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

!, pears BY the report OF the committee Of IL. ~.
lsture last soDion. ~
BY the same report il appears shat ~ =,
were given in favour 81 separation. = .s's's
Remaining, z7s5l
Now could Mt. Hammet really suppose thst y q:
Lass mentioned number should not happen "a az II.
in with bis ten thouand that there would b. ~.
reason for angry passions = bresk out on Tie
sion the will Of the people must certainly sOys,s.
but should not thlsk Il . very high handel ~
demeanor for TwENrY.savsH .rAousAnp T. E
siare of from will Of the people eeupossis = -
thousand and i ssriously sPPesl to The sohstYS
Fiction Of the writer whether he Is nos II ttsnSs
opinion. -
The following is On appeal to FEAR end q -
dencs--" gnder - many circumstances. unfss,s.'.
ole to 1ns'imity, when large a portion Of ~ ~
pie Of Maine hare oppressed iteis deieyminaier Ek
separdted from Massdehtseits, IL behoyes ~ -;
oasiy 10 reflect, aohsther il BE- pyudens-srkefka, Z
safe 70 oppose their wishes."
Iteertainly appears to me TO BE both sssfsta
prudent 70 act upon this suhject accordioe q e
dictates Of our own uucestandingp. Ard "a
rsh's ten thousand troops wish 10 BE swallov.S e
it is no good reason why twenty ssven thos,s.sS
should also seek the same FADE. Besidee <here 4 1. -
of the general court contsining the eond;tis.s =
which We are TO be let OF (f At ally which -
the serious consideration Of every nm She -
thswelfare Of the present generation, q Of rots,'
Let the people examine carefully, ana tsisAy ~
sbed in their own minds, before they hasten 3 =
BRIDGE that act and sst Of new ruIsss abd AVN.
srs. e MODERATION
/ tits attempted. in very feeble m,npe,;
By some writer's In the Argus. 70 take y.
vsntage Of some ,expresiion Of she IL
Nobleboro' Convention II Which thev 800
il ~ their opinion, in suhstsdsee, thSs ~.
sachusetts Proper would not pay Maine r.
oar part of the publick buildings ~
They do nor frofose 70 do il IN asy ssass
They retain ell the real estate 10 the -
tern part Of the State, nearly oll the ~
for performing settling duties. &c. end ~
give Maine what !-,he privilege Of hsldue
half the wild lands in Mains which - =
be located all around and among THERE
which We may settle, make the road II
and yet ROT sor fAe old State ortlAeir ~
one eeaf Eveniw thirds offs Towutn
have been given for putting On tonysal
tiers, making one road, and building smiuh
Meeting house and AL the lasd wss -
when incorporated. Either the weateo
Committee who reported the termi ~
nothing Of settling wild lands, o. thsy =
tended 10 get what one ofthe wesletn -.
hers said they had, nine tenths Of tie ~
lick properly. Il il evident thai We I'm
lost the whole il we accedc to these iesxs
and what is worse, we must raise " Mlw
sf their lands BY our labour and espeIss
There is not disinterssled, snlig tlse,i
and independent man in Maine wAesl
agree 10 such terms. We undersaand9 -
ace . few young men in Portland whe 4
the Argue with violent pisces, but III -
stanlial and considerate palt Of the conht
nifty, will take the liberty 10 reflect and =
termine for shemselves. We <hope II
Argus win not yield entirely to theiei -
ence. and viii consider that there Is : -
body Of republicans who are seriouslysuok
sed to separation, and do NOT wish q sseo
Newspaper devoted 70 one set Of ,mep Il.
spectins question which concerns =
We should have besn grati6ed il they r.
published the doings Of the ConseasIca I
Nobleboro' when requested by sespeen
bic Committee Of both parties, insiss1 4
to mutilase and nnisrspreseafue
Report Of that Committee. The pesq1r
wish to have the truth, the whelc sniA
and nothing but the truth"
Il would seem, by the manner II vlieh
The question Of Separation was lresk1n
the Argus previous TO the twentielh 4
May, that the Sheriff Of Lincoln was tAee
~ person in Maine opposed 10 il Itisn1s
ascertained that Moses Carlton, En-, =
Wiscasset il likewise opposed. Two =
three others, iris strongiy erhecsed, villk
found in the opposition, the FIRST ldea1g
OF September. But - It appears MD
Argus that one or two induentialnea 4 |
York, who have been opposed. (msa6ia1
probably Messrs Holmes and Grseee,y -
expressed themselves favorsbly iacak4
T" they may be . match for the iornid5M
opponents at the eastward 90 that itbhof |
ed the little junto Of scribhlsrs, ,heugA ~ |
rave 80 astonishihely, end write lsttsm =
themselves from al parts Of the county !
will not commit suicide until after the IN
Monday Of September. .
cAsrInE, JULY ~ 1915
EXTRACT.
There can be no doubt that q very Ias(o