The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-19
Province of New Ireland
in N. E.
Abstracts of Hon. Mr.. William.
sons Papers.

last meeting for the season yesterday AZ
ternoen. Rev. D-. hurrage presided and
the attendance was not rs larg' an usual.
Major hsxt-r read paper on Presidents
Lincoln and the Peace Con ferencs OF e5
and Hon. Jos. Williamson read carfeuiiy
prepared paper on "a Province Of New
Ireland In New England" The follow
log Is an absfrset OF this paper:
THE PROPOSED PROVINCE OF
NEW IRELAND.
The design of the British government
during the Revelation, of fesering por-
ton OF Maine from Masanch usotte and
erecting tt into province to be colontsed
By IoyailstG, under this name OF New
Ireland, has received little sttsntton from
historians. The earliest publsenea ae-
count of % appeared In the seventh vol
ume of our Proceedings, snd 10 has since
been briefly noticed by Bancroft. in the
closing volume OF his history OF the
United STATES.
Through the ROYAL Commission on
copiss OF several documents which iiius-
trate the oiiain and progress OF the pro-
ject. They were found In the pfivate coll
lscsoas OF the Marquis Of Lansdowne, the
present. Secretary OF Stats for War. ana
Of Earl Dartm outb, Whose ancestor wss
Secretary for American Affairs during
the Revelation. The first, an order sp-
proved In Cabinet, August 10, 1850, and
By tue King on the following DAY, Is as
follows:
''It being judged proper and necessity
to separate the Country lying to the
Ncrth HAST OF the Pisoataway River from
the Province Of Massachusetts, Bay, 10 ID
proposed to erect 30 mch OF II as Hes be-
tween SAwkno hiysr and the st. Croix
(which IL the South West boundary OF
a. -, w&auA TFas ha EQR
between two North lines drawn from tbs
Heads Of those Rivers to the boundary
OF Canada, into New Province, which
from It's situation between the New Eng-
land Provinces and Nova Scotia. may
with great propriety be called New Ire
land, especially a. the II Of lbs sstab-
lisnment 10 ooeval with that OF opening
the trade OF Ireland with the American
Provinces. The semainder Of the Coun.
try lying between the Sawto River and
the Piscataway IL IL proposed to throw
into New Hampshire In order 20 give
that Province greatsr Front on the Sea
than 1t now has. and for reasons Of deeper
sis Ia proposed that the Constitution of
the New Province should be similar TO
that Of Fast Florida at tse outset. oon-
sisting Of only Q Governor and Council,
a Chief Justioe, and other Civil Oficsrs,
provided for by Essimats granted by
Parliame emit, but that declaration be
made CT the Kings Intention to give It
a CONF lete local Legislative wheneser
the Circum stances of the provinces will
admit OF It,; and It may &c proper TO de-
clare that that Legislative Will be- as O
Model Of the Coastit ution wished to take
place throughout America.
at has been found BY sad experience
shat the Democratic power 10 predominaut
in iau palts of British America. II Is
in vain TO expect the Governor to possess
the ShRdowsevsn Of the. influence az tins
Crown to balance It, and the Counoii In
the Royal Governments holding their
Seats at the pleasure OF the Govsrnors
Men Of personal weight prefer icing
Mem bars of the Assembly to seats at tins
Board, ana therefore the Members OF II
beipg chiefly Offiosrs OF the Grown with
out property add but little Of the Artistic
cratic Influence to the legal Authority
Of Middle Rranch Of the LEGISLATURE. 10
comb bat the prevailing disposition OF the
People to Rspublicanisin. and to balance
the Democratic Power Of the ASSEMBLY,
1t Is proposed to form . distinct Middle
Branch Of Legislature. The Mem bers g
be appointed By the Grown and to hold
their Seats during Life unless removed BY
His MF asty In Council upon o charge
exhibited By Ne ority OF the Assem- bly,
or by the doveror and q Majority OF the
Priyy Conncil. 10 pressrye the Influences
OF the Governor In this Upper House 10
10 proposed that the Privy Council Should
sll be Members Of IL, and to composs q
Ns for part OF the whole. and that In case
Of vacancies In the Privy Council thsy
should he filed up out Of the Asmbsrs Of
the Upper HOUSE. It n also proposed thai
the Seats In the Privy Council should havs
Titles OF Honor annexed TO them or some
Emoluments In the place Of them to maks
them desired, ct this same time the Gov
ernor to have the same power over them
all the Kings Governors now have Of
suspending them from their Seats ane
thereby from the Honors or Emoluments
and II any distinction in Ergiand ooult
be given them It would have q moe
powerful effect.
"No Quit Rants have been reserved b
the Crown it may grant within the Char