Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser

MISCELLANY

COMMUNICATION.

It appears that the three county Caucus has issued
its manifesto. It is very much such a thing, and
managed in the same way as was expected, as soon
as it was understood that those opposed to separation,
would not attend this meeting. There is nothing
new brought forward. There is, however, an
attempt to represent this meeting as much more
general than it was. They say that "an immense
concourse of respectable citizens convened, collected
from more than half the towns in the county of
Lincoln" &c. Upon enquiry, we can hear of only
two citizens who appeared at Augusta from the
eastern half of Lincoln, viz. Mr. Whiting of Warren,
and Mr. Hale who drives the stage, and lives
we believe, at Camden. The meeting at Augusta
was, in no sense, a representation of this county;
as to the other counties, we are not informed. It
is to be regretted that those gentlemen of Lincoln
who called the meeting should have carried it where
the people of this county would not go. This meeting
has collected a few out of this county, who
must have great zeal upon this occasion, or they
would not have gone so far. It is altogether a
one sided thing. Many were curious to see what
they would say or do respecting the coasting business.
They got over it with one short sentence.
and intimate that Congress may place it upon its
present footing.* This the constitution prohibits
unless the whole system should be altered.—No.
state can be indulged with any advantage or preference
over another in this respect, and there is
no precedent like this case. I have seen this separation
plan brought forward several times, and
urged, at each time, by some respectable men, especially
by those who have lived at or near the intended
capital. It has always been advocated by
some leading men who have been considered a
prominent candidates for office, but the great body
of the people—those who pay the taxes by hard
labour and those connected with the coasting business
have generally been against it. This will certainly
be the case on the 20th of May next, notwithstanding
the zeal of a few, and the inactivity
of many.