The Portland gazette., 1819-05-04
SEPARATION OF MAINE.



TIE late f0slous attempt % >ePare- tie
Commonwealth into two States IL iecsa in
lhe minds OF all. il was reasoaablg x
pected1hat The manner 10 which rhis hg-
tempt was managed cd ended would iaav4
us secure from like tumult for many
years Bu' in this expectation The peace
able citizens OF Tins prosperous Dlslricl are
disappointed The peopls love ID rest, .as
IS their right, secure under the protection
sacredly pledged to them by our form of
Government put as certainly as liberty
is Blessing j1stso certainly must il be
supported bya continual ccntsst with am
biion, an enemy ever gFe dy, never easy,
AID always ready W. every art OF double
dealing and seduction 10 bewilder and nlis-
lead alike, the designing decci,er himself,
nd those whom he Abo,s TO deceive
The silly newspaper silusions to this sub
iect, made without any pFetence tol,ut. or
argument, were ~ga dtd by no pc se4 of
any party AID passed oG Is The eleciianeer.
ing nonsense b Tne season. BuJ very re-
cent nlol hes rau4 air,d through p1inted
pa peI, addressed 10 BE se'ectn>1n Of
towns, IL tie ~ ri oEa Pr-cep., the express
object Of wnlch is 10 c8us- every own in
favor 81 separation to sen4 % lie G-ueral
Court is tuIl numblr ot X presen auves,
md 10 insu ucG them 0y vote u towR meet
ing to advocate the InGepeade nee OF
Maine 70 tins precept are Sublsiaea the
names Of htrssn persons, wto eisim TO act
officially, with lhe suthorIy Of ,asifuoJio1s
from 8 lerge number o( Gentlemen"
b. h iact need not be doubted, II hc precept
should lot be offared % tie Selectmen of
any Iown, il will only be ooi q. art 10 pre-
vent discussion i'll yowrs where Ae deccp-
ion Is i.ot likely to wall, snd sill I'd gife
the Appearance Of ofhCiat Sanction III towns
where the imposition is hop~d to succeed.
Though the sYo~ed object Of the papeg Is
only % procure tull representation, in
stuctiorS, and petitions for separation Tor
which five lines on.G have been suffieient,
YET the precepgs contain, n close prirt,ne r.
ly full page and h5lt of g range mat
ter," " bIch me its examination.
/. lie authority under which these gen
ll=men cIsiIn l. sct is very slranQ mat
ter" Our free gogernmen knows no such
superinlcr ding body as " . la gt number uf
Gentlem !" poss, a9inR pewrls ID Instruct
o,her ciHz na. No does i; appear that ihcy
have as'umed such pcwe, iurther than gen.
ea ally e q rect preparatory arrenctments.'
u hess preparatory srtsagt meets" are
the doin OF be fifteen ignNrs. | he ore
tence 10 bIad olhets o their way of ,hi4k-
ing, or TO axettisc u'ho iy otbeIvise then
merely as III een Iud"ilusIs l. au & ton.
9. he remark that Metne is large =
nough 10 be state, truth watch ey-ry
body knows, is merely Idle and hg mless,
except 50 far as j. implies ths be opposes
81 separation doub, il he On sion Is not
NJ @ther We are Cap5b!e of ol,nrg atste,
but whether We shell better our situation
by il.
5. The declaration that every one admifs
a seperstion = TO take plac dsciaraIon,
in other words, that tho cpposrrs OF sep. a.
lion admit the Veiy thing which they deny,
and that thee is no dispute about the very
thing We are d,sputing sbcuf, was not made
for men oil common sense 1t reats those 10
whom Ills addressed a. ounces spd when
FOLKS OF wit set out to r.ve fools IN he play
they will certainly succeed: if their ali is
deep, they may nake fools OF the company:
i il is shallow, they will make fools Of
4 The advocates OF separation were in
The late attempts INDUCED wuh provision
for lis adoption BY majority much smaller
han is named in the federal constitution or
that of any state, IS suficienl ID ff=ct even
a lightamendment Ioty publicly admit
ted before the General Ccqtt that the major.