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of all these changes is, that Money Daily becomes Cheaper while Every article purchasd with it appears to be dearer Every Day, hence it is, that while become Every day Dearer, but the Paradise of the Landowner & the heaven of the Tradesman are only temporary advantages which must soon vanish Like a Shadow, while while the Purgatory of the annuitant, as it deprives them him Every day of indulgences they he has been usd to Enjoy, is a grave & various affliction which Presses hard on Every hour & Every minute of their his Life.
our Ancestors were Jealous in the Extreme of Every Circumstance which that tended to vary the value of outstanding Debts, this has been the Principal argument usd against changing altering the nominal value of money When a change has been renderd necessary by an alteration in the Value of Bullion, The change which all outstanding Obligations have sufferd in our Times has not been so sudden as those derivd from a change in the Denomination of money must be but it has been far more Extensive than any formerly