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hurt the Revenue, & France prove the only gainers; the Distillers affirm'd that both the Revenue & consumption of Corn by the Still would be lessen'd instead of encreas'd if this Act took place, but nobody appears to have had the smallest apprehension of the pernicious effects of spirits both on the bodys & Morals of the lower People that has since appear'd with such allarming circumstances; these Petitions were however attended to, & so alterations made in consequence of them.