Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-07

t1ey can have no ali ran y, that A term
Of the S. T. Cour, VIII &c holden thee
three years longer. | think IN wonld
be much fA'er for Kennehuak or Alfred
To hazard flch 40 crpence. Indeed
Mr.. 0. you FAY that Coufts have ben
holden at York ever iince the Crit tet,le
ment Of The country, which is true.
Courts were l'kswf. halien a. Spriag
field, in the county Of HAmpihire, ever
flnce the county was crested, until
within few years lat pan brit, when
Il became inconvenient to the inh4bit
ants Of che county, they were removed.
1t Il is an advantage TO town 20 have
Courts holden IT. Il. they cannot sxped
70 enjoy It any longer than il Is perfect
" confident v.sh the inteFeG If tie
county.
II has been fuggeecd that your cll
culations OF dia4nces were principally
deGgned for the people in The upper
part Of the county, who are generally
lcfs acquainteiwita the ditsnces CO. the
fea-coat, IS yoh generally agree with
w. in his calcul atoms il shat part Of
the county. AT prsfsnt w. i unwilI-
ing ia admit the figge'lion. az It a.
mounts 10 about As ievere charge a
garoG yon, as any you have exhibited
sgainf w
You are p.safed 70 Inform rs, ~ 'at
the country PEOPLE are now hu-hed,
By he eilsbi'(hment ot one term Of Ii.
s. J. C1urr At Alfred !" ard you init
mate thar they viii no. Be willing to be
AZ any further expfoce, for the accom-
dation Of the commercial part Of the
county. You fay. sit is hoped 90 fur
ther aiterations will be made al prelent,
leR we rake oneH the embe-s anew, and
blow the fame OF contention higher
fhan ever" Is there noJ as much rea
ION that The people on he fea COAT
thould he fatisfed, as the people in the
country, and can il b. tu~poted that
the former viii che.rful!y contribute 10
The accommodation of The latter, while
the latter retrfe to contribute to the &C
oommodation Of the former w. fully
agrees thar con teniion ought 70 be a
voided, as far IS il can be done, con
lilieutly with due regard p Juice,
and at the fame time, be thinks tina;
the NOT likely way 70 avoid contention
will be found, by purifying the ficred
rules of luaice, and paying the fame
regard TO the people On the fea coat as
is PAID to thole in the country. Ii
meaiIres fhould re adopted and fpsedi-
y purified, tending 70 pro note the real
interelt Of the county. there Is abundant
reafon 70 believe, that three quar'ers
Of the inhabitants would be fatis6ed,
while the other would have no reaion
TO complain but, until that is done it
may BE- expected. that contention will
continue. In county, having abouE
forty miles fea coaa, Thirty five miles
OF ltrAight line, i It, or can it Be
reaiona5le and jut, that the only tenn
Of the ). ! Court, holden on the ia
coaa, thou,d be holden within tx miles
Of the fouth corner of he county, mare
II becaufe il has been holden there for
long TIME, during part Of which il
has been hoiien more 70 the great dam
age Of the county or even p favs
li'tle e%pencs il building a Caol ? efPe
cially when IL IS conidgred, that much
more than the whole txpence, with in
rereay will IN ihort period n amply
repaid, by laving il the ezproce Of
travel,&c.
If The rules Of Juice and equality
are totally di!regsrded, will there oeno
danger Of lofng Respectable part Of
the county Biddeford is only about
iixteen miles from Portland, and about
thirty miles from YORK and there are
four or FIVE olher towns below great
Olipee, which are nearer Portland than
they arc to York. Will the lois Of ihefe
towns tend 10 Ca7e e1psnce, and Pre-
ferve the refpsa billy Of the county !?
In fhort W. cannot think OF any reafon
for. continuing one term Of the s. j,
Court at York, unlefs il Is ~ recomPence
certain individuals, who, rom a regard
To their own private emnlument- and
without any regard o the interelt Of the
county, but with the preience 70 fcrve
the people in The country. laid The plan,
for removing the Court from kenne-
bunk, one e tic moH iuitzble places
10 FAY the Leaf CT il IN tie county fer
holding Courts, to Alfred, and moi
z.zlouily aided in the execution OF the
Zane. IF, inaeai Of attempting TO re-
move the Court from Kenne5uuk 10
Alfred. they had propelled 20 remove