Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1802-12-13
FOR tbis Gazette.
To"A WeL1g35sr eftbs Couay eC1o,k"

2 ! now proceed to prove that your Gate
ucnt = bpHlI LA your obcrvatiOns on the
Committee which was appo nred by The Legif.
lature 10 view the coun!y and tx on place
for Gail, You have omitted many things,
nectf.ry 90 be known, 10 form correct judy
meat On the luhjc1. Why have you nor ila-
ted that previous 10 this mea!ure 4 wac The
with Of mt7y OF ,he inhabi,an,. OF ;he county
that gAo he crested AZ A-fsd, auI ihatwhile
there was yet bur one Supreme Julic iai CoHrt
IA the county, petitions by i've or hE hundred
iuhibirlh.s were preferred 20 the Court Of
SeiIiDn, for taat Purpoie Previous TO that
committee, coming uto the county. bur al
Ter their lppointmcrt, the aA of geo e;taJ-
li1hed au ajIitiorll supreme Jniioial Court
A. HH WHY was thi, left q, az the Rory ?
For what purpoie or hy Whole sz,f erac ths WAS
55sr esvs for you 70 determine. Iou ho
ounpi-in ~ uuGsr prAttce ID the Lrgilltturc,
may np' be che proper perlOn q 41a XXI IN
f,as Every thing of thete petitions, Ny unat
Gaj1r;ty OF the Court of Seii1ns they were
rtj-tsA, and why the at9 OF 1890 old not tx
the additional - !. Court AZ York till Ihe
comm ttee had l-sted the pace for col
Giould have be1n ed % fniuTc ID your pro-.
duGtion the ehsraagr or fl'r al sia-iS Esis.
z5.zf. a committee OF the L~gtnuure n view
three PAGES IN The coun \ of fOsk, not fifteen
miles dI.tauce from each other, wiih0u. know.
Ing their relative htuAti0ns y the rcR VI the
county, without a e.rye7 nap, and totally ia
acquainted wna hack t0wa:, muit have had a
fhare Of understanding 30 dering en- inf2ira
ton % form A CORE n OPINION on the cti-1
Far bCtter could they have decided i'll tntir
own chambers. than by this fJsHs!e.e7v, which
on,y lerved 70 p-s9 9.ex and dilra9 then 49,
Behdes, the places Contemplated fui tLe Caol
or Court, ihuu have been The tf. Inficzd ~
the ONLY P'zces vi- ved, unIcf. The c0at.n.ttce
mean. TO decide the quclion ~ s-l1vz7ff't-4
merely az ne fi,ss And behdes all this, th-
inhabitants OF :hc county ueyer conicnted t.
this mode - deetE7n--ii WAS method Aiop.-
ed by the Court ~ Scdilns without their tr-
pref or i@9Fsf content. sad contrary w their
wIihes. it,' anuniihine thr llch dec li1a,
under iuoh crcumlisnc,s fhou'd be- fe. ca on
As concuiirc. You have emitted ~ % ,te any
thinP respecting Y. rti4 lie incr-af- uf ponu.
lsEion Tie mAri.ine Or o.1 tav ns d9 not
Incrcaic g. rapid y ~ tiie ncw. TIE number
OF n1obItsnt, IN the frvcn oil towns. 20 wit,
Bg7vid l@F HHisy W.H, d.sthk Bfftfr{.
end Ptbyrsfb1,gy+5, III 1893, WAS l6 g41--ia
| 1890, IS.65C--Hcrcat- I'D ten years, 1913
The num5sr in tie thirteen othtrtovns, ,bc.ow
, G'sH OEhs, was IA 1900, Io.7i8-ia t8oc,
! IS 656 -mcfede in ton Yeas, 40lo-- heir
! proportions incrCal- wou,1 to 1880 They
have therefore CatCeitI their proportion $500
IN ten years. No~, Mir w tske .hc common
rules Of arithmetic and prove, il you can,
that KcnnSbunk l. faa vsfpine 10 The centre
Of population. II Iuths aIe aabborr. things,
mathematical ttu,hs mun he ohitnAte ndetd.
cUuhder L as an undoubted polfion tho NOT
eilential 20 my purpGfc, that thar place IS NOR
proper Tor Court, wheh is ;hc mof ,ikely
20 iutuIe 70 be neareh % the centre Of pupu-
lauon, zritbgzi r,rarf % Dys5rrf. TIE bo7y nan
has the fame right 10 ieisrt u lie Cou,.s of
I Jullioe for redrefs, As ne yie5. And we find
that thoie who are obliged 10 refort thiiher
IN the different capacity OF party, Juror aud
w'tne;s, arc TO be found among the common
clais q citizens. This Gr, you mutt acznowl-
edge, which viii fave YOU many elaborate cal
c1'atiou' relative 10 the ceBGre Of property.
taxation, &c hyou wall rccur to the county
records, you will Ind mare ba, iis5 & ere, rlii1ent
N the country than on he 1ore, IL proper
I ton 10 the number Of inh habitants. Take for
example the four following towns with the
parties o. record for years iet asainit their
reiPective numbers Of Inhabitants.
WfAI, parties 063-inAabitants 37oo
! [p"hvls'a' III 1851
D"19if ass 394l
Sb1ptigb i3z 1905
Again-Why FIR, did you not notice that
many Of the peIitioning towns had exprriTtd
their opinion Jseooi time in favor Of the reno.
val, and that TX At leaa had chofen fpccial
agents TO iuPport their petitions Bccaufe
thii would not comport with your declaration,
that the hrit meetings rOese thin. Why have
you not laid that Al order Of notice ilIued to
" the inhabitants Of the county" to thew caufe
aganit the petitions and that they did not fee
nj to objsa And why did you not ilate
that after the committee Of the lcfions, at Iafi
winter lclhon Of the General Court, had been
niormed by fome gentlemen of the Ltgi1a-
ture, that their Court had no authority 10 in
termeddle but as tafVi1RaJ that a reference
81 the lubje6t was had to the re~i fraa that
The people OF the county who had NOT petition-
cd might object BecauGe, fr, this would
fruitraie your main deign, which was to make
appear that the bulincf,.xas hurried thro' the
General Court, by taking AL undue advantage
otithe other parys il;uation The vote Of the
Court OF sections Of April laf is much relied
on wonder it ihould be--They never have
exPteifed thC fenle Of rhe county on the lub-
Jeet when acting agaigg the removal, and can
by no intendment OF law or rcafon be conlid-
ered as their representatives. That any fate
ment has been made TO ,hc Legislature, 'fAIfe,