Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1813-06-14

and more densely populated sea board s..
any other State in the Union, in,er,.c'.i
with ports ant bsrbours in eyery dr.s,;sa
heretofore, by the goodness Of God wv
blessings of peace. and the industry of,.a.'
inhabitants, the native hsvens of on. M,
OF the tonnage ofthe nation, and bordered l.
long line of boundary, on lhe East. and y
the North, by the provinces of the ersn, '"
can be justified or palllsted, by a pre,ens.'
that it has been deemed most condncs..'
the general interest, in the first pl.es
to supply the frontier States, and in cpa.a '
quence, to omit the transmission or deGs
cry of single musket, to a State. with.
frontier of nearly thousand miles in -,
cult.
The additional cause assigned bv II.
Secretary at War, for Withholding ,be ~"
portion of arms allotted to Msssscb cbuse,,s
/" that j, was most Conducive 10 the csn.,.
al alinterest 10 supply IN the first place ,h.
militia who have come forward in the 90,
vice OF The country" alone remains N h.
considered ; and your Committee with 70.
luctsnce approach this part of the duty A..
signed them for they are confden, ,b.,
while the Safe of Massachusetts. anrnr
the most ancient and powerful of the 30
,efs Of the great farnily ofS,ates. who eon..
pose this cnnfedersted empre, viu da.
guard her own honor and self respect, ,rd
will ever be alive 10 he Maintenance q
her just righ,s at every hazard, that ,be
will never oompromit her dignity NOR s,uou
from ber pride OF place, 20 repel unnerisS
sspersion, IT any such were intended. on lhe
motives of ths man, wapm she is grati6ed ia
! honor, wte has e.ineed himself TO be
! wax fui Wa ohmsn cn the c,, adel. and :
faithful Gus'di n of the CONSTITUTIONS,
| rights and libcrues of his fellow citizen,
nor upon the mill ia, inferior 10 none in The
| Union, :. VINO are u, once the oinsmen, .,he
boast. & the 7ecui'y of the State which h,,
reared md formed, and which delights 10
cherish and respect them. And should At
any time beresfter any insidous foe SEEK
to SOW The seeds of Jealousy and dIseord
between the militia Of the several psrts Of
the Union, b, unfounded impu,afions on
/ the efficiency OF ps,riotism of the Mtsrv
ct Massschuseits-,he Leg stature viii
view all such at mpts with horror, and
reject THIN wi b d,sdsln.
Under Il { influence of these convictions.
the Committee forbesr to dil,,e on ,kis
part Of ,he letter of the Secretary at War.
and limit themselves - reporting, that
f,om the whole view Of The subjec, which
they have teen enabled TO take, they are
of opinion. thst the proportion of arms pro
,rded under the Law o. the United States Of
The 81 Arril, 1903, to which the State Of
~ aci,s, ITS is en,iIlsd, has been unduly
VlthlS q from her, and that in the present
/ eNpa.ed si.us,lon of tie country, il is tie
N. G isus duty Of he Legislature 10 place
has psff II II under their protec ion in an
ztfec.lte state of defence, rs speedily as
mes he raoIioshle md they therefore
= commend the adoption Of the following
Irsalu.4er
hes1tvea, That The Adjutant Gen.
eral 81 the Stat. be directed forthwith
10 ltQuesl OF The Secretary at War Of
the L. States, ,ha, the proportion Of
aIms to which the State OF Msssachu.
setts Is snllled under the law Of the
Esd OF Aprii, 1903, for srmins and {.
quIpping III, whole body of the Milria
OF tie Unit.d States, may be immed.
ately transmitted TO him, in bis official
capacity III behalf o. the state and
in case Of the refusal of the Secge.
tary at War to ,rsD,nlit the said arm.
accordingly, that tb. Senators andRep-
resentatives OF this Commonw eshh
; in the Congress of the United Safes, be
requested to endeayour 10 obtain the
eraotiDg OF a law by which such pro.
portion OF the money appropriated un'
der the said act, as if invested in arms
would of righ, belong to Massachusetts
should be held subject 10 the disposl.
ton of the Treasurer Of this Common.
wealth, in order that the State ma. be
enabled to adopt those measures OF de-
fence which the general Government
neglect to provide for it. Per Order.
| JOHN WELLES.
(7He aboee tsbo,i spas accepted IN the Senate,
&c 10 i2--nd assigned for consideration s'
Friday IN the Ronse.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10.
A committee was instructed TO m
quire INTO the situation of the lands II
the District of Maine, which are mort
gagged TO the Commonwealth by L. Jar
Wis, Esq. and whether it is not expedl
ent that the state should taSe actua
possession OF those lands.
Miessrs. Otis, Webb, w. Sullivan
Makepeaoe and Willard, were appoint
ed committee OH the subject OF an IN
solvent Law, to 81, during the recess
and renort a, the neyt session.