Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-11-12

B1t II Is mucn more probabi. that by the
leaders OF The tac,ion coalition will be at
tempted. With whom !? And to what end ?
Whom can the grand manager approach /?
Not man OF honour or probity in the Leg
islaturee All Of that description will avoid
him How then cana coalition be form, d J
The Legislature of Massachusetts, can never
S0iM safety tyusi tte adnsinis.rasion Of kq7vs
touching ne hrGterfy, Of .he STATE 10 heHuied
hands, u1ton bare n,ejortty Of uotes. gu5hDut
INJECTING u 7uound s.ho1 themselves that can
never be healed,
tha consequences of such measure
may how b. torvseeil by every man If re
uecuon and IN "a very short time they wou d
lie v'stsl- IN Massachusetts proper. ten
years embarrassment oil the people of
Name, ny the policy oi the general govern-
meut has been leit th,ous bout the state
But another yea wiil slew that the land i.
snd the torests OF the Comm onweai,n a,e
yet 10 become an Immense resource. New
et vas the labourer and mill owner better
rewai ded than at the present moment. ! he
ship ownsr is still a great sufferer. II is
Certain TO the view OF an attentive observer,
that the value of The public lands in Maine,
1t lett entire, and at the disposal of the
State, wall advance beyond oh former cx-
ample IN very shor, space. Noya-Scolia
and New Brunswick can never be success
ful competitors with Maine in the msnufac-
lufe OF any Kind OF lumber. The numer
Gus toreign vessels, now in our ports wait
Ing for cslgoes, exhibit proof Of this posi-
lion. But lei the lands be divided ioto
squares as contemplated by the act Of Sc pa
ration and their value Is at once betrsysd
unless proniga,e administration in MAine,
when separated, should seize upoI the
whole with high hand, and turn them to
the best advantage FOR the state. Ills
might induce quarrel bu, the condition
of the possessor would be the leas. trouble.
some. ~
1t is Of The first importance both to Mas.
sachusetts and Maine, that il ever a separa-
,ion should take place, the only suiiabIe
tine will b., wnen a cons ldershic portion Oh
men oi ,eteg 1ty in Mime are favourlbly
disposed - the measure. Otherwise there
Will be n safety to eisher. 10 this i,
my te s4id that the people of Maine send
unpsincip pled men TO the Legislature in
considerable numbers,and that ia such they
pu' theil trust, and ough. there lore 10 be
ruled 10y them, This, when question oil
pubic property is 10 be entrusted TO the dis.
cusslon and decision Of such men, is weak
argument, and dangerous in its consequen-
Cts. =
lit should be erquired how the Legisla-
.ure shall snow when, il ever, safe pei Tod
tor separation should arrive ! he answer
IS, by the characters of the movers The
memorial presented 10 the Legislature by
the separation. members from Maine at
the last session, contains evidence as uleua-
ry as the Brunswick repor, that the authors
arc no1 70 be trusted ior good faith OF. verac
ity. 4 ha. memorial is grossly untrue. All
their publications on the subjec, are c aleu-
lated 10 blind and deceive the credu!ous and
weak,and to rouse the spiris ef the vicious
he time has DH arrived when Maine
CON be SEPARATED with safety to either sec
tion OF the Commonwealth, Why should
II ever be separated rhe smaller the
state the more easily Is it moved by faction,
aud the less safe are the great Institutions
OH which The improvement and the morals
OF society depend.
Il he Hon Judge Nedgery must have
been The ieasoner who brought the Eruns
wick convention to understand matters.
he Hon Mr.. Holmes and John Davis aud
w. p, Pfebls Esquires must have lighted
up their spunk al the learned Judges lin
der box. Their answer to the p.otes, ol
the minority is mssterly. 1t is we'll these
three gentlemen heard the Judge before
they wrote their answer, aud il must be
highly gratifying to the friends OF The great
work OF sepa, alton, 10 observe how highly
this polished work Of theirs approves IT,.
profound doctrines OF the honourab.e Judge.
- . learned Judge whose eloquence can move
Tag, reg xnd bob,-i loudly 10 approve!
THE BlBLE-in Cohclusion.
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