Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-01-24

attended nv the Hon. Council, aud preceded
hy The sheriff OF Suffolk, entered the Repre-.
ientativss' Chamber, where i ne Senator's had
Pfeviouiiy sieiabIed, and delivered The fol-
lowing
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Gtr''ss-.a sffse SsrIfs. aaf eer,irsr efshs
Foais IF RtPysjsniatfvss,
OUR fellow citizens, during ,he lat
year, have purified their employments
With induliry and fncceis. No events
Of an alarming nature have happened
to diturb the peace of he Stare and
if fpiri, Of competition appeared in
the late eledion,, il feldom proceeded
20 injurious lengths, or traofgrsiIei
lhole bounds Of dccency and rlodsrs..
ton which VIII ever be rsfpsaed by 4.
vittuous and enlightened people.
This fate Of fociely is favorable to
public happineis. and mua give pecu-
liar pleaiure TO you, Gentlemen, as it
prevsats the ernbarrzilments which YOU
might experience in more unproiper.
ous condition, and renders your Ieg;ila-
tive duties eaiS and Agreeable. While
in other nations, the attention Of their
governments has been neceilary, 70 fc
cure the people agaiua the danger of
want in this State, the p,oduaious Of
the foil, by the favor Of DIVINE Provi
dence, have been abundant, for many
fuecellige years.
The lan5s 10 this Commonwealth, in
almoit every initance, may Be render
ed fruitful, and prove foarce of in
creating wealth and plenty. BY their
improved cultivation, the people may
not only be turnthed with the neceii4-
ries and delights of life !; bur viii Be
able to relieve the waats of other couo-
tries, where a deficiency may happen.
or where The Inhabitants are 70 nnmer.
oas, IS TO contume greater quantity
of proviions than their land commonly
prodoces.
Agriculture merits the attention OF
government, as ore Of the mott eftntiai
articles of wife and ufsful policy. Hap.
ply for mankind it is plealing and
heallhful employment. No obl.tt Of
induRry is more worthy Of our appIica-
tion, or more fli;abl- to our nature !;
and no one is mole conducive TO fobri
ETY. and all kinds Of virtue. In every
well regulated State, ii has been pauo6-
lied BIZ thofe who adminiRered The gcv-
ernmeat. 1t wss refpeaed by our an
ceaoIs, and it would be unfortunate If
thsir poferity ihouid ever think hem.
f-lyes degraded BY an employment, that
is 70 ufelul, and 60 well adapted to pre-
ierve innocence and v:Ituous m lnn-rs.
The labor which is employed ii clear
irg uncuitivatcd land and making them
productive, is obviou1y beneficial 20
pubic. 1t tends. perhaps moe than
any other. to iarreal- the aggregate
population Of the STATE, which /; an OBJ
ief Of great political coniequeccs; and
Il mutt afford the mott pieaGng r5h-c-
tons TO The individual culliyators. when
BY their indul3ry, they have turned a
wilder neis into fruitful field.
Since the commencement Of the late
war, the foreign demand for provifion
has amply rewarded the farmers indur-
Try; and the expectation Of that demand
has occaloned uncommon exertons TO
fupply IT. Ia this way We are Indebted
TO commerce for the increafe of induf
try, as well as for It's recompence. We
have hitherto found a market for any
quantity Of produce We could raife, be.
yond what was EeoeG4ry for our own
ccnfnmption. The price may be re
duced 10 confequence Of the peace in
Europe. and there may hereafter be oc
caiional interruptions 10 the demand
from aboad, which may produce incon.
veniences. But as our exports, are for
the moi part, either articles Of food,
or materials necedary in the manu!ac-
lures Of other nations there is fome
ground to expee., that their price, Will
generally be in a reafonab.e proportion,
with that of the commodities for which
they are exchanged.
To gautd againa the Inconvenience
have mentioned, and to inlure de
mand for the produce of our foil, which
will not be affected by external events,
and al the fame time TO render rs lefs
dependent upon foreign nations; it is
wife policy to encourages our own man
ciadnres. The difpoiitions of men are