Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-10-15

the following resolutions--which are submitted -
REsoLvBD-That the further consideration OF
the votes returned, be referred to the next session
of this Convention to be held by adjournment.
REsoLvED--That, provided all those papers and
documents, which purport to be returns oil votes,
should be legal and correct,
The whole number of yeas is 1,9og
The whole number OF naysis 1O,S41
That the majority Of yeas of the towns
and plantations in favor OF scpara.
That the majority of nays in the towns
and plantations opposed to'a separa-
tion is 4409
aud that the msorities of yeas as aforesaid Is to
the majority OF nays aforesaid majority oil i've
to four, at least, OF the votes returned.
REsoLyED-fhat a Committee of five be APP
pointed to make application to the Legislature oil
Massachusetts to ratify and confirm its consent
that tie District of Maine shall be separate aud
independent State.
REsoLvEp-,That Committee of 25 be APP
pointed to report a Constitution for the Common
wealth Of Maine.
RgsoLvEB-That Committee Of three be APP
pointed to make application 20 Congress for the
admission of Maine into the Union, upon the same
footing the original states.
REsoLvED-Ihat the same Committee be d.
rected to endeavour to obtain an alteration OF the
law Of the United States that in Of separation
al embarrassment.
| REsoLvED-That when this Convention ad-
journ, they adjourn to the Sd Tuesday of Decem-
| Der next to meet at this place.
After the report of the committee was read,
motion was made that it should be amended
| by adding the votes from Lyman, as returned.
This was advocated by Mr.. Low, OF that town,
and others, and opposed by the members OF
the committee, and finally negatived.
TUESDAY, OCT. 8.
The report was again taken into consider
alton, and on motion OF Mr.. Paris, accepted.
Yeas, 1903, Nays, 83.
Yeas, Messrs. Holmes, Prime, Cults, Wooaman,
| Wentworth, Boothby, Dunn, Smith, of Hollis,
Lock Dennet, Chase, Boyd. Buzzel, Allen, OF
sanford, Moody, Preble, Pike, BodweII, Emery. oil
Shaplegb, Wood, Seaver, Hobbs, of Waterford,
Brsgdon, Mc'Intire, Bradbury, Widgery, Ingalls,,
Hall. Page. Higgins, Whitney, of Gray, Foxcraft,
/ Twitchelt. Cushusan, OF Pow nal SWEET Larrabee
Fogg, Spring, Slemmons, Esiis, Has,y, Potter,
Roweli, Eaton, of Boydoin, Richardson, of Cush-
ing Thomas Seavy, Neal, of Lilchfeld, Thompson,
of Lisbon, Burr, Small, Davis Of Montsie, Read
of Nobleboro' BurIey Miller, Dawes, Barnard
/ Bailey, of Whitefeld Davis, of Augusta Weston,
Chandler, of Belgrade, Wellington, Prescott
Fiske, Francis, Cheeser Chandles of NJ enmouth
morrill,, Mc'Gaffy, Hilton, Dyer, Neal, Of Pitts
town, Hubbard Burnhsm, of Unity, Getchel
Cushman, of Winsow, Wing, Robbins, Weeks
Lawrence. Foster, Tuttle, Walker. Moore, Steel
swallow Bartlett, Berry. Kicker, Paris, Hooper,
! Turner Barrett, Small, Bradford Briton, Steven,
Merriam, Leavitt, Perham, kinsiey, Wilkins, VIM
King.
Nogs-Thatcher Bailey, of Wiscassetl,
Quinnam, Talman, Chamberlain, Fairbank 5,
~ ~ II
Metedfr, III Lellan, Allen, of Nprridgewock.
| Waugh, Bradley, Barruws, OF Hebron, Whit
man, of Norway. Virgin, Rice, Johnson. Up
ton, Pond, Lee, Abbot, Spaford, Herbert,
Hill, Of Goldsboro, Whitney, of Linconville,
Watson, Kidder, Smith, of Sedgwic.s, Siinp-
son, Beverage, Cooper, Perkins, Mitchell OF
Arundel, Hobbs, of Berwick, Cieaves, Hill,
OF Biddeford, Burnhan, Low, Waterhouse,
Smith, of Newfeld, Dane, Walingford, Nor
rill of Wells Emery, of Portland, Cobb,
Whitman, of Portland, Adams, Dunning,
M'kean, Burnham, of Durham, Lewis, Hard
+, ing, Stevenson, MITCHELL of Freepoft, Sy.yes-
ter, Eaton, of tiarpswell, Grovsenor, Ladd,
Mitchell, OF Northyarmouth, Richardson, Bar
rows, Russell Groce, Blake, Giddings, Gould,
Little, Stebbins, Hyde, M'kown, M'Cobb,
'""Sys Aho't'"p, Vi Athiotoi, dticf,
Drummond, Hasey, Foster, Brown, Head,
Read, Of Waldoboro.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9.
Mr.. Holmes moved TO reconsider the report
accepted the day before SO far as to make
| sundry amendments in the same, viz TO erase
the latter part OF the paragraph relating TO the
course to be pursued in case Massachusetts
should, contrary 10 all reasonable expectation,
fail to conform TO the wishes of the convention.
and after the words " we could" to insert
adopt such measures as would be proper and
expedient ;" ard also TO erase so much of the
paragraph relative to the application to con-
gress for admission, as relates to an appeal
thereto an case Massachusetts should give an
u'yavorab'e Interpretation ofthe act, or refuse
10 modify 1t " as justice requires" These a.
amendments were adopted without opposition.
Mr.. Davis of Augusta Immediately ihereup
on moved the following resolution =
RxsoLvED-That the Committee to report a
constitution, aud the Committee to make applics.
ton to Congress, be directed to suspend all rro-
ceedings on the subjects committed to them res.
pectively, until the result ofthe application TO the
Legislature of Massachusetts be known.