Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-07
for this oa,cttr.

in EXPOSITION Of {" Reaf5Hs ggaigR nc
Eb1sii0n q Maine from A4a4aebgjstt5."
10 THE EDITOR.
SIR-AS the " reafons" againl the iepars-
ton were fra daeminatcd bur in narrow
limits, they might there have Patied without
more general notice, and prabably without
comment, if the Editors of the Palladium had
nor 10y requeli) given them more e1teniive
circulation. There is kind Of reckoning,
that in its nature renders unneceilAry all at
tempts at relutauon il is that which sltab-
liihes itfelf on the BATS of conjecture, and
clothes the truths that relult from fair caleu-
laton with The garb of improbabilIty and tho
Fl ON it, weakness it requires not the opPoh-
ton Of ltuded argument, 1t iometimes becomes
neceilary in matters of general concern and
great moment, to expole to the public with
lcrutny Of this defcription, are the " rsaions
againli the feparation" repubilhed in the
Palladium With the man who lives in
Maine, and does nor tseIth urgent Heceiiity
I of a fepara,ion, argument NUT in mott in
nanees, be unhopeluly enPloyed-that ne
GETTY is as abundanty msniieft on view
| Of the cauies that lead 10 wealth and popula-
ton, and to the molf prompt and iuitabls adj
mininration of jullice, that realons agalnts
| feparaton TO have weight, ought at leaf TO
have the merit Of plaaGbility, of which, moG
Of tholc republilhed IN the Palladium are
! deltitute The fri, the writer has aligned,
is, that = none Vrafgs TO affirm tbat lf1ias Is az
bretfzf ~ qSDsrAsi' and what is the concluilon
/ that is 10 be drawn from this reslon" Is
Il that becarle part OF fate is no EId "a 5s
| badly governed, Il uuR therefore, DC govern
&C with the greatelf poiible convenience to
! the citizens And is there no condition pre-
ferabe 70 thas which cannot be called miiera-
! bic But, perhaps the writer intends his le-
cond realon as 2 neccfTary inference from the
fri. that g Name 10 g0vsyHsd zVib more ecOaoS.,
BY tie pycsai joiaf government, tsaH Is likely 20 Be
} By ,fpsyaie government" The abfurdity OF
| iueh an inference is palpable. Every one
who has any adequate knowledge OF the con
| Germs of bodies polite, knows, that the more
( compact its members are, confidently with
/, the tecurity of capital necedary for its lup-
port, the lefs Ecndby its expenditures arc felt.
| and the more fully its benefits are realized I;
hence many venture TO alarm, notwithtsnd-
! ing the Creations" that Maine as ieparatc
f! fiate might, and would be governed with lels
expenie 10 the diftricf than aries from our
Prelent connection This is a fubjea on
which calculations may be made with con-
comfortable degree of certainty, and when
viewed in connection with the general in
J create Ct interea that naturally arfes from a
fate policy confined TO its proper limits, ad-
mirs of but one general concluhon, aud that
/ in dirsf oppollton to the " reaions" under
confederation. Our neighboring itatcs under
weighty Disadvantages by nature, are The belt
comment on our want of political euterprize.
While the banks of the Connecticut are peo-
pied with wealthy yeomanry to Canada line,
val tracts of our lands of equal value, and
near the banks of navigable rivers, are lone
| ~ wilderness, and the reaion is too obvious
to admit of doubt. Let US fuppofe that the
Gate Of Vermont had ever been an appen-
dage Of the 0ate of Newyork, and would the
wsakei credulity admit, that in fuch cafe it
would have exhibited at this early period its
prelent agricultural wealth, its population,
Improvements and political importance ?
Would It have pEsisnted, as it now does, nu-