Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser., 1803-01-03


ha5itants, which are now contained N
Maine. And was allo liluatrd under
all the Disadvantages sefulsing from an
entire exoluiion from any commercial
intercourfe With any oher quarter
Upon a moderate calculation therefore,
confideIing the fuperior iituation OF
Maine for commerce. its wealth would
be probably adequate 70 the purchaie
Of four times the property of the itate
of Kentucky, a, the time it was erected
into a late.
Il is but lately tha, Tenneaee was
admitted into the union. When hrlt
admitted i. was United 10 but one re-
preventative in the general government
Its iituation is equslly d;iadvantageous
for commerce with that of kentucky.
Its condition as to wealth is PROBABLY
in the fame prcpcrtion, having regard
to its population, as that OF Kentucky
bears 10 the wealth Of Maine. The
property Of Maine therefore is at this
time equal in all probability TO ten times
the property of Tenne1ee : And yet
Tenneaee has an equal weight in the
Senate of the Unired States with any
other ltate in the union: And Maine is
not in faet even repreiented in shat
body.
But The climax does not even lfop
here. There Is ltate formed or FORM
ing in the Northwestern Territory out
of - nobody can tell what-At
any rate out of ma terials inferior to any
,hst have heretofore gone 10 the com
petition OF any other of the United
States There has, for few years
paa. been a representative from that
qoarter, in the federal government,
under the title OF a delegate. It feems,
allo, by the lalf Genius of ISoo) that
they are not YET fuf1ici:ntly Populous TO
TO be entitled TO more than one repre-
tentative altho, by becoming an inde-
pendent fate, they are Of equal rank
and Importance in the Senate Of the
United States, with any hate in the
union. What the wealth of this lare
may amount 70 il is hard to tell-per
haps equal TO the town or Portland in
Maine. Polibly il may be equal, in
point Of wealth, 10 the counties Of
Hancock and w Wilmington in Maine
The fate oI Vermont, under The new
Genius, is entitled to no more than fonr
Representatives in the United States go
vernment Rhodeiiland to no more
than TWO Georgia 10 bur four and
Delaware 20 but one. We have now
a right to lend four and have nearly
the population 10 entiIle Us TO Ave
Were we to bc admitted into the union
at this time we ihould be fupeTor 10 fix
ether of The ftates Of the UNION iome
OF which have been independent ltates
ever fince the ettabiihmenJ of the union.
After giving thefe reflections their
due weight, il we fhould now decline
proceeding with the buinsfs OF the pro
Poled feparatir1, after it has been 60
fairy and Juitcioufly let on foot, VIII
not iouthernmen have fone pretert for
their imputation of want Of fpiit Of
activity and energy in the contribution
OF northernmsn Who will be able TO
deny that their mental faculties, as it
refPe.is forefght OF their bsa inrereRs,
and the mealures calculated 10 produce
the fame, are as torpid and frozen as
The region they live in ? There would
certainly be TOO much realon for fuch
an obiervaiion in fuch IN event.
AS 10 our ability to govern ourf:lves
no man in his lober lenfes will under-
take 10 exprefs doubt upon the fub.
jea.
A MAN OF THE WOODS.