Excerpt from State of the Public Debts, and of the Annual Interest and Benefits Paid for Them; As They Will Stand on the 5th of January, 1783: Likewise, as They Will Stand (if the War Continues) On the 5th of January, 1784; To Which the Attention of the Public Is Humbly Requested, Before They Decide as to Peace or War B cefs, cefs, have rufhed into the public Admini firation without having concluded, ior, as far as I can fee, having any probable Hopes of concluding a Peace After their frequent, indeed their never-ceafing Declarations, that to enormous was our military Expence, that even Succefs might protraei but could not prevent our Ruin, they have under taken the Government, and continued the 'vvar, without materially diminifhing the Expence of it; without even having it in their Power to do foz for the War, ou' our Part, being almofi entirely defenfiye, the Scale and Limits of Expence are in. The Option and Power of our Enemies, not in ours. 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.