The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-06-12


portion as ignorance prevails among a people,
they are disqualified to judge Of The nature
and extent of their rights and privileges,
whether civil or religious and in the same
proportion are liable to become the dupes of
cunning, or the dependents of power. What
motives, then, are wanting to induce the Co 10
zens OF ouf happy country to cherish our 1T
erary institutions! To the efficacy of our col
leges, Massachusetts is indebted, under the
bensdiction Of Heaven, for her distinguished
rank as community. Her liberty, her Con-
. stitution, her laws, her prosperity, and her
fame, have resulted from the wisdom of her
sons, elected and matured under the genial
influence of literature and science while her
Town Schools, in which her sages and states
men have commenced their career of glory,
are calculated to awaken the youthful intel
lect, to inspire sense of character, and pre-
pare the great mass Of the teople for under
standing and defending their rights.
II gives me much saesfaction that am able
Board of Commissioners appointed agreeably
to the provisions of the act relating to the
separation of The District Of Maine from Mas
sachusetts Proper, and forming the same into
separate State by which it appears that the
Board have unanimously agreed upon set
Element, assignment and division of all the
military stores, ordnance and other personal
property belonging TO the Commonwealth, TO
portion of which the State of Maine is en-
titled. as specially set forth in an agreement
signed by the Commissioners, ana dated the
25th of May, 1929, which accompanies the
report. The report further states, that in
execution OF the duties assigned them, under
the fifth and sixth articles of the first section
OF the act OF separation, the Commissioners
have taken the necessary measures for a sur
vey of that part of the publick lands lying be-
tween the Penobscot river on the west, and
Schoodc river and lake on the east, and ex-
tending north from the northerIy line of the
Bingham lottery land, so called, so far as to
complete four ranges of townships, each
range of six miles in width, to be examined
and surveyed for the purpose of dividing and
! setting of so much thereof as may be neces.
sary to satisfy by assignment, at the election
! OF Massachusetts, from the par. falling to She
| Commonwealth, the sum of thirty thousand
| dollars, according. to the provisions of the
| fifth article Of the first section of the Act Of
| Separation.
The survey and examination of these land:
| have been assigned to the Hon. Silas Holman
and Latlirop Lewis, as Committee of the
Board, and under particular instructions fol
the government o. their conduct in execu.
| ting their trust The instructions make a
| part of the report of the COMMISSIONERS ant
| a copy of the same, with the other docu
| ments already mentioned, win be laid before
| you by the Secretary. 1t is particularly
gratifying to observe, that hope is express.
ed by the Commissioners, that the assigning
and setting off TO the State of Maine Sc
much of the lands allotted to Massachusetts. a,
shall be of the value of thirty thousand dol
lars, and a division of the residue within the
limits before mentioned, and of all the resery
ed lots IN the State of Maine, may be accom-
pushed IN the course of the present year.
| You viii perceive, gentlemen, that al
though full power is given by the Act Of SEN
aratlon to the Commonwealth and the State q
Maine, no provision exists to authorize IN.
delivery of personal property in the hands o
the Treasurer and of the Adjutant-G enera
as acting ter-Master-General. and 70
which they are respectively responsible I,
| the Agei IS of the State of Maine. who hav,
been specially appointed to receive the same
Nor does it appear that any authority is vest
ed IN the Governour to issue his warrant
with the advice of the Council, for anv sun
awarded to the State of Maine from the
Treasury of the Commonwealth. after an adj
justment of all the liabilities and indemni
ties contemplated in the Act of Separation
The subject is. recommended to your earl,
consideration, as it is understood that the
| Agent from the State of Maine will soon b,
here to receive the dividend belonging t.
that State. Several other subjects will be
communicated TO you hereafter by specia
messages. And it will be highly grateful
to me, gentlemen, to concur with you in YOU
efforts to promote the honour and happiness o
the Commonwealth.
JOHN BROOKS.
| Coonsl Chamber, June Sd, 1922.