[102]
I will now return to my next ensuing public
actions; consider them once again in relation to the best interests of the
commonwealth. Observing that the navy was going to pieces, that the wealthy were
let off with trifling contributions, while citizens of moderate or small means
were losing all they had, and that as a result the government was missing its
opportunities, I made a statute under which I compelled the wealthy to take
their fair share of expense, stopped the oppression of the poor, and, by a
measure of great public benefit, caused your naval preparations to be made in
good time.
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