Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-05-07

pie OF Name, are, in someway. connec,oa
with 1t, and that many Of these citizens are !.
"valuable and respectable" as hirelips Wi.
iers, or the oyerbearing demagogues and Of
fce seekers who employ them. II this scbem.
Of separation should be seriously pushed n.
people on the coast ought to petition the Il
gislature that they may remain part IF II.
Commonwealth, and that those who are will
ling TO pay the expence may enjoy the honor
and the Offices of the new state.
In locking at the Argus Of the 23d Of Anil
there is most gross misrepresentation respect'
ing our important coasting business, coptaiped
IN the following sentence. By way Of oh.
lection to Separation, the coastine jnter..t
"has been introduced as likely to suffer ma
g teriaily from Separation but upon ;nve,..
(" tgatIon, it turns out quite otherwise, 50 that
this objection has rather subsidized" Nov
the truth is that, upon investigation, many. q.
satisfied thatcthes constitution of the Unite6
States prohibits Congress from afIordnr anv
relief TO our coasting trade, unless they should
repeal the law regulating it, and that IS not d
be expected. The warmest advocates Of Sen.
aration have never pretended that il would &
relieved in that way. They have only thrown
out hints that possibly it might be done 81
giving Maine exclusive privileges in this RS.
pect--but whoever will examine the constiiu.
ton, particularly the 9th section Of thu lst !.
.ticleswhich provides that all duties, imposts
&c. shall be uniform throughout the United
States, " and section 9th of article lot. which
ordains that "no preference shall be given. BY
any regulation Of commerce or revenue, to tbe
ports OF one state over those OF another. !" win
be convinced that we have nothing 10 bope ior
from this source. This same Argus makes
feeble attempt to ridicule the coasting hus;aes
and to persuade the people that " they would
increase their wealth and happiness By aban.
doning that pursuit altogether" This MODE
OF treating the subject was not expected. But
! it speaks volumes.-The words Of the Aru
ought to be laid up by every friend 10 Is
prosperity Of Maine. 's Our coasting trade
says the Argus, has been SO extensive (ttn
most SO Of any section of The Union1 as to rem
der it more than probable that ii has injured
our merchants by tending to make them cor.
tiers instead Of importers, and giving the proitG
OF their voyage to the greater merchants Of he
Capital &c. and again, {. many employed IN
the smaller crafts would probably increase
tbt II wealth ami happiness by abandoning that
pursuit altogether, since the long winters de-
prive them of employment nearly haK tie
year What curious farrago IS this (! Our
&C asting trade, - very extensive, has injured
our merchants by tending TO make them eoa,.
ters instead Of importers. The merchant ihei,
are the coasters of Maine, and the coaster, are
to turn importers. Besides the folly Of stafine
that the merchants are the coasters. in any
sense, when they bear so small proportion d
those interested and concerned in the coastine
trade. What cruel mockery is it to tell The
coasters that they may turn Importers BUSH
ness altogether beyond their reach. But the
Argus states that :" should we prefer being ned
lars instead of exporters and importers, no
doubt Congress will give US that special III.
dulgence." Here the whole coasting Interest
e. the most extensive OF any section of the
Union is, stigmatised with the name of ned.
lars. Surely this must come from some back
writer, or some one who knows nothing Of our
real situation and who adds insolence to fellv.
The Argus, however, throws out the intima-
ton :" that Congress, no doubt, will give Us
the special indulgence to continue pedlar, il
we prefer it." Nothing need be added upon
this exploded pretence. But the most curl.
Gus thing ofthe whole is. that because the
long winters deprive the coasters OF employ
ment nearly half the year, therefore they
ought to lose their business and employment
for the remainder There is but one good
thing to be cleaned from ali this nonsense
the" pedlars" will see what tender mercies,
and delicate attention they are to expec:
from the Separation party The same ngenl
'ous writer repeats the story again thatthe ex-
pences of the new state will be less than our
proportion of the present state tax in about
one filth. This has been so amply reited.
and indeed is so absurd upon the face Of 4,
that il requires no comment. There IS an at
tempt in the same piece to rouse the predju.
dices oflhe people against old Massachusetts
by running over the words " spirit, indepen-
dence, self-government, colony, free sovereign
and Independent people" sc. which are part !
OF vocabulary lately introduced and are pre-
cisely what the countryman called the night
ingale--voice and nothing moved. | should
never have thought this writer worth the trou
BILE OF these remarks if he had not incautiom-
ly betrayed the sentiments of the Separation
party respecting the coasting trade. They