Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-07-23

and most sanguine friends had anticipated,
they will pause and consider whether they
are not raising, TO the ground, the pedestal on
which rests the ark OF their social as well as
political safety and happiness.
-. ENJAMiN HASEY,
G. w. ,yNALLINGFORD, :
fgt8 4 SAMUEL A. BRADLEY,
EBENEZER INGLEE,
JOHN G. DEANE.
JOEL MILLER,
~. SAM'L. STEPHENSON.
A true Copy-Atea,
S. F.M'CLEARY, Clerk efAe Senate.
As the question Of separation is before the
people, in shape to invite the attention OF
every class Of men, permit me TO submit to
the public few observations on the
COASTlNG TRADE.
shall state only such facts as are within
my knowledge, and known to almost every
man conversant with that branch of business,
and draw such inlerences from them as the
subject suggess.--in the first place il may be
stated, that with a.!arge body OF those in ia
your Of separation. a very erroneous impress
sion prevails, that Congress will relieve W
from the expeme OF entering and clearing
coaster at every trip las it IS called) that we
may make out OF the State Of Maine. But the
Constitution Of the U. S. contains provision
directly in the teeth OF any pretenee Of this
kind. II is there provided Sec. tx. that g. No
preference shal b. giuen, by any regulation d
Commerce or Reyen,se (mark the expression)
BY the ports of one .Staje ouer those Of another
Congress, it they possessed the inclin: tion
and will, to enact a provision in our favour,
could not do it, Ii has not the power. Ii
might with the same propriety give the coas-
ting vessels Of Maryland the power to pass
Cape Henry into North Carolina, those Of
New-Jersey to pass the little state Of Della
ware to Marylahd,. or OF Massachusetts to 60
to New York. These states have never had
this privilege, and never will have il, till
Maine obtains such a regulation in her "a.
YOUR aud that will not be done till the Con-
stiidtiol OF the U, s. is altered or destroyed.
Should this be done il would, in the most pal.
pable manner, be giving the 6 hrefsrenre" to
the Coasting vessels OF Maine over those Of
all the other States in the Union. All the
great story about Rhode-lsland and New
York is mere gasconade to deceive the peo-
pie il was only permission of the inhabi-
tanls of Two Islands laying near together, to
trade with each other, and the law made ex-
pressly with view to erplais rights that they
always had, mol to afford them any nesv ones.
Tue question then fairly results, what in
jury will arise TO the people Of Maine from
this embarrassment upon the coasting trade.
This is the only profitable and lucrative bust
ness left for US. BY it thousands obtain their
daily bread, and from ii, other thousands de-
rive proht and increase in wealth. Look,
people OF Maine, look at this simple plain
calculation that follows. In Maine there is
six hundred -cozsting vessels; these vessels,
at least, will average fourteen trips in sea-
son. You will just then multiply, six hum
bred, the number Of vessels, by fourteen the !
number Of trips each would make, and the !
result will be eight thousand four hundred. !
The expense Of entering and clearing each !
trip viii not be less than three dollars. You
will therefore, multiply eight thousand four !
the result above, by the number of
dollars that must be paid by each vessel for
wv" UP, "uN VIC tCouu viii Uc III uclidIS \
twenty.fpe Aoasasd and tao hundred, clear
los. in cash, paid for nothing, to this one class
OF citizens. Bdtlhfs Is hot the most ehastly
feature inthis calculation Of loss. | have con-
versed, with,a number Of the most sensible |
and understanding men employed in This |
branch u Industry, and they agree, TO aman,
that the abose computation will bear no pro-
portion to the loss arising from delay in OBJ |
tanning the. clearance and making the entry. |
With the Coaster all depends on being ready |
for fairwind and improving il at once. The |
loss OF wind, not untlequently, is the loss Of
a whole trip. To the man, who is acquann-
ted with coasting, it is not necessary to wul-
tiply arguments to prove this, it is experien-
ced every week. Taking the above as a fair
estimate, il makes a clear loss, on this one
branch Of business, of the monstrous SUN Of
thy tkousand four hundred dollars annually i
a sum far exceeding what Maine has ever
paid for the support OF Government in Massa-
But some have boldly said that the coas.
ting trade was not worthpreserving, and that
we should lay our hanes upon it and murder