Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1803-01-10

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In The irlt place !, is highly improb
fable that an indepsndency would IN
create our taxes. The charges for the
fuppor, OF gavernor &c. are but tri-
fling when compared with other char
ges, which are occnling a. every fstlion
If our legiflature, and which are nos
calculated, in any conf derable degree,
for the benefit OF Maine. We lave al
fned in ere6ing at Bolton tinpendous
Gate houle, which has colt more than
would defray the charges, for the fnp-
port Of COVE nment in Maine, Tor many
years. A penetentiary is now about to
be ersaei at Oh srlehown, AZ the pubic
expence, which bills fair To be vaaly
more expentipe than tie ltate hnnf. was
There is NJ, felton, pan'-s but fome
mighty eypsnceis launched irto, aimolt
excluGgely Tor the benefit of Malidsbu
le,ts. Calculating that the expence Of
government for Maine lhnul1 be equal
to that of the whole Rite at this time
We may v-otuie to aTtrt thar our taxes
w1uli not exceed their pieient amount.
But this is not the fsa. An ndspsn-
dent government would rot much ex
ceed in its coi the proportion of the
taxes now aGefed upon Name. indc-
pendent Of the colt Of rhof- pubic bua-
dogs and pnblic works, which are an.
nua ly eraaed at the public charge, al
mott exclufively for the benefit Of Maj
fachuietts. 'fhe governor of this tate
now has a fslary twice as large as The
governor of any, other ltate II New.
England has or nee1 10 have. The fu
preme judicial court con(ias of feven
jud ges and two attornies, whole f4laries
are neeei!arily very high. The falaries
OF all the principal Officers of our gov
eminent are neceif4rily high. Our feat
of governm .nt is at Bottom, the capital
Of New England, in which no gentle
man can fupport hinifelf, il the falbion-
able itIle of the place, under twice what
il would coit in any other town in
New England. And yet our falary
men mutt live thers. And VIC have
too much public fpirit to with to fee the
officers Of our governmeot cable to
rank at leaf with The fri of our private
| citizens. The coa Of government for
Mime only wouSd not exceed the one
half, AM perhaps nc: the one third part,
OF the expenditures for the fopPort of
the government Of this Rate. Af,er
this vis,v Of the fabj96t | think we may
fairly conclude that, under-a leparation,
onr taxes would certainly b. leH-nei.
While we are conGder;ng the expen-
ces which will probably attend fepara-
ton, and contrating them with our
prefens burthen of taxation, there are
other conIideraiions which ought To be
| taken into the account aud which are
far IN ON being OF a lriAing nature The
money. which we now Fay for The fup-
port gove:ameut, is all drawn out of
Main=, and paid into the ireafury al
Bolton, and is there paid out, ard ex
Pended. No part of il worth mention.
ing, ever revsrts back to Maine. As
the officers of government neceT. rily
refide rounds about Bottom, a!moR the
whole expenditur- Of the public money
is in that vicinity. Even, if folitary
representative fhould draw for his com,
Peniation, a ,riAing pitlance out of the
treafury, the enormous cIpences of fub
llltence in Bottom; together with the
Purchaie OF few trihes TO carry home
TO his family, generally AFFORDS, at Leaf
the whole Of it. So that the treafury
at Bolton is like finking fund to Maine
Whatever is drawn out from Maine
and paid into the trealuiy at Bottom, is
forever lof and funk to Maine and
wholly gained by MaGachuletts. IF The
| gsveFrme1t was within our own terri
tory the cafe would be direaly the re.
Verie. Our ueAfuIy would be but !
mere bank. The annual tax would b,
gathered and paid toto it; and imme
diately revere to the citizens to repay
in; aud 70 on forever. Maine would no
then be annually impoverished as muci
as might be the amount of their fiat
tax. The money would be Aill in ex
ilteRce iome where; and not OCT o
Maine. Maine would be in the agyre
gate none the poorer for the tax they
bad paid. This would not be tie cafe
fit mu0 be paid in, and expended a
Bottom.
| THERE'S however one other confder
alton applicable to this fubjea. Ever
citizen OF the government may have oc