Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-01-12


70 ne Settlsrs III tie Comfy Of Liz
ce{t who haze pos acquired legal =
tLe 10 thcir Lands.
FELLOW CITIZENS,
THAT YOU feel tie conviction, that
you have no legal title to the lands vou are
on, the most Of you acknowledge J; ard your
extreme reluctance to decision at law,
md opposition where any such decision h.Ss
been obtained, is strong and convincing
proof You express wish That the Legis-
ture Of the Commonwealth would interfere,
that they would make such law rs YOU
would dictate, aald compel The pICprietors
10 abandon their rig t, or transfer it to YOU
Would this be iUst Has a certain portion
Of the inhabitants Of Lincoln county, any
Stronger * asons to urge for law 90 accom-
mOdate their peculiar interests, than the IN
habtants Of Hampshire, Berkshire, or any
other county III other words, ought rut
the law by which real estate il holden t. be
predicated on the same principle, and TO OPP
perate equally tLro the state
know, and am ever ready Il acknowledge
that many Of YOU have suffered extreme
ha dships--tbat YOU were under peculiar IN
cenyenienccs, when you SIT down upon tie
land you now occupy. But would not this
have been your situation, would rot Your
hardships and inconyeniences have been -
great and severe, if YOU bad bought and paid
for your lands at first How then can lie
hardships and Inconvenience you sustained
be pleaded IN support Of q clam, where og
have no title ? W oud not these hardships
"a vy,Dra Y,ror,a,stv-
scented and urged, To obtain easy terms with
him, in whom Gle little Il vested The
Legislature have il fact, nothing to DO IL
settlement between YOU and the real propri-
etOls, only TO sec that the laws arc adapted
to the general circumstances and genius az
their constituents, that they are impartiaIly &
uniformly administered, giving YOU the same
share IN then protection as other caizens,
in other parts Oh tie Commonwealth, aud no
greater.
Upon the most deliberate examination Of
the circumstances, tins appears to the writer
TO be the true state OF the case, hoveverdisl
agreeable II may be to some u you To hear
it. What then you viii inquire must we
do ! My answer is, agree with volr adj
yersary quickly" Let the proprieiors make
their locations and establish their lines and
boundaries. and procure the best terms YOU
can. You never will feel the manly inclepen-
dence of American Farmers, I'll YOU have a
leg;., right to the soil YOU cultivate. held hy
the same tenure, a. your fellow citizens in
other parts otthe Commonwealth hold theirs.
1t is probable that d number Of YOU are
not able to make prompt payment for the
lots you are Oh, but were you disposed for
an equitable settlement, there Is no doubt
you might obtain credit for part; and prob
ably considerable part Of the purchase mo-
neyto be pad BY instalments, al future per-
lods, and n You were obliged eventually to
dispose of part u secure the rest-It would
/ think be much better than TO waste YOUR
time and money in unavalling contention, at
the risque Of lOOssing the whole Hare not
the means you nave aread, employed to pro-
crastInste compromise operated much -
galnst you The lands il controversy. have
undoubtedly risen III the market hftv per
cent wltlln ten years. How much better
would X have been to have come toward AZ
that time and have made that acknowledge.
ment, which you now pretty generally con-
cede you must and ought To make, that YOU
have no lawful title, YOU would probably
have obtained longer pay -day, and made
saving Of the rise OF land, which is probably
more than nave stated.
know, YOU state that you could not fnd
the real proprtetors and you did not wish ~
be imposed on. There is some tiljng OF
weight in this, sufficient 20 cause DELAY. and
would oPerre very much III your favor, if
you could make IL appear, that YOU have
not taken The most direct means to prevent
Knowing. When the propuetoss have come
among on w.th the HteHli0n Ofascerta.f,in..t
and making known thcir right, have YOU nat
instead Ut aiding them, Treated them with
personal md gritty and abuse Yoa know
that the count, has pad thousands f ooliars
IA damage, TO the propFietols tor persoaal in-
jury, ana you have rescued the cIipIFts, anf
and spoken OF the transaction with triumph
and exultation. 1 IS IS yam Tor YOU 70 81
you wish to know wi.o owas lise soil. ygtIjis
you offer The crosses. A1l4e and threaten
destruction TO them who hive tie poyf cr ana
inclination to inform you
But say . I, let the proprietors all come
forward in . body and offer such terms IN wv
Judge proper sdld reasonable, and VIC viii no
longer oppose them True-but Is nog
this demand both Absurd and unjust 1T
IS certainly ycrg unrc asole .ble in yoa to ,nsis
upon making b3tltsides of lie bargain, III.
absurd TO demand It Az ght
You do not consult your oTn interest IS
making tue olaim--you would not onEr trade
for yourselves, III this way, with that indi-
vidual with whom You are personally cotcer4
ned, but wiz all the prom1etoFs' and i5r all
the settlers. y or forsetthst one mans right
to his property Is as good As anuth-r's4 and
by insisting that I've shah dispose III rs prep