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TO THE LEoAL vorxRs IN MAINE.
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ln former communication, | endeavored
to show that Massachusetts would retain s. tn
title" to her lands in Name, for many year,
to come. That this policy would contribute
greatly to her interest, was, think, amply
proved. Nevertheless, some suppose thai,
as that Commonwealth is interested, in de-
gree, in common With US, to prevent emigra.
tions to the South and Wesi, she would en-
courage the settlement and population Of
Maine. This, in fact, she might do, and very
much subserve Der own interest, and be en-
tirely up to the letter and spirit.of " Me con


disions, and yet to the proposed State a
greater injury. yes Infinitely greater, than it
she proceeded in the track We marked oul
for her. As soon as our squares of land be.
come settled about any Of beFs, she might en-
courage persons to 80 on TO her lots, BY Civ
ing them long leases, securing to herself the
payment Of small annual rent,-proyiding
against strip and waste .&c-and for the rever-
sion Of the land to her, before the expiration
OF the lease il the Conditions were not fulfill
ed. The faith Of the Government might be
pledged, that il the stipulations were cOmpl.
ed with, the lease should be renewed, to the
lessee or his heirs, at every expiration, forey-
er. All this might be done aud yet :. the title
remains" in the Commonwealth; and the
lands, Of course, " Be free from taxation." /,
is, therefore very possible, in q course oi
years supposing all tue lands in Maine were
capable Of cultivation. that the proposed Stale
may have within it. dron four to sir million
acres Of land, valuable and well cultivated
from which she can not derive The least reye-
nue. !-peopled too BY sci Of Inhabitants SO
entirely dependen, on a forega Government,
that as matter Of course, they would strive
TO promote the interests, the plans, or the in
trigues OF that Government, rather than con-
suit the welfare Of that in which they lived.
This would be such q wheel, within a wheel.
such an imperism IN is.perio. as would hardly
meet the views ofour sticklers for indepen-
dence.


Let US, BY a few calculations, see, whether
this would not be profitable course for Mas
sachusetts-ior, repeat It. she will pursue
that policy, which is most for her interest,
and which is, at the same time, just and law
iul. We ought to conduct, in this affair. as Il
Massachusetts would, ih future, be guided BIZ
her interest solely--we ough: to hope for
nothing, from her generosity. The project.
proposed 70 Us, has nothing ambiguous, moth.
ing hidden about 1.-THE bargain offered by
her, il accepted by US. will be far one, and
we shall have no reason 10 complain of Mas
sachusetts, II she makes the most she can Of if.
But to the calculation. a


Suppose the rent for 100 acre lot, be
70 year-'a sum, equal only to the state anu
county tax, annually paid by the owner of
such lot, with moderate Improvements upon
It. In square, Of ftwelve miles, there would
be 92l hundred acre lots With fraction Of 60