Mr. King had rather, at any time, smooth over a quarrel, than increase the exasperation by dealing sternly with its causes. With his thousand noble and excellent qualities, he lacked the energy of will and unflinching severity necessary to probe such a difficulty to the bottom, and see that justice was done at whatever cost. A great wrong was committed, though doubtless with good intentions and a patriotic heart.
The following Tax Tables, showing the relative amount of taxation during the last two years of the war, are extracted from voluminous tables found in the revenue department. The whole to be found in Ingersoll's History of the War of 1812.
Internal Duties which accrued on Stills and Boilers.
| STATES OR TERRITORIES. | In 1814. | In 1815. |
| Domestic materials. | Foreign materials. | Domestic materials. | Foreign materials. |
| New Hampshire | 3,982 50 | 213 90 | 888 69 | 3,015 90 |
| Massachusetts | 33,735 64 | 39,272 28 | 23,381 83 | 57,959 11 |
| Vermont | 31,836 54 | | 14,263 00 | |
| Rhode Island | 6,918 73 | 9,346 50 | 4,073 28 | 8,440 80 |
| Connecticut | 50,067 34 | 50,867 66 | 3,524 65 | |
| New York | 225,979 31 | 6,201 45 | 120,522 03 | 10,299 23 |
| New Jersey | 54,845 67 | 25,033 72 | 4,953 90 | |
| Pennsylvania | 392,536 23 | 56 70 | 228,042 13 | |
| Delaware | 4,457 64 | | 209 11 | |
| Maryland | 60,378 10 | | 28,910 87 | |
| Virginia | 264,135 97 | 3 50 | 87,702 63 | |
| North Carolina | 87,738 22 | | 13,353 81 | |
| Ohio | 75,596 85 | | 33,819 16 | |
| Kentucky | 141,157 50 | | 57,807 62 | |
| South Carolina | 66,941 37 | 1,425 00 | 12,615 84 | 2,550 77 |
| Tennessee | 77,091 59 | 34,244 77 | | |
| Georgia | 29,262 34 | 925 00 | 14,929 56 | 864 00 |
| Louisiana | 7,741 84 | | 6,109 72 | |
| Illinois Territory | 605 35 | | 214 91 | |
| Michigan | " | | | | |
| Indiana | " | 2,358 50 | | 923 20 | |
| Missouri | " | 2,033 95 | | 1,631 08 | |
| Mississippi | " | 1,862 41 | | 958 48 | |
| District of Columbia | 279 27 | | | |
| | Total | 1,621,542 86 | 57,444 33 | 760,804 22 | 91,608 36 |
Internal Duties which accrued on Spirits distilled in the United States.
| STATES OR TERRITORIES. | In 1815. |
| Domestic materials. | Foreign materials. |
| At 20 cents per gal. | At 25 cents per gal. | At 20 cents per gal. |
| New Hampshire | 861 81 | 137 05 | 4,840 81 |
| Massachusetts | 29,877 84 | 1,548 14 | 110,147 27 |
| Vermont | 18,017 56 | 816 14 | |
| Rhode Island | 6,097 71 | | 12,185 97 |
| Connecticut | 52,996 04 | 3,692 09 | 5,645 20 |
| New York | 199,645 92 | 5,672 31 | 15,519 65 |
| New Jersey | 69,081 42 | 10,329 74 | 5,477 20 |
| Pennsylvania | 381,484 71 | 38,393 24 | |
| Delaware | 600 35 | 22,295 38 | |
| Maryland | 66,177 25 | 32,428 34 | |
| Virginia | 179,387 95 | 201,566 82 | |
| North Carolina | 21,961 11 | 175,922 07 | |
| Ohio | 56,653 68 | 15,128 83 | |
| Kentucky | 114,644 40 | 39,569 10 | |
| South Carolina | 19,640 77 | 68,107 41 | 3,391 30 |
| Tennessee | 55,284 66 | 56,573 59 | |
| Georgia | 17,563 00 | 65,162 75 | 2,021 60 |
| Louisiana | 12,756 54 | 177 35 | |
| Illinois Territory | 549 23 | 701 26 | |
| Michigan | " | | | |
| Indiana | " | 641 50 | 2,508 17 | |
| Missouri | " | 833 50 | 622 89 | |
| Mississippi | " | 583 37 | 1,045 90 | |
| District of Columbia | | | |
| | Total | 1,305,340 39 | 742,398 57 | 159,229 00 |
Internal Duties which accrued on Carriages.
| STATES OR TERRITORIES. | In 1814. | In 1815. |
| Number. | Duty. | Number. | Duty. |
| New Hampshire | 3,279 | 6,895 51 | 3,337 | 4,514 09 |
| Massachusetts | 14,934 | 33,995 64 | 14,184 | 21,748 49 |
| Vermont | 1,227 | 2,890 24 | 1,628 | 2,443 09 |
| Rhode Island | 1,232 | 2,877 50 | 722 | 1,123 03 |
| Connecticut | 5,262 | 13,419 80 | 6,319 | 10,202 46 |
| New York | 6,499 | 22,834 15 | 7,715 | 18,675 91 |
| New Jersey | 4,502 | 16,781 26 | 7,892 | 14,790 02 |
| Pennsylvania | 7,848 | 26,800 80 | 8,361 | 20,076 29 |
| Delaware | 2,261 | 5,228 21 | 2,081 | 4,018 58 |
| Maryland | 5,014 | 17,676 78 | 4,550 | 13,283 87 |
| Virginia | 8,067 | 30,401 80 | 7,047 | 20,147 24 |
| North Carolina | 5,766 | 14,147 44 | 4,859 | 8,907 95 |
| Ohio | 160 | 628 36 | 219 | 732 45 |
| Kentucky | 610 | 3,025 77 | 546 | 3,192 86 |
| South Carolina | 4,560 | 15,411 58 | 4,178 | 11,345 94 |
| Tennessee | 209 | 778 22 | 154 | 781 43 |
| Georgia | 2,667 | 7,159 75 | 1,948 | 6,095 60 |
| Louisiana | 495 | 1,435 83 | 430 | 1,357 27 |
| Illinois Territory | 19 | 66 62 | 18 | 36 75 |
| Michigan | " | 31 | 76 00 | 28 | 60 00 |
| Indiana | " | 4 | 6 00 | 5 | 17 44 |
| Missouri | " | 18 | 79 00 | 6 | 47 00 |
| Mississippi | " | 78 | 371 00 | 73 | 371 98 |
| District of Columbia | 353 | 2,171 21 | 316 | 1,747 57 |
| | Total | 77,095 | 225,156 47 | 76,616 | 165,717 31 |
Internal Duties which accrued on Licenses to Retailers.
| STATES OR TERRITORIES. | In 1814. | In 1815. |
| New Hampshire | 18,449 00 | 24,535 64 |
| Massachusetts | 86,211 12 | 113,906 95 |
| Vermont | 14,417 00 | 22,337 54 |
| Rhode Island | 16,058 00 | 10,093 53 |
| Connecticut | 32,820 26 | 42,616 04 |
| New York | 174,748 76 | 201,757 84 |
| New Jersey | 29,701 00 | 35,607 87 |
| Pennsylvania | 160,939 21 | 153,018 84 |
| Delaware | 10,102 88 | 8,093 12 |
| Maryland | 49,256 20 | 58,747 36 |
| Virginia | 52,038 68 | 69,620 64 |
| North Carolina | 23,985 00 | 32,967 98 |
| Ohio | 20,574 00 | 26,923 23 |
| Kentucky | 19,255 00 | 23,789 71 |
| South Carolina | 26,599 00 | 28,142 91 |
| Tennessee | 10,462 00 | 13,280 54 |
| Georgia | 13,908 00 | 24,454 33 |
| Louisiana | 7,497 00 | 9,773 09 |
| Illinois Territory | 1,115 00 | 1,248 80 |
| Michigan | " | 1,405 00 | 1,817 10 |
| Indiana | " | 2,191 00 | 3,139 59 |
| Missouri | " | 1,540 00 | 1,861 46 |
| Mississippi | " | 3,692 00 | 4,837 74 |
| District of Columbia | 10,140 00 | 14,872 62 |
| | 786,005 11 | 927,444 47 |