Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-01-27

~ Lrlzcn 81 tins common wealth
N.hch coltrI u:ed 70 l4tFc'y 10 The
tvuciuhon # treaty with IIipo.l
aud the emancipation ofour country
men. have rehrded honor uIT5n the
'ndIyiduIi aBd iuoreal,d the elory o1
cur nztioL ihLtc ana Other AZ
( heToilni Teeeptiy sNAitited by Our
fellow Citizens, t,gether with the
Nell eqeipp,d and organized aate Of
oUr Militia, are four Is u high fatis- I
i.diou, time when re are inior
med by The Chief NEagiflfste Of the
UniIed States. that rhe employment.
oi 70 &C nay be necefary in couie-
qucnce q Injuries rtceiFed from iome
Of the nations OF EuroYe.
II gives as Pleafure 20 DC Informed
that the State Priion IS Completed
The nece1ary arrangements concern
ing the regulation ami management
Gift, Claim and will receive our early
attentions
10 redrefs grievances, corre6t,
itrensthen and confirm The laws, and
20 make fuch new laws as the COM
mon good may require, is duty en-
Joined ON us by the Contribution =
While we make it ourc orfans aim
10 difcharge this duty with fidelity,
and to adept fuch meafares as the
public good may require, we ihall be
mindful Of the -fugsellions made BY
your Excellency, that the laws may
be too numerous, and that frequent
: alterations in thrm fometimeS ecca-
~iion greater evils than they were de-
Ggned TO remedy.
We are convinced that in order
TO accomplifh any valuable purpoie
the meaiures Of Government ihould
b. uniferTn and confltent shat the
laws fhould be well underitood by
tie citizens, and their real tendency
always known. fneead therefore
of adopting viFionary fchemes we
fliall Iiiten to the Voice of expert
ence, and only apply fubititutes for
fach exiting regulations, as appear
to be manifeitIy oppof-d 10 the pub-
.'lic welfare.
We hail look, with a till more
cautious eye, upon every innOvotioh
attempted to be made upen our
national contribution, The integrity /
experience and exteniive information !
dilcovered by the illufrio6s charac- |
tiers, who framed that valuable IL |
ftrument, and the ferries Of Prblic
profperity enjoyed under it entitle it |
TO our higheft veneration. It's Elk |
cellence appears with itill greater uf- |
tire, when compared with the ephe-
hisra contributions of many nations,
which have fitted acrofs the eye in |
rapid flcceiion, and then funk into
total oblivion. We are not infen-
ible, that our fern Of Government
mutt be imperfect, as was the pature
of its authors but we recolle6t at
the fame time that any propofcd al
teration, under The name Of amend
ment, is liable 70 the fame imperfec.
tiof-
Believing therefore that the Prin-
uiples of the contribution are as well |
adjuited as human inirmity will per- !
nit, and that fmall innovation may |
ahentially PreyerS original tendency, |
We fhan exert curfelves to prelervc
.,in its prefent form, except in cafes
where its opera ton fhall be found to
e extremely unequal and oppreT-
I've. !
The tefimony which yoar Excel |
lency has expIehed in favor Of the
tefoiut;ons adopted by the kesiila-
ture, when proPofed amendment in |
the national Conhitution was difap-
proved be them the lait 1eihon, pro-
ceeding from Stateman of great ex-
rerience, and one, who having been
member Of the General Convention
ruh have known the principles on
which the Contribution was formed,
is highly pleatng to the Senate. The
recollection, that 70 few among the
nations. once enjoying the blsthngs
Of freedom, have retained their priv