Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1802-12-20
'fsgk5 Portland Ga2sffe.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER %.

foEie neatiOa was mace OF tbs Obf0
country as the feven,eenth State OF
The Union n-rhe attention Of The public
is. now called 10 the territory Of 8faas
as the eighteenth S,ate.
The fulj.a Of erecting this territory
into az independent Rate, was feveral
years iince asitated; but perhaps more
on lPecu,asive principles thao as an
event that ought then to hive talsen
place. But now, having doubled her
population, and acqqired more thao
four fold wealth, Maine appears every
way eati,lei to the advantages Of an
independent government and her ci.
tizeDs, w b-licve are adequate to is
due adminiiiratioa. Undoubtedly there
viii befon1e difference Of opinion on
queltion of fuch magnitude but the
PeoP!e appear TO be generally agreed
upon it, and the voice Of "a majority of
them has been once ezprehed 10 favor
OF a separation from MaFacburets.
A renewal of he fabjea has lately
been brought forward By rumber Of
intelligent citizens in this part of the
Diaria. who have agreed or the fub-
Joined petition, to be fubmitted to tie
inhs5itants Of each town, as the mo!i
proper method of finally determining
on the fobjea.
The pstitions ,-e to BE forwarded to
the Legiil4iure at their next ieilion.
8 Tothe Honorable the Senate ard Houfe Of
Representative. Of the Commonwealth Of
MaTaehufetts, in General Court aGembled,
st Bottom, JAouary, 1896
HgsaJy repr.ttuf, he fa5jsrigery, iab1Ja
ens Of fi0zvr Of ---, IN %. D.f
hia IF Maine.
THAT Thy are deeply
impref-d with the Importance, and
convinced of the expectancy, Of eTea.
ing the Di1ri6t Of MANS inJo iepa-
rate md irdepecdent Commcnwesl h.
"Thst Ibis impreaion does not re.
falt from any averGon to the Cor ltitu
tion OF Government Of The Stat- vjtb
which they have 10 long been happily
GO ne6tsd but f;cm CERTAIN natural
ard immutable principles which une.
qoi' caliy tiaate ,he Propriety Of fdoh
neaiure.
9 lhole petitions which, without the
aid Of reaf nng, are accredited IS trutks
BY every unPr-judiced nnd, NED not
be eufor<ed by detailed argument OF
fabCf CI lyNGlll -dllCN.
(" That The Diard Of MAINE oheh,
to bccor1e st =, when ever its pDpu
latlor and property ihculd be fufic ent,
10 re Der its Government iefpeoab {.
has ever been received as irif evidehl
prcpo6tion.
"Thati5s Popu.aicn is now fufstient
IS proved by The late cenfus, which
gives upwards of one hundred aud fifty
n euland Inhabitants 10 this DiRritt.
- That it has property 10 iuPport ?
government, j. proved by The reoen
valuation, which is among The publi
iecords.
That a territory having thrc
hundred miles Of iea coat, fer one Q
its boundaries, the Bn,if, co@niou
tor two Others, and the fare Of New
Iiampiie for he fourth, with I5O,co'
inhabitants, viii be accommodated
improved and erriched, by making il
own laws. and having its own Legiila
tire, inAead Of beng a dllant membe
q a Commonwealth feparased from
ny the ocean, arc by an independen
l;atc ard territory, viii in our opir ie'
te doubted only by th ie who have nc
paid doe confederation 10 the fut jed
I" A-majority Of the peoPle have de
sla1ed their W IA upon iheiUbjed. Tn
years that have paGe hnee that deciar
@uon, have, ia The opiI ion Of your re
utioners, greatly inereaiedthat major
Iiy.