Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-05-02

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and in the fame breath fufPending his
power of acting, till the fenie OF the
people fhould be taken; when lee an
At empt 10 PADDLE the inhabitants Of
his county with the exPeroe OF two
Goals and two Court houies bat ten
miles from each other when ! fee
DAYS and weeks confirmed debating on
this fubjeH, to the delay Of Juice, to
the great expence and modification Of
parties, jurors and witnef-s, and not
much to the edi6cation Of any one
hazard the opinion, that the [" intereaed
towns" have acted, and will eft, wiIh
as much dignity, frmne!s and eonfilien-
cy a. this dgfntrsfed and difsree' Court
of SeGions.
You have faid many things concern
ing the relative increafr Of populations
winch if | undtrnand them Alright, bog
der upon abfordities. Yet as yours IS
The offspring of three months deilbera--
ton, parents tondnefs may view in L
beauty aud fymmrtry, which my male
violence might "twIa' and torture"
into dtformrty. II may be true that
the old maritime towns, fome of which
hsvs diminiihed In population hnce the
laa cenfus, will increafe from fifty to a
hundred Per cent while the country
towns are ".nearly full Of Inhabitants"
But, hr, do not believe this. My
charity alto which your benevolence,
10 doubt, induced you 10 with might
!" more and more Abound" has in this
particular failed me, for it is impchble
for me, to admit foppoGton, that your
reafonirgs and belief correfPond. The
whole couutTy between the CgTtee5 VIII
lupport more than triple is prefcnt
number. As the land is in general
poor and barren on the fhore, but pro-
portionably better as you advance iDto
the country, the Tea ports nutt cwe
their growth TO their advantageous fit
ualion for trade. The lumber trade
has increafed the population and wealth
on the fbore. This has built Klnns5s az.
But when ibis article fails kenreBuak
mutt dimiaiih, The harbor, which Is
milerable, and its relative ftuatior
TO Portland, will be continual checks
on its future PROPERTY. The fame OBJ
fervations may be applied TO the towns
on SaeO river, iaving however that thoic
towns will probably fourth until lam
Der fails on that river. Then when
farming produce is fubifituted for lur-
ber,s Portland being the beR market. viii
incIeafe while rhefe little ports will de-
cay. IL cannot admit Of doubt, th G
he center of population is aili travel.
ling, and that rapidly, into The country,
and that it will eventually be rot far
below the center Of territory. Your
imagi alton, no doubt, has pictured TO
you, Kenns5nak, as the mart Of trade for
the Newengl4nd States, rivAlling per-.
haps Neovyork or PIiiadsIotia-I an not
re:Ponflbie for theie reveries, nor ihall
attempt TO anfwer them, appeal TO
the fober good fsnfe Of the tsebe eFtbif
county (not to that excigGz,s grad Jfrf mo-
noPollzed by you for the Court Of Sef-
Ssiiions) TO arbitrate between ny quiB
6s5," :. groG mifcOnfrnsio1s," and ',tar-
~ t,ick5 Of ,aifreprej Irritation" and yssr
correa, fair AID candid Ratemenrs and
kgieal reafoning.
| ak tbofe who are in. favor Of re.
moving the court from York, whether
il is proper at preient, until we have
built couzt houfa and goal at Hifey
and paid for them / ak thofe who
are 10 favor of the court at alfred, whe.
Their if the S. T. Court mall be removed
from Tork TO Kennebunk, the Court OF
Saiiions may not proceed to erea very
exPeniiye buildings at that place previ-
Gus 10 the erection OF any at Alfred and
then plead the expeple Of buiIdi Is at
the latter place, 10 induce them to con-
lent that, that court may be removed
to Keane5unk. believe this to be &C
The bottom of'the Proje6. My opinion
has been Uniform on this fublef That
the 5 J.Court ought not 10 be removed
from Iork al prefat That if evsr il
ihould be found necefary, not Ktnre-
bunk but AJred will be the place. Why
this hurry to PADDLE ouritlves with a
two told e1Penfe at once The Court
OF Ssaions ought Immediately to pro-
seed in erecting buildings at AjrrA in
conformity to The with Of the people
and the command Of the Legislature
for they tel Us, with good rcalon, thar