Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-01-05
+ ELLOw-CrT17 rs.

ELLOw-C1TI7r N9,
THE unlarv situation III which va
find yourselves has excited no small derre,
Of concern in th- breasts Of those who Know
YOUR circuEstarc I'll. The controversy III which
YOU are engaged and who wish you well
The writer ofthi5 address PROCESSES III bc "
this number; he is personally acquainted
wjthtmany OF you, and he cheeriujy en-.
braces the opportunity to testify to the pub
lie, that among you are many respectable
characters tie has long hcen witness 10
your controversy with the claimants o. the
lands YOU arc on, tie manner in which it
has been conducted, and Being entirely IN
different as Il respects his personal interest,
he has not only wished w-l bu IN
the narrow circle in which he moves, his
eXcrted himself 10 make YOUR acc5Iarods-
ton with the nroprietors, agreeable to Our
selves and satisfactory u them.
Having promised this, hc hopes from ynl
: candid attention 70 the observations ana
remarks which follow: his aim Is to state
facts truly and correctly
But few IF YOU have been il possession Of
the lULs you are Ou more than thirty years
the most not twenty, and great proportion
for much less term than that You VIC
first entered, and commenced z course Of
improvement Ill lie Stubborn wilderness,
had drcary prospect before you1 much re
solution was necessary 20 enable you e un-
dertakc tile labOliOUs task. Y1H, however,
made the attempt and succeeded. Yor on-
ened the earth, w the cheering beams "
the sun, Gpm which it had long been tNciu-
ded, and under your culture The SUcface so, n
~
ETY. OF fields covered with vari - hcrkage
and waving with growing com, Tie late
range Of ierocious beasts, frlitiDi ,astuFe
tor your hoCks and herds. Tie ETs' aFiy
Adventures were from time to time follow
cd by others, who arc entitled to less notice,
because they had less to combat ana over
come. At the time 10 which | refer VhlE
the lands N dispute, were here and there
dotted with the cottage Of tic adycEtur0Is
settler, our country WAS afflicted with tie
calamity 0fwar, general anxiety and distress
peraded the land. In those portions IA otT
country where the war ragged, Thousands
were Invested Of their habitations snG pTo-
nerty, and became jast objects Of pAldc
COmmiseration and charity To support f-e
army in the field with food and ciothirg,
and keep its ranks full, was more thar VS.
" al times practicable, yet the endeIort7
Eject il was never re!inquishcd til tic oe-
casjon ceased. This called for constant tN-
ertion, and cont ributiohs in men and money
were levied To the abiIitt, and III many iR
tances beyond the ability of individuals, M
meet and discharge. You who settled first;
tho YOU had To contend with the ursuJlue5
forest, were not in situation to BIZ Cal,cd
upon for an equal share III u sc burGtYs.--
This part Of the country was not irvaded'
was never the seat Of war, through Ire h7g
and ardu0us contest. Tho this,.i com
3arative view, must be considered as nit
eating circumstance, Vt is not mentioned
with a design TO deduct any thing from guus
Al service ard sutterings, VINO fast ieso-
.tely undertook to convert the totlst 40
Nitful fields 1t is to be remarked, thac,
whatever where your personal circumst4n-
es, or the circumstances Of tie country gen
rally, your entry upon the lands you are
now on was voluntary the prOM ietors
whether an individual or governnl. "A, held
1ut no allurements to entice you, and what
yer consequences may follow from tie
course YOU took, your calculations were Ter
,ersonai accommodations and the prone
ION of vour individual interests. Wien he
..lamity Of war, under which cur country.
men qroaned, was removed by tie retm "A
Z nesce. ard the establishment of Gun ca
client government, individuals we've theG