Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-08-13
EXAMINER, No. 3.
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Permit me 20 "a. your attention to the consld
era loa af he expences of the new eoss nmen
IN case Name should be erected INFO 81 l,de-
pendant s.ste By omr .ou are 4 III 'hs' IN Or
der O sneport a go,e amen in Me your taxes
will be etes y increased by Others that hey
Will besmucsi d minishcd-- sseer siu the lac y,
is n. c, ssary 10 see whs, NJ inc annual; r-,s =
words The support Of he preseni gc.e nns n snd
then, what y would cost 10 sugpnt' iu he~ gov
elnmcn. In The pamph!e, iuhlisisd M Alri
las, IN f.vtur uf Ssp~,s,ion, II 10 stated 'hs,
Msine pays snrulis 20 the govern"en ' OF Ms
sseiusets S lIl,l09. This s,stemen, BY some
Is sad 10 b. ,neosftc, tu' J have txsnlnea Ii,
nd do not see but il is fair. The annual X
srnse he government in N. Ham, shire. AS
urnisIe BY the Governor Of hat stsie, Is S27.
|OS3. Name IL much larger ~ territory aud tsthes
lsrserin population than n. Hsmps hire. and IN
order 20 40 to he EN- of,he necessary exi ense
FIR the supIori Of Government IN ksine, add
one illnd TO The annual ex ences OF N HamIi-
shire (.nd surely Is hoped tha' the ci,'zsns OF
Main. viii mo- conssn to go highe,) waich will
m Ska 6 Sc 1872, his sum ,sken f.om S LII, lO9,
he sum nov annually I.id by Maine ios the SUP
port OF Cove nmen, leaves balance Of S "a 977
veal. do not sparehend that SO nucn cAn he
saved, but that there Can be great sum saved
have no doubt. Fellow cil,zens, reHsct Tor =
me ,neni en- The hbersllIy, if rot prosusion, OF
Ma. sachusetis, consider The ggeAt salaries she
gives 10 all her effects, and the yss' grsn.s she
makes for various purposes. The compensation
she mskes to her f,iblc officers is aboa three
tines as large as N Hsmpshife gives 10 hes etis-
GERS Of lie same grade for ins,snce, The Chief
Justice Of :. ]. Cour, in Mas aehuset,s receives
ssiry Of 6 5000 yesf, ard ,ae associate justi-
,es e 5000, While the chief Justice IL N Remp.
shire receives bui s 1850. nd The associate Jss-
ticss Di000 lfu should be objected that such
W s.,arres will NC. oommsnd gentlemen q tai
ems o fill the Offices enqsiry we fad the i.;,
o hetwise. The JudIcisfyof N. Hampshire tor
esrs PAS, lea N ~ the salaries otthei Judges may
be . would not suffer by comparisoa with
our own, learned and able az our Judge. ma,
be , yet, spprrhend it may be truly said ,ha,
chief Justice S. OF N Hampshire has 10 super.a,
in Massachusetts, or IN N. England. Ags,n
VAS, saving may be made in the com enss ION OF
our Ieeisa o,s Ous 2resem Iesisl .ue IS sh.
most numerous dsiaeraiive assembly on esrh,
and this III eddy body mus twice syesrseceise
wo travels from the tuoiic ches II we hsve
a separate state, ore hundred Rep,es.n I've
would do much better Nor M,ne than nraf,A
q OH hundf ed now do for the Comm nwcsi h;
.besidrs r.auc lien ~ The number It Re@esch
,t,ses let hem have bu one session in he yea
and hss at inc wheathey csn attend snd TN
ih tie business of the Year. ihis vilisase h
sxaense OF one travel TO the stae I &c sSlayif.
e he her officers IN hlsssachuse - are bout
three times IS large as those Ia N H. mo'h
nd ,e, the business Ut hat safe is reguinii
and ably e1nduc ed, and he ei,zens II that s,as
10 not ray but ,ou, half The lax upon ,he san e
property, Tor which ~e pay double II we G
NOS make asxsing Of one half ofour taxes, {