjoyment.Its ravages have already been extended to beer, ale, cyder, perry, metheglin, mead, strong water,...Read More