Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-03-31

shall De tolu lhat " loNns N"ulu HahehNt'1
small. iicsgrc county. ] answer that such
is not the case. bu, that exien, Of territory,
b. no means. constitutes a county. Nor has
territory hardly any connection with the true
idea Of county. Wealth and population
are the grand and essential concomiianls Of a
county. II is upon this idea that the Com
miilee on incorporation Of counties acted,
when il granted the prayer Of the petitioners
for the county Of King. | say. then, To the
Androscogin county men, you do not need
Liycmnrc lnd Turner ~ much as We do.
These two towns arc equal to onc.scycnlh Of
our whole county, showing that we have a
valuation equal to bot fourteen such towns as
these arc Now shall Two towns be taken
from US, leaving what is equivalent to only
H., and making II to them. wish some
one to show to the House. il il is possible to
be dane, the reason lor such a kind of lcgis.
laton. IL is 10 this very point that | call at.
ienton, and challenge a relutalion this pre-
mise in my argument. need no, recount
the cNcrIions which have been made To get
this Bill To It, present position. Is conccp-
,ion was the result Of almost infinite labour.
Lewiston Falls has been we'll nigh depopu.
lated AZ every stage in the advancement Of
tins Bill. Its doclors, lawyers, merchants,
mechanics, wirc.pullcrs and log. rollers gene
rally have come down upon US with what has
hitherto proved an irresistible force. More
buttons have hccn pulled on this Bill, than on
every other which has come before the pres.
enl Legislature. Those oho have net seen iil
90 with the multitude, IN favor of this new
county, have been called naruw minded, and
The representatives, Of some 1.-TWO acre lot. ="
These friends ofihis Bill have shown not
lutte bad taste in their very great zeal to
carry il through this House. Still | am will
ing to accord to the people of this cntcrpris.
ing village all the credit which - due them.
and It is of no small amount. Here wish
to say, that county with village Of such
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- furnishing and productive towns, has no
claims upon these lwo towns, which would
nave '''"'" WV VI WIS "',, . ."' " % w '"',
very point 10 which call the candid and
serious attention "' 'n'' HOUSE io' 4 mo
'n'"' '.' w ''o' At lev, 1850" ''.'' '"''
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, o,,...,,s
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I, d. i, ,,,.,,n.rc, or,bi, very GREAT rr,vrl
,rI.,i,,o, r,l,. ,,b,,l, ,s marc ,l,,p tr,bl,
h,,oro,o,I county ,b,,Iu..,. m ,rrn
men, io favour Of INV amendment. th. promo
,I,ion that the county oi Andro,corrin vii
have sua,icn, wealth anl population without
the towns Of Turner and Liycunorc.
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~, ,,a,.,cJ r,,r the county n O,G,rI. If
t..,.,.,, ,,ar, ,-, ,,lc, from u... ",
Inns. ,l,,,ly s,,l ,h,, the ra,.bl, propery oI
o,r,l c,rp,y b., siaip3lo. and HAT uf M,
,..,,rs ,Tu,,,, and I.i,,rmprc. $500 .iOj. of
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..,. III. ,,l,,,,on ,r ,,r,c t,o town.
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stCi-s7i.a sum smaller rlAn Is owned by
c.,b,, of the ten original counties N the
S,,,, I, ,,., leave, orr population less
w,,orl,, .,,bc,,,,,,llihis. # we had tho
,..I,,,I n,,,,n.,i,, ,ovo. which. IN franklin
comfy l,,. the sandy River. or had ter,
,,,c,y sncb !, i, embraced w.rhia tic county
lines nCPiscllaguIs, ~ that garden OF Maine,
,b. ,,,,.,,,t Bu,ve have no such tern.
49,. w,h ,l,, .,,.,,i,, ,,- ar : towns
n..r,c,.o oro,e,I c,p,,v is rou,b rocky
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