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Whatsoever portion of the aggregate mass of the matter of wealth is applied directly or indirectly to the purposes of public /general/ defence, against adversaries whether external or internal not to speak of some less considerable source of public expenditure is so much defalcated from the aggregate mass of the element of positive felicity. Excepting certain exceptions too inconsiderable to be here worth particularizing, by the constitution of y e exist g government in the hands of the Monarch is vested the disposal of y e whole Mass of the matter of public defence. This Mass consists partly of things partly of the services of persons. Of {things}; for example, fire arms, side arms, cannon, shot, powder, receptacles for the containing and preserving them, carriages for the conveyance of them navigable vessels of all sorts in & by which they are at once contained, presented, conveyed, and applied to use: services of persons; for example of the persons employed in the fabrication, presentation, conveyancing and application to use of y e above ment d instruments of defence. To /On/ all these persons according to the nature of the services resp tly demanded at their hands, for enabling them, and at the same time engaging them to render these same services so many portions in the matter of wealth must be bestowed /allotted/: of which portions of the matter