Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-01-10

pense, by which our vast interi or might
be rendered accessible and its imme nss
and invaluable resources made available
to the purposes of business
These, and similar improvements, prob
ably may be made from the avails of our
public lands, and without lie aiding the State
with an enormous foreign debt. They
are benefit to the whole people, and may
be done gradually as our means may per-
nit, and as the growing wants of our in
creaslng popu laton may require.
Our public lands will necessarily for many
years TO come constitute an important sub
Ject of Legislative attention. A constant
and vlgilant supervision over them is DEM
anded from the peculiar exposure of the
growth upon them to the depreditons Of the
lawless, there immense value as a source
Of revenue to the State, and their still
higher value, as means of adding. by
hnrdy, enterprisng and virtuous popula-
ton, to the growing prosperity and impor-
tanc of our State.
In the management of these lands tho
tle policy unquestion ablyis, as recommen-
red by several of my predecessors, to fac
illate the sale and settlement OF those fit
for cultivation Low prices, reasonable
credit, convenient roads built at the public
expences, liberal reservations for SCHOOLS
and the support of the ministry are amovng
the most efficient means for accomplishing
this object.
Those that are principally valuable for
the timber growing upon them, may be
sold moro with a view to pecuniary COLI
sidera,ions especially as to these we must
probably look for the means to discharge
the public debt, not to defray. in part at
least the ordinary expenses OF government.
A present | am not prepaid TO recon-.
mend any important changes in the sys-
TEN now in operation. If any considerable
defects exist. your own sagacty will un--
doubtedly defect them, and your care for
the interests Of your constituents surpIy tha
remedy.
cannot close this commune ation with
out recommending that, in regard TO the
public expenditures you adopt system Of
rigid economy Not only does the state of
our finances render such course peculiarly
proper at this time, but constituency, dis
tingnished as well for their frugality rs for
thelr justice and ibcralty, expect it at your
hands.
Sudden and important changes in laws
with which the people have been long famif
liar, and which have received cons;ruc-
ton by the long practice ofthe community,
if in no other way, should be made with
great caution. Nor, should our statute books
be unnecessarily, numbered with new laws
called for by no peculiar exlgencies of the
people More evil results from excess of
Legislation then from want of it. Besides, =
coed government inieiirres as little with
the liberty of the citizen as ia compatible
with the restraining of wrong, and the
maintenance Of safety and good order ia
society.
l. YOU find yourselves occasionally. diff
fering upon questions that may cone before
ven. particularly those involving your Pc
cnlisr political nnininns, ,rnst that did.
erence may be entertained without hostility
! lie human mind is not SO constituted rs to
insure nnanimIly of opinion upon any sub
iect. Itis 10 more to be expected that
men should think alike that they should
icoi or act alike. While, therefore,
each is tenacious Of his own entire freedom
Of thought and opinion, lie, that freedom be-
enjoyed with all that charitabIencss towards.
ii3'fHt "hD biItI lpiii HiIi!, Which Il ScIlSC
OF Justice, and an enlightened federation
would seem to require. This spirit of char
itabcness and courtesy, it appears to me.
is in no wise, Incompatible with the most
afdrnt attachment to ones principles aud
party. Uniting then, with such feeling.,.
though on many points with antagonist prin~
ciplcs may we not oitener find a conmor
ground upon which we can cheerlully ana
successfully cooperate in the promotion Of
the public good.
That our united labours may all tend fn
advance the true Interests of the State. aud
secure the welfare and happiness Of this
people. let us not fail to look FOR support
and guidance to HIM, whose goodness
never fails, and whose wisdom never errs,
JOHN FAIRFIELD,
Council Chamber, !
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