Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1805-1805, 1805-03-18


large eonSoaris Of citizens.
Proceeding, fellow citizens, 70 that qualiEca-
ton which the contribution requires, before
my entrance on the chasre again confer
red on ne, il is my duty to exprcis the deep
fsn{e entertain Of this new proof OF confidence
frcm my fsiow-ciyizens at large, and the zeal
With which i, infpres me 70 to conduit my
fslf as naay bcG latisfy their Jun sxpe6a-
tons.
On taking this haticn OF q former ocea6on,
declared the principles on which believed it
my duty to adminiittr the affairs of our COM
monwealth NJ confidence tells me that have
on every location aaed upon that declaration,
according to its obvious irspcrt, and to the un-
derfanding Of eveTycandid mind
In the tranfa6hon OF your foreign affairs, we
have endcavoured TO cultivate the friendfhip of
all nations, and Especially Of thofe with which
we have the mott important relations. We
have done them jultice on all locations, favored
where favor was lawful, and cherilAcd mutual
interelts and intercourse on fair and equal terms.
We are frnly convinced, and we aa on that
conviction, that with nations, as with iDdividu-
ais, our in,ere!ts foundly calculated, will ever be
found iniepersble from our moral duties. And
hiitory- bears wirnefs TO the fact, that jut ma
ton IS trufed on its word, when recourfr is had
TO ornaments and wars TO Bride others.
AT home, fellow citizens, YOU beif know
whether we have done we'll or i'll. The fuP-
pre.Eon of unnecefary Offices, Of ulelefs eftab-
Hfhments and expences, enable us TO diicontinue
cur Internal taxes. Theic, covering our land
with officers, and opening our doors to their IN
truhons, had already begun that projects fdom-
ieiiary vcxation, which, once entered, is fcarce-
" to be reitraine&f from reaching fucceaively ey-
cry article of produce and of property. If, a.
mong these taxes, fome minor once fell, which
had NOT been inconvenient, il was becaule their
amount would not have paid the officers who
eolleaed them, and bccsule, If they had any
merit the fate authorities nigh adopt them, in
Aead of others lefs approved.
The remaining revenue on the confumption
of foreign articles, is paid chiefly By rhofe who,
can afford 70 add foreign Injuries to domeftic
comforts. Being collected OH our teaboard and
frontiers only, and Incorporated with the
tranfaefions of our mercantile citizens, it may
&c the pleafure and the pride Of an American
TO ak what farmer, what mechanic, what Ia
bourer ever fees a tax gatherer of the United
States Z Thefe contributions enable Us to fup-
port the current expenfes of the government, to
fulfil contracts with foreign nations, to extin-
guifh the native right of foil within our limits,
10 extend thofe limits, and to apply fuch fur
plus to CUR public debts, at iiort day. the
final redemption, and that redemption once af-
le9cd, the revenue, thereby liberated may by a
IuR reparaticn among ttates, and correfpen.
ding amendment of the conititutioa, be applied,
~ fine peaes to rivers, canals roads, arts, man.
ufa6turics, education and other great objects
within each fate. In ii NE Of Wyo,, if iniuitice
by ourfclves or others mutt iometimes produce
war, increafed populations and confuniption,
and aided By other refources, referved for that
crifis, il may meet within the year all the ex-
perfes Of the year, without encroaching on the
rights of future generations, by burthening
' faem with the debts OF the pat. sTar will
tAen be but fufpeniiOn Of uieful works, and
aTeturn to the progrtfs Of improvements.
have faid, fellow-citizehs, that the income
referved, had enabled US to extend our limits /;
but that exten.ion maypoGbly pay for itftlf be-
fore we are called upon, and in the mean time,
may keep down the accruing interea. In all
events, il will replace the advance, we lhall
have made. I know thar the acquGtion Of
LouiGana had been diapProved of by fome,
from candid apprehension that The enlargement
of our territory may endanger irs union. But
who can limit the extent 70 which the federatvc
principles may operate effe&tivelyf The larger
our afociation, the LET'S will it be fhaken by
local Paiions. And in any view. is it not bet
ter that the oppoGre bank of the Miaifppi
thould he fetslcd by our own brethren and
children, than by Arangers of another family
With which fhall we be mof likely TO live IN
harmony and friendly intercourse /?
In matters of religion have ccnfdercd that
Its free exercife is placed BY the contribution,
independent of the powers Of the general gov
ernment. Ihave therefore undertaken, on no
occafion, TO prefcribe the religious e1erciies
fuited to it, but have left them as the conititu-