Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-06-08

and was ehoteh.
The ioule yeRerday proceeded, on its part,
TO the chofe Of a Maj = General of e 9Th di
yilion Of militia when the whole number Of
votes was zoa-of which the Hon. 7pujo5 y.
Skinner, had IlS, and was chofen, and fent up.
~f ", WEDNESDAY, June 5.
The committee relative 10 NotaIies Public
reported il was not sxpedient 70 reduce the
number, Accerted. 1t was afterwards agreed
that ar, additional Notary Public.hould be cho
Zen to refde in Salem an additional one 10
yetfde nea, Union River and an additional
one to reiide at Weaport.
A petition for the divihon of the town of
Liyermore, was committed.
TAvsspAY, JUNE 4.
a joint committee was appointed to wait on
his e2eell4ncy the Governor, TO inform him the
two branches are ready to receive any con1mu
nicatons he may think proper 10 make. The
committee foon afterwards reported, that bis
ExoelleRcy would meet the Legislature at IL
O'Clock this day. Accordingly as the hour ac
igned the two branches having attended in
the Reprefen tatives' Hall, his excellency the
Governor entered, and delivered the following
SPEECH.
Geztlcmen of the Senate, and
Gentlen.en ofthe Houie of Representatives,
WITH diff deuce have againn undertaken
the important Office, to which the partial regard
OF The people has iDviled me. feel greztful
fenie OF this renewed tefirrony of their conf
dsnce, and hope that fair examination Of my
public conduct will prove, that have no other
OH ds 10 view, than The pace and PROPERTY
of The State. Whenever il hAll be thought
that another will more eFe6ually promote thoie
objects, lhail cheerfuliy return to private ifa-
ron. In the mean time my bta endeavours
will be continued, 70 advance she reputation
and welfare Of my fellow citizens; to prefe,ve
their privileges unmpaired, and 70 fele4 thof-
for ruhlc Office, who are mo0 diRinaulhes for
abllf les ard integrity, by whatever name Of pc.
htical dittindions they may be called.
ALTHoUcH in the chsice of a PreGdeut of
the Unite3 States, the rsfult has not correfpon-
ded with the wilhes of many citizens of this
Commonwealth, yet they will ress6a that in
Republics, the opinion OF the major part muR
prevail !; and obedience 70 the Laws, and re.
iPett for Contitutional authority, are efcnti4l
10 the character Of good citizens. We are Ell.
eouraged 70 expea, that the FirR Magihiate
Will not depart from The eGentt principles Of
our Government; and 70 long a. his admi II
tration hall Be guided BY thole principles, he
vii be entitled 10 the eo16dence Of The People,
and their intereG requires thar he fhould poi
feis Il. Bot If il ihalI Be thought hereafter,
that thefe anticipations are not realized, li a
fenfe Of decorum and regard to juaice, and The
public welfIre, fhonld exclude a'perity and
fa'le coloorina, from every diff pfion Of pub
lie mealuIes for The morals and Liberties Of The
people will be ia danger, if the free PreGeS in
the United States, are dilgracefully pfofioted
to fa6ion aud fafehood.
FHE defence Of cur country is con65ed BIZ
the conttitution, to The General Government
but as The chief reliance is placed upon a well
dhcPlined Militia, and as the appointment of
the Officers, and the authority Of training The
Militia, are referved 10 the feveral STATE, the
frequent attention of the Legislature to thefe
circumstances, will be neceGsry 60 The public
fsfety.
Among the various fuhjeas Of State Leei1a-
ton, there is none more important 70 the pre-
iervaton of our Free Governments, or more ia
tereitIng 70 the happiness Of Sociery, than the
In'truction OF the people, and particularly the
Of youth lit IS not enough to teach
children to read and write, and KnderRand the
NIT rules of arithmetic it is ALTO of Importance
10 habituate them to rehraint to form their
te nPer and manners by he principles OF benevo-
lef &c and iuftice, and to awaken TIE nleful en-
eI9ies OF their understandings and cheriih the
vHtuous propenGties Of their hearts. A bad
temper IS often made good one by education
and the difference we obferve in the char a6ters
O. men, y, in great meafure, owing to the
different imPrefions they received from the
examples and precepts Of their in0ruaors.--In
the PTeience Of thofe who are Respectable, they
are accultomed to conuoul their paiinns, and
learn the important leHon Of lelf command.
With tueh an educatien rheyleldom fail to make
uteful and quiet members Of fociety but Ihofe
who ale idle and unrearained in early life, will
be ready afterwards to Oppoie lawful govern,
ment, and diGurb the public peace. Moral |
qualifications are of the 6rR importance in the
Office of inRrutfors their virtues fhould ferve
for models in the conduit of life. If they
are chargeable with vice or impety. no attain |
ments IN knowledge can eomPenfate for The
contagion of their bad examples.
The celebrated Legislators Of antiquity, con
fdered the education Of children, as the NOT
eGenlia duty, and the mott important exercile |
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