Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-07-09

terest to do so-and will keep them until that
time arrives. Although somewhat in ebt by
The expenses OF the late war, the Pd3Iic stock
81 The State is sufficient TO pay ali uer debts,
as appears by the Treasurers Repoi nod none
OF her creditors have the least fear OF her
bankruptcy. She will not, therefore, ind il
Tor her interest to force a sale--par icularly,
as her iands,are forever FREE ron / > lti3a
ami Will be intersreIsed WITH oursAanl, Of
course, rising IN value, IN proportion as our
lands become settled and cultivated.
vii any be found, with so little judgment,
as 10 reply to this, that we can adopt the
same poltcy-and refuse to sell or cultivate
our lanls, until Massachusetts will be glad
to go on par passu) in equal pace with US /?
The absurdity of this policy is so obvious,
that it scarcely needs TO be shown, to tbose
who have organs OF perception. The ,ivo-
Gates for separation furnish US with aeon
plete refutation Of any argument in favor Of
it, To stop the tide of emigration, and cause
it TO flow back again upon Maine--to settle
her wild lands and render one of the most
poputous, rich and highly cultDated states in
the Union, are the avozSed objects Of these
genlemen-and we would go with them,
heart and hand, if we believed these would
he the consequences OF separation. But how
are We to become rich or populous, while this
worse than Terrapas policy should be pursu-
ed Ii our dog is sci to watch Massachusetts
OF, il is not difficult to conjecture, which will
first be obliged to quit the manger for food, or
starve for The want of it.
We may therefore set down as facts, and
reason from them as such---lhat Msssachu-
sets will find it for her interest, to retain The
t,aci. 10 her lanes for mary gears TO come-and
that zse shall find it for our int rest {Dotwith
standing all disadvantages tosell and dispose
OF our lands, as fast as we can lind settlers to
90 on to thenl--and that these will be the cour-
ses pursued by each OF the states. Maine will
of course, be obliged to sell her lands under the
EMBELLISHMENTS oil their being interspersed and
hemmed in with lands mot TO be sold-underlnuch
the same disadvantage that man is subjected
TO, when piece Of his selfish and nise,iy neigh
Dor s!ani( through which hehas no right ofway)
lies between has farm and the road. No disres-
pect is mere intended to Massachusetts-al
States and Communities are. and oHgid TO be
selfish and somewhat misery. Settlers, who
should go on to our lands, would have 10 travel
tuiOuSH NltNCIu-co VI t"Si'S, tbSbA -loui
or thirty six miles in extent, as the case might
happen to be, in roads made at tier pozyn er-
pense, or at the expense OF the New State--ii
perchance Massachusetts would consent that
we should make road through her lands
for we could not do it by rtght, eoen az cur
osyn expense, but should be liable in tfespass ii
we presumed to do il without her permission.
10 fifty, or hundred years from this, Maine
would present one Of the most curious specta-
cles, OF cultivated lands and forests, Oh gsrJens
and wiIdernesses, ever exhibited On the globe
unless indeed the dilncultes before alluded
10, should prove insurnountable, and utterly
discourage the settlement OF our lands. The
latter supposition would be death to our pop
ulation aud weath--the former would raise the
price of Massachusetts, lands, at our erpease,
to twenty times the amount OF ours.
But perhaps, some misguided persons may
reply--what tho we can't tax the Conmon-
weath's lands-what tho we cannot force
her to sell, or to make roads for Us 10 pass
through them--slill we can squat upon them
we can piunder them oil their timber, strip off
their wool, defend ourselves by force, and SO
bring Old Massachusetts, to terms /. stop,
friend, -JoHN CoDLINE is made OF stubborn
stuff--and there is hemp growing IN bis doinin-'
ions--be cautious how you venture on an ex-'
pertinent OF lLis nature.
To prevent impostions ON Massachusetts,,
as relates to her property in Maine either by
individuals, or by US, as state, the eagle
eyes of her Legislators are and so'a be con-
tinually on the watch. That they are we
need nothing but the following sentence in
the law, we are considering, to demonstrate.
That they ever rciH be, may be inferred from
the fact, that they eysr haze been. The law
says, f" And the rights ofthe Commonwealth to
their lands srittin said District, assd the rene
dies for the recovering Of the same shall cont'n-
ue the same zvithin the proposed state and IN the
courts thereof; as they noe are sssthin sad
Commonwealth and the Courts thereof" The
present laws, as to recovering possession OF
lands, by inquest Of Office or otherwise, are
known, it is presumed to the most OF those,
who will vote on tho question OF separation.
Many, perhaps, do not know the severity OF
the penalties, which are noay in force, upon
those, who trespass upon the Commonwealth
lands as the law ON that subject has long
slept. Yet it has aroused from its slumbers