The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-09-07
reflections on Separa'ion-No &

<'0oCCteOfto OH CCIufIi10H-NO e
These numbers are moi Nuilien withou, ~
Ject, and there j, no wish ii the wri,er u J =
ceal Il. II has nothing Of sinister 81 iII;h
eral nature and has nothing, il i hoped II,
should expose il ~ any deserved degree \
public dIsapprobation. The design Is chiefly
10 The first place, to conciIiale those yhoh,y,
been opposed 10 the separation by redeem
ING IT'S influence in some measure trnm NJ
honest misspprehensions they may have =!
roneously and perhaps patrotical!y entertain
ed-and secondly, TO unite the aid Of al nd
friends Of good order IN The great work N v!
curing the best interests OF The new stale.
II would he idle perhaps 10 think III elsctl
ing an entire amslgamation Of parties n IA
present situation Of Name. Perhaps srct n
event is not altogether desirable. Probs /
there are many, that DO not particularly III
sire it. But there certainly are periods nh4s
the interests Of party should be secondss
consideration. and when lis influence ousj
not 10 be paramount | 10 not speak u pa
ty under any particular form. There ID
times when upon any principle Il nav
mischievous. Ii Is not rs peculiar oTganzi
ton, but It's Characteristic spirit, that then
comes liable to reprobation. sptliofseI
ishuess, exclusion and intolerance disp5i
ton to sacrifice general interests TO narIifai
objects, and to convert what ought u w
the benefit of the whole into the priyile,a n
part
The subject now before the citizens
Maine is one in which the people, and II
people only, are concerned. IL GOT qua
ton Of party, and it is subject in gbS
no party can properly have any particularly
terest and il is one therefore in which paH
ought 70 have no predoninatng influence
IS an object according y, in which all the d
lzens Of the district. wAo are really desrd
Of having a good constitution and secarnsi
faithful administration, ought cordially toi
nlie without regard 10 party, and without
ference to any past sentiments or oPlad
whatever.
Almost al the citizen. " The district IN
been in favour Of independence at some A
or other. Nearly all may be CONSIDERED ~
vour Of it therefore upon principle. Add
are equally Interested 10 accomplishing
objects for which it was intended-wheH
in favour Of il or not. Now that The tine
come, and the thing is fixed, all difference
The score OF expediency is necessarily y
end. 1t cannot be supposed, that tie oH
nents of separation should be deslrous OF k7
ing up distinction, which can only opeV
injurously 70 themselves. There can
reasonable object for such an iRvdIous
ton and there can be no danger OF ihel1
curing an ascendancy hereafter upon
principles foreign to the independence
Maine They can have no possible III
for such an enterprise. 1t is absurd 10 y
inc, that they can have any intereslsP ecs
TO themselves, separate from the resi- y
people, and different from those oiihfi III
citizens, who held souuder sentimehso
subject of separation.
II is perfectly evident, that all Tue aesa
inhabitants Of the future state have lne
substantial Interests. They are al 81
concerned IN the adoption OF goOu ~
ton. and prosperous admlnIslrauo"
affairs. The people were not parry
indirect design, ror prify to any M ~
purpose, in the act Of separation -
zens of the district without dIstncuO"
take their lot together. Whoever
within The state must naturally desire
fare, as heartily as be does hIs own.
monsIrous imagination TO suppose ~,
the first claims in the district ioT 'i0Io
integrity. ofhigh and honorable SAM 9
the community-whose future nops
prospects, if they carry any WA
bounds Of their social relations anu
charge of their private duties, mus j ;
" be connected with the course anu n I
by the operation Of The new system / (
should feel any improper diSpos'. p
hroil themselves in its political sns U
Still less that they should do u WIKI q
yindicating spprehensions forced M '
minds by the intensity OF the'' any, L
public interest. It aere indeco'O0, Il
as injurious. in the highest degree - i
telligence and The dignity o. 'ne .