The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-09-03


which should give birth 70 AID rising state NM
freed from the shacAes Of an unkind and f,;.l'N
tpareut. Fatal credulity
FELLOW CITiZENS--Mark the contrast ba,u
the promised blessings which were 10 await ,on 49,.
your new government, and those which YOU Lava 49,
brought experience. In the first place PERRIN rre,
call your attention TO tie subject Of our pnbc exnen
III the text book Of the party BY whom you have bsn
SO grossly lngglcd, written BY man now high IN o.
as we'll as IL the confidence of the reignins drps
and who has been emphacaiy STYLED tile state IJors
GER having exercised an unWamartable aud cytracrs,
nary control the executive OF the State from ~
trst moment Of orr existence such. we la.I the fl
lowing declarations assurances for the truth W wbb
the collective honesty and character OF all the iea
were solemnly pledged.
| In the book alluded 70. entitled An appeal u wv
people Of Maine On the question Of separation" tAs
fTeopie assured page 49,
: That SO far respects The expense Of suDport
ing government merely, the District of Main.
( would save annually more than seventv-one
thousand dollars" BY the separation from AT,ssa.
chnsetts. Again, g that instead Of increasing tAa
expense, il will actually diminish II by more dian
one half" that it will save TO Maine annualv
more than seventy thousand dollars"
The writer page I2 after stating the fact tia,
the difference in the population Of Maine Vermont ass
New Hampshire j. not very considerable. and that \
cannot be absolutely necessary that the expense of
separate government for Maine should be greatly en-
HANGED merely on account Of her greater population
observes that in consequence Of more extensive
territory and scattered population, and Of the greater
value OF money when those governments were estab
lished, it must
:" Hence he conceded that the expense of
F! separate government for Maine would probably
be greater than that Of New Hampshire or Yer
mont; at the same time we distinctly deay that
it irontd or ought to be greater than the arrre-
gate expense Of both these States. TIE pcope
| Of Milne Continues our author( icM neUer con-
sent to pay her officers double and more than
double what j. paid 10 officers and g00d officers
too of the same grade by neighbourng States.n
Mark him still farther.
! IL appears from the statement of the Attor-
ney General Of Vermont that the average annu-
oil expense Of that State is ST ,099 ~, and from
/ the statement Of the governor elect OF New
/ Hampshire that the average annual expense Of
that State IS 900. Hence the aggregate an
nuaG expense Of both States is @5o,0q9 %. We
think therefore that might Justly infer With
/ out further examination, that the expense Of :
/ separate government for Maine. lco,fid not or
coed forty thousand dollars [; that is about per
cent more than il now costs Vermont to support
her government, and about rs per cent. more
! than il now costs New Hampshire to support
/ hers. But as TINS IS point of great importance,
| one which deserves the most patient, careful and
| thorough examination, let VS. consider separate
\ ly tine probable AMOUNT Of those several and
distinct items which 20 10 form the aggregate Of
expense"
! Yhen follows a minute examination Of the several
and distinct items which 20 form the aggregate ~
expense, wherein fully explained tho principles
which his calculations pIedicated- from all which
II does appear learned author and sagacious civil
liam came TO the conclusion that the expense for
supporting separate government for Maine, will DO
about $4,000" and assures that he felt perfectly
I "a
| sum- and repeats
. THIS as We have already remarked is about
so per cent. more than il costs Vermont, whose
population differs but little from our own 10 sup
port her government and about rs per cent
more than it costs New Hampshire with about
the same population TO support hers"
let inquire how these calculations square
with the actual expenses Of the State under the nan
agement Of these exclusive patriots. We notice In
late number Of tie Apostates' Oracle better known
however the Court Gazette that the annual cxpG1y
ses Of the government are stated al about 960000-
But remember gentle reader TINT this is exclusive or
paUper expenses, &c. amounting about TO OF II 600
dollars But what says the official report of the
Treasurer Of the State this subject in his Ciener
al statement Of Receipts and Expenditures AZ the rea-
sury Of Maine for the political year 1920 ~ That
the expenditures for the period above named amount
ed TO 482 ~ NJ
This to be may have included some cxfraordi-
nary expense incident to the organization Of new
government, which, however. told IN the text
book referred 70 would not exceed Ia coo dollars.
But how plain 10 acknowledged facts give the lie A.
rect 10 all the specous calculations, the interested
estimates Of these designing demago1ucs 10 deceive
the people and accomplish their favcfite projects Of
self aggFandzemfnt. We were positively assured
that COVE should be administered for &c.
600, and this included many items which
greatly oyerrated and others not introduced in our
port OF State expenditures Among these are the pau
per expenses, paid by the towns and estimated
in the Appeal at @7600--also $500 more than Is
paid for Governors salary 81, 700 than is paid
the Judges If the Supreme Court; 81 200 for officers
OF the State Prison, 600 for Quarter Master Geuer-
al besides other items Of considerable amount and
without all these haze the precious confessions of
the Argus. that the administration have found WAYS
and means for expanding $4,000. furgettul perhaps
that n their previous estimates il made TO appear
and that we had been assured by tile same paper and
the same party. that il would exceed 900 dol
lars, though by sad experience find il is near
hundred Thousand. What are to think IF men ae-
tected m such barcfaced faschood aud deception
Small we remain silent under the impoient denunca
tons OF crazy clamdlg~cr While such unisloved
lnposluons are staring IN the face. God forbid
but wastetu and cxtTay agant has been the admin
lstauon OF ouf State government. Is this the worst
picture OF the rcigning dynasty No whatever view
we take Of il behold a state Of things conceived II
SIN and brought forth in inquity Honest men ann
viruons principles wholly prescribed. We behold
junto cable Of apostates leagued together for The
basest and most Sordid purposes who after literally
kicking truth and decency ont ofdoors are seeking y
destroy all those who viii not how the knee 10 Baai
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