Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-01-17

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thar will patiently attend TO the con
Germs Of Maine. They would feel inter-
eised thar huiinefs ihould rot b- incon-
iidcra'ely raced over, or poltponej to
another feiiioo, under hope, thereby,
Fl 1ally to &c, rid Of it. Local aatutes
would then Be made applicable to the
leculiariies OF the fi;ua1ion ct Maine.
Commerce, manufactures, hihery and
in5uItry would be encouraged Bank.
turnpike and other incorporationsworld
be iu.Eshly managed and promoted !:
and lotteries FOR charitable and D-nevo
lsut purp fes nigh; BE- az horifsd 10
certain initances. Literature ana lite-
rary inRitutions would th=n fad pat
ron in the legiaature Of Maine. Oar
law makers would then conif only Of
our own neighbors, acquainted with
OR concerns, cur views and. lituations.
We fhouid nos then be governed by the
extravsgant maxims OF an old and
wealthy fate. Our representatives
would not have to attend on greater
BODY from day TO day. and from Cedi n
to ftlion, like fone fpsculating land
iobber, without being able finally 70
bring about any favorte mealures for
/ his more immediate condiments !, and
10 no other purpofe unle(s excepting to
be witnefs of the tranfaaions of a
| powerful body, bent wholly upon the
aggrandizeneut of their part Of the
fate.
It may he time now to come to con
federation Of the probable effea which
feparation would have upon the popu-
lation. ltake it for granted that every
we'll wiihcr to the PROPERTY Of Maine
will conlider the promotion of its popu-
lation as an Object of no uncomfortable
moment. There is, in Maine, large
extent of uncultivated territory. The
wealth of Maine will increaGe IN pro
portion as that fhall be flbduei and
brought into a lfate f cultivation of
courie an increafe Of population will be
an incresle of wealth.
Whenever we become az independent
Fate we fhall 6nd'the fpirit of emig a.
lion into this country to &c confierab'y
increafed. The. face Of things here, in
the eye of lirangers, viii wear an entirely
different afpea. Hitherto the inha5it
ants OF Name have been tonidered as
| a fet Of Adventures into a wilder efs..
They have been conhdered as mare
law.efs bandi:li If a .eparaGion ih0uld
take place we fhonld be confidered a.
an independent people, making our own
laws, regulating our onn police, man
aging our own concerns, and as having
punduality and certainty 10 the execu
ton of our laws. We thonld not b.
conGdered a mere colony Of MaRachu
fstts, in which every thing is 100 apt TO
be left to irs own direction and regula
ton, without the aid and fandlon Of
laws and legal punilhrient; and in
which there is never failing luggitb.
ns6 in the progrefs Of every thing Of a
moral, literary or civil tendency. Tn
der Separation the Indictments to EN-
igration into Maine would be every
way more powerful than they now are.
Men of Inc 6rlt ability and of the fra
eaates would be tempted 10 fsa. them
felves among US. We lhould not be
wholly inundated with the mere baaditi
of Other Rates. Men worthy to be in
trufed with Office would be more apt
to take petitions among the ruder fettled
parts Of the country, who would proba-
bly, regulate affairs among them, and
help to introduce fome Of the more hu
mare aad civil virtue.
Under our prefent colonial fate,
men of ability and efa,c but frldom
think Of feltling among Us. Such men
can live where they pseale. A prefer
ence would never induce them TO fettle
in country under foreign govern
neos, totally out Of the way of every
opportunity for preferment and Office.
ali WHO now adventure into the coun
try do il through neeeGity. If they
happen TO be men of abilities they are
always young men, who have never
had an opportunity 10 prove themfelves
fueh elfcwhere. Almof all the large
efiates in this country have been acqur
ed here aud not elfe where.
There is alto great national conGd
eratioo which ought to have its weight
in tLis cafe. We all know and fee that,
at lcaa, one Of the Southern fates is
uGog every mean in her power to cramp
the New England Ra,es and to gain