Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1804-01-07

FINAL ltates as ieamen or manufacturers.
This event if it ever arrives, mutt be dif-
tant. A pofible exception only, may
exit in favor of Maine, bat when we cor.
fder its climate and variety of othet
circumstances, It is believed to form no
fold objection to this tatement.
By the fame rule of deciding, the reh-
due of the fates mutt be called great !;
TO- although Georgia and fevcral others
are not Efficiently porulous at this time,
to be conGdefed relatively great iates !,
yet their prolpe6 ofincreaTe With other
circumstances, fairly bring them within
thedefcription, in refped to the operation
of the mealure now untler confederation.
1t will be recolle6ted that in the various
turns which this debate has taken, gen.
tlemen have repeatedly faid that The con.
ititution was formed for the people, that
the good Of the whole was its Object, that
nothing was dilcernible in it like contef
of aates, nothing like jealoufy of FINAL
fates againlt the great; and although fuch
diitin6tionS and jealoufes might have ex-
lied under the ffIt confederation vet
they could have no exiAepce under the.
laft. And one gentlenan tNlr Smith of
Maryland has faid that be has been a
member of this government ten wears,
and has heard nothing Of Great and fmaIl
ltateS, as in the leaf affecting the opera
ton Of government, or the feelings of
thofe who administered it.
Proprietv therefore, requires that we
aastcntively Examine the contribution itrelf,
not only TO obtain correa ideas upon
thefe observations, 70 repeatedly urged
but TO place IN the proper light the ope-7
rations and effects of the retolution in
debate.
If We attend TO the contribution, We
flall Immediately find evident marks of
conceffion and compromife, arc that The
parties 10 theie concefions were the great.
and fmaIl liates. And ne members Of,
the convention who formed the intiru-.
ment have, in private Information andfgl
public COMMUNICATIONS, united in the
declaration, that the contribution wa the
refulr of CORRECTION and compromii be,
tween the great and fmall fates. Illhis
examination of the conititu4ion it vii be-
impofible TO keep out of view our Vii
-s~lafinrle nnder The firif cbnfedertop..
We primarily united upon the footit of
complete fate equality, each ltatehad
one, and no fate Rad more that one (ote
IN the federal councillor congreis. With
Iuch confederation we fpccefSfuIlv Mg-
e war, and became an independent na-
ion. When we we've relieved from the. /,
preiiure of war, that confederation. both
u itrutture and power, was found made
luate TO the purpoies for which it was
.ttablIhed. Under theie circumstances. |
ne ttates, by their convention entered in /
Q new agreement upon principles bet
er adapfedto promote their mutual.lecur-
ty and happmeis. But this lait agreement !
Z contribution, under which we are now
lnited, was mahifeitly carved out of the
Irlt confederation. The lmali Rates ad-
iered tenaciouiTy TO the principle of iiare
aN.lai ltys and gave up only part Of this n
;,S(aslve principle, complete fate eqaak &
IA yaasd that with evident caution and re-
t tbSs 10 this federative principle
s ara attached by habit and their.
$500 III was iah6tioned ana corroboI
anc;@n = s =, axample fmotf If not all thse
Ana 49, modern contederacies.
,we;ght i H. great ftates claimed
nors G ~ - ,,bfeB Of the nation pro-
tbs ,Sovsl,,, = plumbers and wealth,
obvious tendency to M fssn' As wen - -
" Of the fmall ftates M rnce me iovefeiSn,
ferrous obftacles tons aaSIssre P'1 sI
ElS, that We find in the ce lon TEL
one entire departure from \ Gi'e eb' eu.
T! Prln S The Houie Of Replsenla1ires
IS . elta2liihed upon the popular r;ne;nls
ana given TO numbers and wealth. -
The Oraaf lfnfac NJ, h;nh -. 1Ol "