Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-02-05
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Gentlemen Of TIE Senate, and
Gentlemen Of tbs HoHie Of Repr5ltn'ati1'eJ,
THE hrit feilion Of the Legislature is
geseraly and neceharily 70 ihort, as 70 oc-
CATION the peftponement of much bullnefs
to the winter, which affords more lrlfure
for patient diicufion and juft decilion.
The various fubie6ts referred to this
time, with fuch others as may be brought
forward, will now doubtiefs receive your
candid attention.
Complaints are fometimes apt TO ariie,
that comfortable portion Of the legilla-
tive labour is devoted to applications OF
individuals, thence called private buhneis ;
but when thele ihall appear TO be for the
purpofe Of combining the wealth and in
dufry of our citizens, rlfiTdCr the ianction
of law, to promote objects which involve
the mtereas of Agriculture, Manufactures
and Commerce, and theieby incrta(e the
population Of the State, the means Of in
duitry, and the comforts and cOnvenienCes
of all, they will be confdered as ontted
10 your mature delibrration and your
patronage will undoubtedly he extended
to fuch as do not interfere with thoie prin-
cjpleS which experience has decided TO be
falut7ry 10 the public veal, nor infringe
the GnchanGeab'c rules Of jufce, ftri6t
obtervance of which is not lefs necenary to
thofe who fcek TO amend their condition,
than to thole who expect ircurity for
their rights.
I5,is uGderfoOt, that the proviGons in
the third lection Of an a9 for the imita-
lion Of certain real actions, and for the
equitable iettlement of certain claims arit-
ing in real actions, have OccaiOned the
fats fa91ry termination of may veXl;iOus
| controversies. 1t may, howevC:, dttrrve
the attention Of wife Legillature, to
ConGder the cXpedency of making thOie
provihons more tfftdual, by allowing to
the ftt;l5r further time for payment Of
he apprifed value, on his giving realonaEle
/ fecurity for dilcharging the fame, with
the COTS of llt. at the diicretion Of the
! Court il which the luit may be pending,
and that, on giving iuch lecurity, judg-
meat NAV he entered for the iettler.
Among the lubietts Of a more general
and public nature, none has higher claim
10 vour ferrous rrtieStIons, than the laws
relIting to tbs Militia. To a free people,
this is, At all times, m interelting concern.
IN the peculiar ana perilOus fate of our
foreign relations, il would be the extreme
of drluion 10 conlider war improbable
the dttcncelets condition Of cur tXteniive
frontiers, and the lmaInets Of our naval
force, leave no hope Of preventing inva-
iion, or of reGlting an enemy until landed
! on our foil. In iuch an event, our imme-
diate reliance mutt he on the Militia OF
the ftate. To render this, then, TO fay the
leaf, our 6rf reiource for defence, As eff.
Gent rs Poiiibie, i not merely the dictate
Of prudence, but the imperious call Of 4
n5ceility Impoted by circumstances over
which we NAV have no controul.
IN the courfe Of the autumn, attended
the review Of two brigades, being all the
brigade reviews Of which had any knowl.
edge: the lirt Of Gen. WOODS, of the
eleventh divilion, and the other Of Gen
GooDALE'S of the teclnC. The order
regularity and difcipiine exhibited on thett
occaions, reflected much honor on the of.
| hcers and folders that competed the bri-
gades.
In the month of September, fcveraI
peifons were committed TO prilon in tht
| County Of KcnHetrr, On charge of mur
der. Shortly after their commitment, ap
| prehenii0ns were entertained, that a dan
| gtr0us inflrreSfiOn would be excited f0
the purpoie Of obGructing the courft 0
juaice, by an attempt to refcue the prifon
! erS. The Juitices of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, and the Sheriff of County
with a due regard TO the truf devolget
upon them from the dittance of the Com
mander IN Chief, on the fourth of Otto
Der, certified to Major-General SEwALL