The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-08-20
COMMU VACATIONS.
Mn. SHIRLEY,

augnfs much good to the State. Some refec-
tons, tor the consideration of the public may be
made with propriety at this time, and on an oc-
caslon SO favorable TO improve the interests and
morals. of the citizens. To have the office Of
Gov.hlled by gentleman possessing such quali6
cations as Mr.. WHITMAN is as desirable as it is
interesting to the Community. That il is deep
ly interesting to that portion of the citizens who
are doomed 10 bear the burdens and paw the
taxes TO have the Office thus filled, no rejecting
man can doubt. Had such chief magistrate
been elected as our first Governor, AID contin-
ued, much needless expence would have been
saved 10 the State-A strict revision Of the
past, is not necessary to establish the truth of
this proposition.-Some of the circumstances
will be sufficient. On recurring to the amount
of expenditures incurred the first political wear
as settled with the treasurer, it will there ap-
pear that those expenses exceed the sum of nine
| ty thousand dollars and that more than
| twenty seven thousand dollars of this extraya-
giant sum was incurred atone session of the Leg
islature. Had the gentleman now in nomina-
ton been elected at that time il is submitted for
the sober consideration of the honest REJECTING
citizen, whether he, having knowledge of the
laws IN force, at tue time OF separation If he took
pay from March when he was not elected until
May would not have pointed out in his message
such statutes as might be in applicable 10 our
new situation and had them revised IN the or
binary course of legislation and not have pro-
tractea the session of the legislature, to an un-
usual aud unnecessary length, for the purpose
of waiting the movements Of board of iurispru-
dence with its secretary, and wild land commits
sioners, &C. 1t is believed such would have been
the case and instead of countenancng such
expensive projects, the offspring of visionary
brain" he would have told their advocates with
that frankness which always accompanies hon.
est intelligence, that such schemes might do We
ry well for those employed and paid from the
| treasury, such as land commissioners land a
gents, land surveyors sc. but would necessa-
rily impose a tax on the Industrious citizen too
heavy 10 be borne, and should the wild land
scheme prevail, that tax would be as intermln-
able as the boys and mountains proposed to be
purchased. From this last Judgment we were
| unexpectedly delivered by that kind Providence,
which tempers the storm TO the sholn lamb"
But there are higher considerations than
those ola pecuniary nature, which demand an
immediate corrective in the Office of Governor
and that corrective it is the duty of the cleo
tors Immediately to apply. The conduct Of the
confederation which was formed to effect sep
aration sufficiently shews, that, in their intern
perate zeal, 10 carry their point, they set all
moral obligation at defiance, and practisod such
tricks and articles as would disgrace the Seraglio.
| Some ~ the more rejecting of this confedera-
tion discovering its dangerous tendancy, have
bid 1T adieu forever. The managers of this
separation Junto may be sufficiently designated
by looking al the Spanish commissi)n, the Sem
ate OF the u :. &c.-But for separation, the
Alfred farmer might as was observed in your
last paper, have been snug at home busted on
his farm, or in making Justice wrts and com
posing fourth Of July orations, and SO of the rest
Fellow citizens Ito dssipate this cabal as dam
gerous, as il is unprincipled, is your bounden
duty What but the storm raised by the divi-
SION OF Maine from Massachusetts, and directed
by the above kindred spirits could have elevated
me present incumbent young man, to the Of
ice Of Governor and degraded the Hon. EZEKIEL
| WHITMAN TO the situation of Common Pleas
Judge The answer must be, that nothing but
The lever excited on the occasion would have
accomplished it, Its picture as disgusting as il is
contrary to all the rules of propriety to see the
man occupying the place of the master, and the
master thrust down to the situation of the man
line qualifications of this Young incumbent
were freely discussed the last year by those well
quaihed, no doubt, for such description. AS we
have no particular knowledge on this subject,
shall only add that Governor ought, not only
TO be tree from wanton breach of any, or ali.
OF the ten commandments, but from suspicion
OIL any such breach. What Caesar required of
wife, Ia the days of paganism, il cannot be Deem
ed unreasonable in the citizens, to require of
Governor IN the Christian Era---Thcse who
are curious upon this subject, by recurring to
tie papers engaged in the controversy OF the
last year, will ind ample matter for their curl
osity and surPrize which cannot fail TO make
the candid dropa tear on the distracted situa-
N no &i.fxa
disgust.
The wariares Of parties in State are per
Petuai source OF evil, and uniformly initiate
against It's happiness: they the COMMISSIONS
OF the feverish patient, which in violent par
oxlsm OF the distemper, destroy the vital fame.
That such warfares will continue TO agitate this
State until suitable Governor is chosen which
! belongs, exclusively, TO neither OF The hostile
parties, is evident from what transpired at the
last GubernatOrial election.-So fully confirm
| ca OF TINS truth were more than seven thousand
OF Its citizens, the last year, that they gave their
votes spontaneously, for Mr.. WHIrMAN, though
he was not regularly nominated for the Office had
| nc been regularly nominated at that time, there
can be but little doubt he would have command
Cd an overwhelming majority-What ought TO
have been done then, Let US do now--and restore
the state to peace and pectabty.-Should
it be said that Mr.. WHITMAN has recently been
| appointed 10 the Office OF Judge of the Common
Pleas, and is useful there: agreed-e is very use
full there; but the very qualifications which make