The Mercury had a great deal to do with bringing it about,-working up enthusiasm and the like,-but there is a great deal of depression just now, and Taxes running up.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Henceforth, the new Taxes were raised and paid without opposition.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
The active citizen was the citizen who paid direct Taxes, and had therefore a right to vote; the passive citizen was he who paid no direct Taxes, and had no right to vote.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae