Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1803-01-10
On fbe SEPARh7Tow of MAsWE.

principally in co-npa ative Point oF
view. Wheseupon conc,uiion was
drawn aud enabl-ihed thar were e
para'ion to take place Immediately, ne
5hou!d take rank of Gx Of tie other
Rates Of the union In this number il
Is contemplated to bring before The
Ynhlic the di!advaatageon, peculistities
attendant en- our preient connection with
MafiAchufetts-
The geographical iituation of Maha-
chufetts and Maine, aa they reipea each
other, are. in general, well unie aood.
The fat of government Of bnth is, at
prelent, at Bottom. They are totally
feparated BY the Intervention Of the Gate
of NswhamplhiIe through which the
good citizens Of Maine mua forever
pals 70 get TO their P:eient ieat of gov
ernment. IN journey to that place,
for any governmental purpoie, they
necedarily pafs direstly by the door of
the feat OF government of another of
the United States and proceed on ltill
tixty or feventy miles further. before
they arrive at their own feat Of govern.
fssns. This, sn indifferent perion,
would FAY, Of it!elf, is fuficieut reafon
for fpsedy feparation, 1t lsaa, from
Mafachuf=tts And if cot an ample
reafon in favor of independ-ncy, yet
clear and iniurmountable reafon 10 "a
vor of a juodion with Newhampihire.
Pride and prejudice, and but little
elfe, have been the cauie why, for many
years paf, we have remained quietly
and peaceably attached toMafIachuletts.
IF il had not been for prejudice we
night have found the laws and govern
rnent Of Newhamplhire equally mid
ard agreeable as lhcf- Of Matidchuletts.
Our expenditures would have been valt.
ly lels and our feat OF government,
10 whieh we neceHlrily travel very fse-
quently, would have been iixty or fcv
enty miles nearer.
Pride, miaakcn priJe has, alfo, had
IN abundant ihare in quie ing cur minds
asder or preient iituation. Many viii
FAY it adds to the refp- liability Of Maine
TO 'pe attached to, and part Of, the
yefpea lbIe Aatc of MaTichufe IS. Here
their nliaaken no,ion is apParent. Thsir
idea Is, or ieems TO be that the porch
and kitchen, or rather fome cot hou;e
ffor we are, in our local lituatioa, Who'll
ly detached fTomM aiIachuletts ofiome
fSete'y ediice, is equally refp:fable and
GateIy as tho il we're of itfelf an inde
pendent and lia ely edGce. Or their
opinion IS that domeitic or lervant
of rich rnan mutt be rich or reipe6a
bic if his m 4iter is f. and more 70
roo than if he we're 10 EN- ncipate him
felt, and beccme an independent citizen.
AS to extent of territory Maine is more
than twice as large as MaG4chuietts.
The local concerns Of Maine are not lels
numerous or important than of Mafa
chuferts. Oar landed difputes have
become extremely intricate and compli
Gated in numerous ialfances. Legifla
tive Interference j, continually necedary
10 aid ,he honet proprietors in their
frttlement. The diliance and exPenoe
Of attendance on our prefent legiGature
fsf6 great that it is almofi impraStica
b.e to attempt lis aid. Befdes, there
are other embarraGments liill greater
than thefe.. The local concerns of the
old pait of the flsle are fnaic:ent to
engrof the who'e of the common ftf.
fons of our legiaature- Altho the Po
pulation of Name is equal to about, or
nearly, one third of the population Of
the whole Gate. yet the diaance of the
feat of governmert IS fo great the diff
fculties Of procuring good men to at.
tend there during the irclemency of the
winter ieafon and the experience that
ths people generally have of the little
that can be dJne, under the prefsnt
itate OF things, by representative from
Maine, attending there. has cauled the
reprefentation ffcm Maine to bear no
greater proportion to the whole repre-.
tentarion than one to ten. So that when
any thing is brought forward which
particularly refp sets Maine, it finds but
a few advocates. The butinels of the
other part of the nate interels greater
maiprity-of courle has the appearance
OF being more important. IF any thing
IS propoied relative to Maine It is eaiily
winked out Of Gght /; or luckily get rid
of by fome other meaos. It's abettors
are often TOO few and impotent to with
itand the torrsn. which iets againlt
them.
The fuppofed additional expence,