Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-06-10

vnu not ensY snowscugt Oh the wants aiiu
wishes ~ sour Respective CONSTITUENTS, oui
of nil those fsefs and circumstances pfefe-
qni.lsc fot suggesting snd peril cling any
public improvements 81 which the Com
monwealth msy be susct ptib!e.
Annul elections and frequent meetings
Of the Legislature being designed 10 per
pstusse the principles 81 free Cons i'uiioa
In their purity ard sigour, and 70 promote
in the highest d-grer possible the general
welfare Oh the a'e il seems highly proper rs
auxiliary to these ends lbat the attention oil
the Legislature should be ofsen directed 10
inquiries into The conn e,ency Of the laws
tor securing 10 The people their political
and elective lights 10 inquiries whether
they obtain, as there may be demand,
what the consrisution assures tlem, right
and jus ice freely, completely and promptly,
without purchase, willlon, denial and WITH
out delay! Whether The code OF criminal
law be adapted 20 the state Of society and
morals, and punishmsuls b. uniformly
commemorate with the nature and turpi
tude Of crimes Whether due encourage
rrens is bestowed upon the interest Of re-
.hgion, learning, humanity and benevolence
unon agriculture and tlse fisheries upon
naval architecture aad other mechanic and
manufacturing arts upon commerce and
those productions of genius and taste whish
enrich and emb-llish state and in fine,
whether the laws are impartislly and faith
fully administered?
Agriculture was not only the FIRST employ
sr.r. e ,,.w h..f kDa xx.av nhuarva af, al mi
rable and happy coincidence Of his interest,
This passions and his taste with his primitive
destination But agriculture is unsuscepti
Bile Of an independent existence Unsolici
ted by the demands OF commerce and man.
ufsctures. would the rural economist extend
his care and his toll beyond the supply of
his own immediate consumption Men
do not act without motives. The hope of
profit sweetens and originates labour. But
.ifthe surplus products of the soil become
a worthless incumbrance TO the producer,
langour, inacton and scarcity would be the
result
Whatever NAV be the intrinsic value, or
the relative importance of the several great
departments of political economy which
are so intimately united as to be insepara-
BILE, IN enquiry into the most promising
means of multiplying and meliorating the
products of husoandry, will not be deemed
unworthy Massachusetts Legislature. A
plenti,ude of substance affords the most
sure and stable foundation for the mainten
ance and augmentation of the population of
the state, for the improvement of manuIsc-
lures, and for the active circulation of the
surplus products of art and lsbour.
Massachusetts has ever been respectable.
And while she retains the spirit and is gov
erned by the principles of her political, re-
ligious and moral institutions while her
srhouis and higher seminarits oflearnine {;
ss-sl~ ~vs~ss~ss s-.s ,ss~~usefur arts, shall be
etscrfshcd her love Of Justice and her hab-
ITS Of industry and economy shall be main
tanned, she mustcontinue TO command the
respectful consideration ofihe world. The
Commonwealth, 10 the mild and benihcent
influence of whose constitution and laws
vt are Immediately or remotely indebted,
not only for our civil rights, but for the Sc
cure enIoymen: ofthe rights of conscience,
the pleasu, es OF friendship, and of whatever
is most dear to our affections in domestic
AAN3 NAaiits out Htot tSaitJ did bOtHdbS
And may add, that the people of the seve-
raj states will most efhcaciousIy perpe.ua,c
our system Of national governments, by pre-
serving the. solidity and The strength, and
maintaining The erect attitude of the pillars
spon which the vast and loftysuperstruc,ur
Is csec,cd. BY recurring to the resolves OF
the last session OF the legislature ii viii
be perceived that, on the third Of December
last resolve passed, aulherising and re-
guessing The Governor, with the advice of
the Council, to appoint Agents to present
claims OF this Commonwealth against the
United States for expenditures during the
late war. to the Congress OF the u States,
or to any department OF the Government as
might be found sxpedieni. In conformity
to tie authority vested in the Executive by
that resolve, Agents were appointed and
commissioned, to repair to the seat of gov
eminent of the II. States for the purposes
expressed in the resolve and the Hon.
James Lloyd and William II Sumner and
Joseph II. Pierce, Esquires, were selected
The TWO former gentlemen. with as LILLE !
delay as possisle, proceeded 10 The city Ct
Washington the latter gentleman remain
ed 10 Boston, and has been occasionally
employed in selecting and furnishing doc
umenis to eluciIate the principles upon
which our claims arc founded, and 10 arrange
The component parts of the sccouu, under
specific heads, as required by the depart