Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-08-06

President, and General Afford Ricbards.,
Secretary.
After some preliminary observation,
Committee of twenty, selected from differs
parts of Maine, without regard to polit;,J
opinions, were chosen TO take the import,1
business of the meeting into consideration and
report thereon at the adjournment.
The Convention then adjourned until Z ..
clock P. NJ. at which time they reassembled
and the Committee reported an address TO n,
people OF Maine on the interesting and in.
portant subject of Separation, in which n.
numerous and monstrous errors and msrenre.
sensations, contained in the pamphlet Ia,ev
published on that subject by the advocates Il
separation are clearly detected and fully es-
posed and the following propositions are clear.
y ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
That the amount which must be
paid annually by a tax upon the
people to support Govern
meDt in. Maine, exclusive olthe
expense of forming Consiitu-
ton and erecting public build
ings, will be ST5,9s0Oo
That the whole amount of our
present taxes, including the
pay of Counsellors, Senators, 81
and Representatives is only So, 1896. 50
| Making a clear annual addition to
our taxes of S3s,45s,so
But if the present amount Of taxes
on banks in Maine be deduct
ed from the above sum, it will
still leave an annual addition to
our tax ON Polls and estates in
Maine Of $685. 5s.sl
That Maine annually receives for
tie travel Of her members in the
Geaeral Court, S., l54 ,e3 more
than she contributes for that
purpose, making clear annu-
| al gain Of S5.ls4as
| That the donation TO the colleges
| is made from the tax on Banks,
| aud that Massachusetts contri-
butes annually Sil3O,7O to
Bowdoin College more than
her proportion according TO the
| proportion Of that tax paid in
Maine and Massachusetts, and i,
| this sum is gained by Maine
annually sl,l3o,7
That by the tax on Banks Massa-
chuseits pays annually towards
The support of Government:
Si1,222, go more than her pro-
1 portion according to The ratio of
taxation, and this sum is gained
by Maine annually. S1f,2s2,e
That during the war Massachu-
setts contributed Sl27,888,82
| for the defence OF Maine, more
| than her fairproportion accord
ing 10 the ratio Of taxation. 127,888,a
| That there is annually received
from the public Treasury and
expended in Maine more mon
cy thangwe contribute 70 the
support Of Government.
That if a Separation should now
lake place on the terms pro-
posed, Maine must create
| public debt of at least $3.50,
OCO, 10 enable her to delray
the expense of forming Con-
stitution and erecting public
! buildings, or that sum must be
| Immediately assessed on the
people. S1so,ooe,C
That the probable loss which we
shall sustain in the funds Of
the State by the terms of Sep
ara'ion will be, Sl61, oai,4
And that the probable loss we
shall sustain by giving up the
public buildings and other Re-
al Estate in Massachusetts will
be at least S75.OOO.O
The committee pledged themselves for tb
correctness OF their statements, aud observe
that it any errors existed they were accider
tai that their calculations were founded o.
public documents which were referred 10; am
as their only object had been to exhib
the subject in its true light,they shoul
most cheeriully correct any errors which Nigh
be discovered and pointed out to them.
/ The Report was unanimously &C cepted ,an
ordered to be printed. so that every person
who feels an interest in this question, ma.
read and judge for himself
IL II uas also roted that the serernl Editors
meas papers IN the State be requested 10 publish a'e
proceedings ofht Meeting IN their respective paper
Ind they are hereby respectfully requested 10 pab!i'
the same acc riagiy.