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Kennebec Journal from Augusta, Maine • 2

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Kennebec Journali
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i- 4- i i i' jp rn it1' s- rf 's 1 a- st -I to i 010 I ADDRESS 1 amongrt wa sad the names by which ws havsbeew -rMogniaed will hs fiirgottea sad nil will bs knoww as Patriot and Defenders of tiw Union But I will not imlulge ia sprculatioM as to what will happra whea civil war shall have been began I yet brieve most firmlythat thcWKsleratina and stead-fatnes af tiw and tha gad arnoa and ia)riotism of all will ha anfficirnfifur thto bonrand that God who was with oar fathers Will ba with US Ush in this cristo ofaeur eraatry to gusto to strengthen to chsrtioa it may Iw but to arc Even tiw timid ami extrema eeaservativo mra of tbaenantry and tbo politics! (inpoarata of who hva bera sleeted to tlw highest pUers in tlw goverrfmtnl find who at first were inclined' to tlw result which has been made the eccasioa for theg manifestations of dishyalty and violence will sty that there to ta it great ex use for gratuta- thia ami saeouragemcaL For who to there hut will acknowledge that recent event and disclosure -j have dsmowatntod that tiw ebangea la tlw policy of flie riivmmient and in thf persons appointed fiir its aiminist ration which the people hava willwl bare been made not an hour too soon Now ta- epect fliT'tlw Constitutioa demotion to and tlw lore of liberty yet burning ta tiw lirenuta'' of tho peuple may and I believa will carry IMF-eountre aafeljr through tiw perils which carumpaiw lt while a few mure re like the past with ita heresies and tiona would ware lionad it without remedy to tlw car of a grinding and re- oligarchy New tlw eurrUptuins of art admiuistratioa which have fceenow a national scan- mal veraatiuu frauds and pecs 1st ions whirfi in a single term bars dwarfed tlie aggregate of ths wrongs and corruptions in the geverumcot from Ha formation to ths present time may bs fiilly ex- -poseil pad tbeir progress ted bclbrs they have (icconw)Su fixed upoa uur system as to bs taeradi- cable atel fatal aiul before the contagion of tbeir example haa reached tlw homes of tiw peoples! 'UwAniar In all yourj rmleavors for tlw public gnwl whether looking to tiw preservation of tiw Constitution ths integrity Of tho I'nita or to tiw protnotioa of tlie varied interests ef our own Mate you may rely apna my prompt ami cordial oo-ojwratkiB 1 ISREL WASHBURN Jn' i tire du in tka North whea I yap that eueh eoa-aion caniM ba auuiei': 1 But if aotwo are tokl that tho elave Mataa or a portion of them will withdraw ftm tha Uaiow No they will lwot-- They can tuft go aad ila tho end thqy willj not wsut to (u Much they ilrt ire to hare tfaibir view aeerpteil by the osuutry far they wjpwld Igo -to eeuratbe protect ioa of slavery by tlia general 1 govrrnmraf and It i eliecked cxpaiUwia they will not the brisk of the precipic ta secure fads- Deeply they regret tlw accrmiuu ef the party of Mr isn-eoln ami Mr Jjtawlia-to power ta- tlw general government actual and permanent secession of any or all of tlw slave Mates tlwy goakl regret still Inure for they are nut regard of the trifrs the difficultiesl the inevitable (Kasstera awl the lung line of wore that would heart thrir noth awl hang around at every step They will know tliat tbclr strength thrir riwurity and thrir are ijtt the aw) ta the Uniuu with us their traer and better friewfaj than whs by thrir wilfril 1 winrepweatathme of tiw views awl purpuMs tof thrir arighlfani by tbeir un-natund and mqligoaiit revitingfi the great majority of the fieupla among whom they live and with thrir treacherous friendship tor the slaveholders have hern ia ao small degree respcmelile fiir tiw want of confidence awl fraternity tiw (fist rust awl apprehensHin tlw passion and tb finer which are tiw immediate iriiigof all qur present troubles They w)ll karn they risiubl know already' that tlw peoplo of-tho free Mateo have nu inteutiuu intenueddlisg with thrir qjrrtem ia tiw Mates where it exists by virtue of tiw local law awl that thqy Will cheerfully extend to them all their euuetitutiiiual aad equal righto I I-1 When tlw oqoiieme of the hour alwll bare passed sud reosua basresumeit her swayj When tlw realities of disunion the bunfans tlw difficulties awl danger shall lie seen ftlwy are awl tiw ol(Ltiuw reaped aud for they cauuot always be and wbeu the peuple of tiw store Mates shall eonw to accept they will the mjncluaiims of thatj invinciblo higio which pronouncics -t lid Union a ityr-ouauuer-cial social and to all Ita uiehibcrs awl wliich also determined tiw positioa of tlw free Mates spun th queution no longer to be a disturbing ww of Iriavely eutieord mirtual respect awl confidence will Li rewetaUtolwd oa a bast which no faction in aay quarter ahall be able to distarh Iu tbg wwautanw' conqiliatioa forbrar- ettled aa is tho oounty of Kennebec at this day 4 Certainly to promote tho devriopement and settlo-aent at a domain like this to object worthy pf the statesmanship of the repreneatahves of a great oontmon wealth It lb not far ma to direct or pciw haps advise ia regard to the particular manner or tha specific wuanitj by which this iiulisnensibl service may ba best aooomplished But I should ho fittoo to my sense of duty awl foil in the lore which I hava ever borne to my native Mate and In tha hopes which 1 havq waver erased to riMriah of her groat friture If I hesitated to commend this subject in all ita aspects awl bearings to your most earnest awl tboughtfril regard By tha Gonstitox tioa you art I forbidden to maks ass of tho credit uf tbs Mata for tha promotion of works of improve-' meat to My- enptelerabto extent and I am aot prepared at thto tima to recommend any change of that internment ia thto regard But without aoch change tbe Legislature may do indeed it Buy do much for fths encouragement of autih work To tho extent of ita constitutional power it may grant direct or indirect aid1 Tho unsold htwls tlie securities ia tho public offices the legal and equitable claims of tho Mato against the general Government growing onto! tlie war of 1812 of tho Northeasters! boundary controversy and out of other transact sum of them certain to bo allowed and paid to Cha very eouahfaralite amount fiir which that Government by tho priuoiplea it recognised and ficted ap4i ta many inteawoaa to frilly conuniUed and others ia the owl I hope aot less certaih apoB the able and faitkftii present ment and advocacy which I know oar Senator awl Representatives at Washington are prepared -to tmay ba appropriated in whole or ia part to ba- holdea in trust fiir thrir pruaSeutiow and ounipletkm la thto way such recognition of the valuo' nad importance of them enterprises might lie made as by assuring the public confelenee in their importance would In connection with tlie 'direct aiil to which have adverted go fkr towards placing theta in the wsy of early and certain consummation hile the Aroostook section as con taiuing tha largest portiuu by for of tbe good set tling binds owned by the Mata and yet unoccupied will aodooUedly present stronger claims upon par eutnudrralioa than any other it is to be readily eouca led that tha other northerly counties have large tracts wf excellent awl available settling lauds tlia develojwuieut at which should also ba the object of your earn To all these districts as well aa ta tlia northeast your aid should ba extended if extended at all ia just amT equitable proportions having Mganl to tli offlftCll 6AML While upon this topic of tlie settlement of our nnuccupif'l Iqwto I will take occasion to say that tho ilaa of some ovgsniswi msasurn fiir the intro ductiuu of emigrants ft an tho north of Europe to bur Mate has been received with much favor by many at tha most thoughtful awl Uivsigkted ef our eitiaeua Th Norwegiaaa ia particular Hto believed by thorn who hava studied their character would fimu ruble ions to eur population By such they aro said to bo athltetofeir and healthy Tlicy are also represented as iuteUigeat brave loyal frugal iudastriousalfeetiuuate and religious They aro bur true ancestors Tbs climate growth and agricultural productions of Norway resemble ta ntany resiecto thuso of era Main bat an iwlateriuus Norwegian tnnuar removed- to Aroostook eoantv with its-bet ter soil larger cattle awl bonus awl longer summers awl inure generous ftiroduetioa white ho wnukl fiwl a congenial climate would think himself ia a tropical region so muck more buoatiftil returns wuuhl nature yield to hia industry It will not escape your observation that whatev mitted are to bo laid before you and will frilly confirm tbo favorable opinion already entertained ta regard (a tha management of thto taipottaat twititutioa vfc'fx'K'- I hava recrntly availed myself of eroortnnL ty to virit tha Reform School at Caps Elisabeth and from what 1 aaw ther of ita management' at ita order cleanliness and decorum and of tlw ap-poaraaeo of the sprightly hopefril lails-tM moat of them all too viiluaUo to be my conviction of tbe value amt Importance of that institution hare been strengthened and establuihad Of tha admirable qualification of the Superintendent and Matron Mr and Mrs ikamman all who have visited the School will bear1 cheerful la relation to thto metlnsl of treating boys who hare bcen removed the ways at vice and crime from homes of shame and examples of infe my ia which there was scarcely a chance fiir them to beoonie any thing bat peats of oupfety I would say that oducatlua to utter tgnorauce good habits than bad and that Reform Bchooto are chmqwr thM Penitentiaries The afiaire of tha Mate Prison hare engaged the afa ten tioa of the Lrgwlstnrefiir savers years It to aj parent howcverthatae final aulatiua of the nuce-tione wliich bare been raised in reference to bos ref beta found It will be for yoa to consider any legislation to nr ary to place them a fimting that will allay' the which haa existed and euntiimea to exist to shim extent ta tho public mind in regard to them'" Tlw prison ekfwnai at Thumaston unbke tlssw of must of the neighboring Mates hare hr many years been eon-ierebly la of ho Tlw fact to explicable I think ajssi (be hypotiiesi of chronic ml ftindsmental error in regard to tbo means of conducting its operations Pram there error iijm-trine may have grown wp tha knowledge -aad notion for away of the Mate government which the power of no Warden could avail to over throw Uut however this may be aad whether tbeiw are just causes far complaint or nut aad whether tlw faults if My have existed hare ha in tho system or ia tlw officers' there can ba aa doqlft that tlw whole -subject should undergo a must rigid and eratehing lh the pcrfiinuaiKe the duty which may da-jVqlve upon you of districting tlw Mate fiir Renat- and Representati vee in tlw Legielaturwqnd fiir ltepreuentativee in the uf tlw Uaiftod jStatea fiir tho next decade it will bd'soarorly errary fiir inp to observe that a determination to consult the requirements of abd justice ia the farieatsia of the districts sliouUf ba paramount to all other consslorations Tlw sng-gestiuwa of duty and true policy in this regard are not apUgouistical fiir nothing to more certain than that tlw attempts heretufinw made la thto and other Matee to obtaia a party advantage at tlw expense of fhirncaa have generally failed fto accom- tha parposa intended and not aridom rq-isledto the iq)nry tft those who pat them ftwth While Mr view to cheered by so many faadgra'of prosperity and signs of hope a cloud gathered ia the southern sky to casting its portentous shadow over tbo toad inning aaeaaincm ia the public mind disturbing tbs industrial relations and financial operations of tho country and menacing the geqeral welfare -That it will ba dispelled having cleared the atmosphere and removed many causes ef ta the body politic thereby promoting life aud health' should not ho doubted by thuso will investigate its origin aad trees itie pro-g the earliest beginning to It -culmination- Tho history of tho Americas people of their opiaiuos and pitatioa anterior to the Revolutionary war the principles anderlyiag tlw commencement anil prosecution of that Struggle aad whkk were euppussl to hare been aetabltobed by its tha grand and death truths of tbo Dcclaratioa of Independence tho Cuaatitutiua with ita affirmatidaq omhsiioneaad exclusion its luminous 1 contemporaneous exposition tlw original policy of the government tbs opinion and labor of tho fat hen of Washington Franklin Rimh licnry Ails ms "Jefferson and Madison tho decisions of the Judicial tribunal of tho $Uv Matre down te a recent' period tho frequent ion in regard to all thfir in our own times wealth' But fortunately far us owing to the felicity of our physical position and tho vastneaa ot our capabilities tA riyeete which I hava ao earnestly oum mended to your notice depend apna no uch enaiirigenty' as in' tha experience of other Mates has been the eowlitton of their aoeompltoh-ment r- y- A noble field broad fictile and bcaatiftil has jen given to as to be cultivated and adorned With a just appreciation of its axtent-cs polity and needs tot as enter npoa the work that is before an Waving sable the petty scheme -and unseemly wrangtoa which too often disfigure tho actions ef public men awl mounting above the trifling views and unworthy purpoare of more partisans tot us rise if wo can to tha height of tbe great argument which duty awl patriotism so eloquently address to I S-' -W V'" "''fe' jTho report bf tho Treasurer will be you in a few days aad will place you iq possession of such facts ae will frilly inform you in regard to tho financial condition of tlia' Mata 1 learn that tho receipts into tho tho padt year were from all souroesj 1 8462278 and that fiir the same- period tbe expruditurea ware 483 4 exclusive of tlie deficiency at tlia lata Treasurer The mated receipts fiir tha current year are 351040 and the estimated niwaditures 304027 The operations of this uepartOWint of tbe government have been somewhat embarrassed tha pact year iw consequence of the diefatoatioa of the into Treasurer But it to bdievedtht the ul-timate oh to the Mato proceeding ftDm thto dcro-liction of duty will Iw snuilL''' Whether any togia-latioa upon thto subject to asersrary will bo fiir your consideration when yoa ahall have been frilly dvlseil of all tho facts bearing upon It At a time w)ien the affaire of this uffioe are administered by a gSutleiusn of distinguislied ability and nnqueMtiuq-aUa integrity tlie Uwt tqipogtanity will lie fiiuWl (for every body will undentaiid that no reflection upon Mm can be implied) fiif tho introduction uf uch rofimns in the manner bf transacting ita business and tat lie rules fur eond tiding its operations I aa will serve to jmitect the Mato from losses bere- after' In addition to farther peual enactments if any which you may wmsblsr expedient I would earnestly recommend tbe adoption- by the Legislature of a system of aeeounta for thia do-partmeut involving ia its perfect laxeeutioa' tbe ignstioa bf two officers at toast who should act independently of each other awl ealch 1 of whom sboukl be-requirsd-to keep one of a duplicats act of books ta which should piimd every item of nioUey received or disbursed ao receipt or draft to Iw valid wnlnw signed by both Provisions like Ikmribt ta New Yerk Ohio awl most bf the other Mates (suggrateil in many of them liy tlw dereliction iff their officers) under the operation of which it to believed that the' abstraction or illi-gitiuiate are of tho public binds to nearly import aiblo Of tho State debt 80000 will he doe oa tha first ilsy- of March 1801 and am provis should bowiada for! its rodomption-: A liks larger aum will bis dus MBualiy far several year The lectori of a Mate permitting the year to pass without making aa effort to redoes its indebtedness to oaq which I cannot look wpoa witk pleasure Tha people of thto Mato would bo glad to dimmish tha amount of interest which tbey are annually called -upon to pay awl would I doubt not applaud adoption of any weH-matured measure for the reduction of the- drift upon which it rests They would if I do not greatly mistake their character be pleased to era some moderate increase ofthe Mate tax it would ho so email that practically they woukl acaibdy feet Irt-if thereby ther might Iw assured of the gradual but certain extinguishment uf the' debt of tho State The people who are over and justly restive under tlijp weight of burden imposed fiir tbo benefit of individual or claanes or ooessionsd by the blunders or frauds of thrir officers are ever ready and willing to grant the necessary airans Sir tho discharge of their honest obligation1 )- J- Tb repurta which tlw several State' officers are by law required to be laid before you at tlie practicable moment At the turn of preparing this Address I have wot been-able with two or three exceitious to examine tieq They Gtmiltmam aftka SenaU mmdiftMa Uomaa if Mpnaantoliraat Ikryaif which hae just dosed haa bean with wr people ana of wnaaipaweil proqwrity in alt their aiaterial relatioaa The husbawlman haa enjoyed the advantage at ready markets and maneratlng prices for ilia generous harvests which havw been the reward of hia labum The shipbuilder and the 1 lamheraian hava been eneouniged by more liberal returns than for several preceding years waited wpoa the important brauebes of industry over which they preside awl iu tha ploy menta of labor and capital in whatever department with few if My exceptions tha spring of a quickrr and steadier life haa been felt Health peace mid comfort have been within our borders aad ia our habitations It haa been the common remark of our wisest observers that never before haa tha Btato been ao strong ia all tha conditions of physical prosperity that never-luw its wealth been ao considerable or ao generally diffused and that the peupfe have at wo former period been ao ftec Arom pecuniary liabilities as at the present tinm It may be doubted whether tho auw In hia whole ouwrse visits a own iu unity whuea members are more clear of financial cm mints or who aro more generally ia of tlie mean a aud no-ctMinca of comfort aad independenca than thorn among whom our lot haa been cast For them fevers awl benedictions Id wa knowledge with devout and reverent hearts with offerings of thanksgiving and i gratitude our dependence upon that beneficent and gracious IauviMmra whom alone they have come awl toft wa imjJora tha'ountiauanca of Ilia blessings to to thia people to ur beloved Commonwealth awl to that Union-GuVerument ia whom perpetuity and integrity a ta enfolded so many of hopos of maukiwL -i'c I It will be oar grateful duty to labor assiduously aad earnestly aiul la tha light at that Urge and comprehensive polity which perceive that tliedifo fcmit sections of tha- State are intimately related to each other and that wo step taken la behalf of oao does not advance them all for the promotion iifihim interests aad pu mails to which our attention awl care are obviously summioed by tha natural resources and tbe geographical and climatic puuitiua of tho Ktato whom weiferc haa beep temporarily oufumitted to our charge 1 hi lusted in tha path of the wtercoufee betwern tha new world and tha old with a direct sea AonU aga of twa hundred awl thirty fndts and follows lug the sinuosities of thf tide with more thaa three thousand miles of owtst upuu which are mimeruua harbors soma of them unnvslled ia capacity safety and accMiibiiity with railroad connections extending through the Can aulas awl the Northwest few htalea facilities for tlia transaction of a Urge and profitable conimrrea ctiual to thorn of And ia tha eonditious of a cesuful proaeeatiaa of the carrying trade ia par-ticatar her superiority over mil tho other Mates ia manifest awl awfuestionahla Already aha baa tha Urgmt shipbuilder fa- tho Union ftirw atohing two-filths at least of the sailiug toaaaga of its rutin merohant-servioe Fur the prosecution of the fislirriee with eea my and cuncwai no people ia tha United Stolen eaa ha better situated than those who live upon the thousand bays harbors creeks awl river of this Butov' The rivers awl Urge streams namerous that threw isao neighborhood within oar bounds lire which they neglect to visit aro literally crowded with falls awl rapids furnishing water power of vast extent' aad capacity and at many points so aonawible to the craters of trade awl (Uatributiua as to placo them among tho moot eligible litre for manufiictariag tmrpoera in tbe counlrr Iron of execlbat qoality aad it ia believed' inexhaustible in quaBty is found in the counties of llseataquis and Aroostook And slate superior even to tho boat importations lima Wales abounds within fifty of llaugor Such is its quality awl tho fecility with which it may by quarried that as I hare the highest authority fiw saying a reduction of flfiy crate per (to of transportation to tidq water would secure fof it the nearly entire market of the United Mates The lumber labour forests is yet so cotuodersble ia extent aad variety that the amount of labor aad capital employed ia its cutting driving teaa-ulacture aud transportation will rather bo 1 thaa diminished far a quarter of a century tocome Thesoil of A Iain is not apna an average cofinw tilc as that of most of the Western Mates but a good preportion of it to arable and nearly all in jiatural adaptation arekloor gnaaing the expiree of good husbandry it yields better returns in net exchangeable values thM the fet -serin of the West for tbe Main former ia thfi eye of commerce awl where tha best markets are at hto door la no part of the ouuntiy do the whoat harvests display larger more Isubtila lb the acre than the fields of the Aroostook valley Undoubtedly the oust of drawing planting and gathering to greater in Maine than in Illinois but tha rlear profit of the crop to 1 think greater also Awl 1 am confident tharrae aero sows with wheat ia My Western Mate shows ao Bberal a margin of profit as with a like investment of labor aad rap-itel to'realiaed by the potato grower in moat of the counties ia this blabs To enlarge our com move to place the great business of shipbuilding on a surer awl stronger finding to extend the employments of our carriers Bpeefth of Benfttor Doolittlo i i kir iluuliitis of IViscunsui made furcihlo speech tlw Senate on Tharpdsj of last week against the right of sroiftviod and in defence of I tlw Reuhliean party IV quota the-cloaing purtiou which shows the graeral tenor of hia argument On the kin question: What all bur great buarted nationality Is a aad a driusionT Gentlemen aonwtimra anmplain that the Itepuldica party are disnuaed 1 da to tha eitiarasiif tlw South ami to thrir social taatitatitiBsssperially But wbat has" been the history of tiw government' it was finned ander the CaastitatiuuT Ws hare acquired Florida! Lmiiriana Texas and tiw territory from-Msxicrt W'o hava surrendered pari of kUiue aad given up eur claim ton great part ot Uregnu Florida host fiir ty milfioa dollars It hs hem -riven up to th social taetitationsof tbs South W's purchased Louisiana territory and two-thinls of tiw good land ha bera riven ap to tho oneia! institutions ef the South The annexation at as tiw war with Mexico and tlw acquisition of all territories from Mexico may ba regarded au on transection Now I ask you 'gentlemen iq nil sld candor to whether ws have wot sumndered to your iastitations your fall shore comparing tlw number of persons employed in your system of labbr with tlw white citiaras of tho United StatM? When you speak of- it without foundation You bars had your tall share and more thM your share of tiw territories wo bars acquired froiatlw beginning np to 'this hour 1 am sick and tired of bearing gentlemen stand up here and romptain of the irjurthui done lo this in- stitutiou Of this South Thera ia bo foundation for it In our jhistory norm whatever sir But you claim not ouj more than your share buXjroa clainx that the omuitntion you a right to go Into-tiw territory acquired from Mexico and sany your tlftre I maintain that tlw Constitution nosdch thing but that tlw law of Mexico existing Mm ws aequiml that territory and tlw Uourtitatwh not repeal it and whm you Claim a right to taks your slaves there you claim right' ttyt Uw Constitution not There -is no fimulatiun cither for the complaint- that wo find here that we deny tlw equality of States In the torritoriee What do ws deny to Tan that ws do not doty to owrorlves? 1 Whet single right have :1 ta New Mexico that you have mft? You this law exclmty your mctaT institution our bankiqg institutions and ehr mMufaeturing'i eorporatioas Vour social institution is kind iff clone empcjratwu existing ander tiw laws of your States -tys cxhrttag ty the common law of the coaty try deny you no right which wo do mft deny ourarl veik-1 I Tlw Setytor with a great deal of feeling jtbat the Republican party were denying the equality of the State in the territories purchased with ths common blood and treasure Now I stand here to say if the Constitutioa gives the slaveholder tlw right ttgake his- into tiw territory it -follows of- wrasoity that he has a right to have hia property pi elected there I will not dray the right i aml at me time dray the remedy Butl'itewy tbs right altogether under the Constitution Thera -is no surh ight established bjr it I stand ty what 1 announced in letter referred -to ty ths Senator 'from Oregon (Mr Xane) that tbe free trrritoruv acquired or to be acquired should tawoinfrty I maintain that it is but jUrt Ifww squire territory yoa are asking too much when you ask iu to convert it to slavo territory It is impomibla that wa cat have npoa any auck 'doctrine jtbat You must allow the territories to remflin free Vi will wot interfere with institution where it exists Sir that ia that non-interference ty th General Govern men) or ty tbo free State mm with slavery iin tbe States aud Bow-interference ty tb General "Government or ty tiw slaveholder against ftva--dom in tbs territorim is peace' r-i 1 A Dftrk Picture rCBUSHED EVERY FRIDAY M0RJC1NQ BY STEVENS -ft SAYWABD TwndnllanperaBBBiB' Oaedollerseeraty five eenls will be lakes Aae a jrearW sehesriptioa whea i say meet to wad ta Alter ut jibe year tbe paMishen reserve to Ivor vrtgbt to charge tpe dollars llty eenls I Any person who will fimrara as tha of In 'mdtamrt setiseribersj shall iwceirw a sUtb paper gratis and all ether blade of Job aad Taut Flriauag dona at short notice at tha Journal Organization-of the legislature The Senate waa oeganiard AVedneedaj by the rbutce of John A (jouJcdow of Alfred lVesi-jdent and Jamca Liueuln uf Bath Secret-tj Brett of Oldtown Amutani Secretary I Blalre of Franklin county Messenger and Julia A Mill of llanouck county Amwb- Tbe House was organised by the choice of Jamea lUalne of Augusta Speaker Miller of Ituckland tlrrk( and Franklin Ihvw Amistarit Clerk P- Ikchcr if Bid-tie ford Messenger awl MeanaofWaeli-ingtou county let istant Mnm-ngrr ant A dHlwurn of Penobscot county Sd Am firtant Bfcatongrr The votes for tJorrrnor were referred to a Committee which reported on the same on huiwday and (hit Washburn took the oath Af office and delivered his address which Inny le found in our cuiumns I The Bight Word Nobly Spoken We Invite special attention to'The reinarke Of Smni the Annivenniy cele- hrathm Of the New England tinefety at the Jstur House New York a lew days rince (fuming ftntn the distinguished llrpiiblican hwlrr at this momentous period of our Nathm-a affaire it is-important as iislieatirc of hia otiiniiMW as to the heat method of dealing with -tao organised treason whirh threatens break the Union and wantnuly toaaerdkethehrat iateiwsta of the American people llie speech a remarkaUe rennhination of humor skill breadth of views serene temper and noble patriotism If is conciliatory yet firm as the crw- elusions of irresistible logic and betokens that hjlty self luim is so needful to our leading atatesmirn at thia critical hour I 300000000 fo Cuba In the ranks only of the Simon -lVre Severn ion tots are to be fhund the men iho advocate purchase of Cuba for $3X1000001) in or- to extend the area of the peculiar lustita-tafn We would like says an Exchange to 1npw from these traitor whether' they think ithwt for Cuba now to propose to aelliout ot these terms to the United States reserving tAhrmselsre of course the privilege of Citing the next day after getting their money jAiki sympathizing with Baruum wr ho ia always waiting for kn extra euriusity we wouh like tow one of these seHtwiuuisU get up in and iuiuse to tag Culm now ea may le Bealer do you think any otltrr fool (cuoM he there who woukl second the motion 1 Beginning a New Government on haX price letter from Atlanta Georgia in the Brouk-lya Eagle tells a story of an add- hnkr from interior who entertained pcnaiUe views the crisis We copy: TAday or two agu Mold pUater came to town wiSa a load of cotton who said 'it was the fust time ho had been ta Iowa ia two yean ha wcalilat ha cum fo bow but ho thought cuia along with life boys (two big this time ta are ef haeuphl find oat romethiag about pbip great fum they was a melon ia tha BeuKpa-pri aliout grin out of tho Uaiua A shsip out-lorimeiyhMt ftvelyj vriunterred to make the matter' puia to him awl did so with hto miwl's eya ba the luSd of rottua of the rid nuut'sv After IssU enihg some time tho old fellow interrupted my-iagt Aa then all this sc scocsmou burimnw to becausa them aorthera licpubl leans eWtol Lin-f-ola ia iUaiM we wasn't strong enough down Iwrt? Ydl then I any if am ain't Irony amoagk fat 'em aw'd maykt ta ba askipyad an what's paire if they kin whm us lu a good-natured actrio at fit ballot-box fkrg'rr piretty aura to to it rita it tbaua iojljki in eakmeat llesidea I sre what wo're had to cmn plain about here in Gourgia vse always git a good price awl ready pay for I was a thin Ida yretenUy that I Scaly knowedv myselL of two niggers ia the hull course ef my life that wm run ofl by tho abulithin-Lata Why out ia Kentucky Yirgiaay urn other States roda there I've hrerd of han-drefls carried off ami Mem fellers wouldn't at arid a thing about if if South Carolina klat a made auck a powerful noise No air 'L'rejd-wpyw been treated tolerable well ia tha Unit-a an I weald rather stay in suoh a place than try what I kia do in some other an' if yota' to to-ffaiyuif mem yavermaumt fiy'jriria si a at little man than half price for my (otto a I can't aaa mkgtakomUyaihfortiaamiom you might hair aeoriy the oattio rtoty a doom tiiare a day feuta tho konrst rted planters who now thrcaig tho ciittM market AU equally at a lum to kaow tho cause 1 dis- Voice from Homo Tim' Illinois State Journal published at Mr Unuloi bume and n-Qecting Lie opinions erode forth three cbrrring words at a time' wbtfi men are quaking and trembling at the Fedrre) capital: Liaoria never betrayed never riolated a pretahw afivrr deceived a friend -feol'Miw whea a fete and mighty people have wvimul him with the highest honor of earth we to But think he will begin that work Ho will carry set the policy af tho Republican and tha twelauUinua at ea posing that party should gaUy around him cheer awl contain him Let kUn be aa wavering ae faltering em treacherous counsel ao aarrewkr of principle let there bo Justice moderation prudenm hat Unflinching finance' Wo hare awlertskea ia the language of Mr Lincria to tara thto Government back into tha channel la which the framers at the Uuustitutiua originally placed IL Let dkda itM il 1 The sank and file of the democratic party at the North Iryn to ace quite clearly! that! the traitor of that party at the South were actuated by a traitoroue desire for dto-naion in their breaking up the Charleston Coo-watluD and defeating Judge Douglas They Would have no party which they could nut control they declare they will have no government which dore not -yield to their every wish Thef have proved false to their party and false to- the cfountiy after leading both far as Vyj could to the brink in order to excite tbe Southern mind in favor of their ulterior purpose of a Southern ConWciwey wcdded to Slavery and tbe purpose to crash oat the free H-lfe Vermont-: thto Iwraty-fitoywarsold ttol ws state cu aloft emmtuutiou kiek wfil last for wore tiwu ty-reyari witiiout being npiml ini mmd it la uwr wa state tie iitwtiM which at mioptul Sweaty yean ago oatetM a povTMfca that ant year Without My imoI la tha people whatever a euavewtsuu aholl nmiT York ami aolo a oaw oaatitatioo it strongs than that thia ax-plea system of oar pwaniBt ihuKl kthaal after a of aamty years Id irfc a little najtl a little unequal aad that it ahoall requira -f hut the engineer should look at tha machinery tu ace where thagsdgooa to wore oat aal ta oca that tha mata wheel to kept in A child eaa withdraw is 1 pirn from the aughtirrt aiachiaa aad arrest all its motion amltho engineer ciuui see it whea it to kftog'doae bat if the engine le rightly devised aad strongly constructed this engineer has only to see where the pta has fallen out aud replace it and -the arhiaa will then pa ea scroufor aad tipaeu thaa ever Applaum1 are a family at thirty-three state ami neat Jteuday 1 hopathto wa stoaU be a ftaiy at thirty-four Cheers Would it not be wean ia a family of tiurty-fiiur aieaiture if there ilfulil aot onflow tho course of a fee years be ear-two er three or bar reef the awodwrewho would pet diaooateatedaad will to withdrew awhile aad ace hoW atack bettor they could aaata their fertaace aluaeT 1 think thaw to nothing strange: in thia I only woadef that nobody has ever withdrawn bribe to eea how ach better they eoald pet along ea ttoir awn hook thaa they pt aluap ia this' plain old-Bmh-1 toaad way tha direct ioa af Curia Haag They that whila'l war a buy chnsrtf aad ima af tha New England pot tha aama idea at hr the parent aad want of uffictauu hr the whole family aad put ap a llart fiwdt oaves tioo Laughter 1 hope yon do think thto personal No as ia dim I do not know who i tried Jill I kaow aheuf it to that hr the first twenty years of my political lib although I wii I a crat a Jeffersonian been aad dyed ia too faith af the Brpabtima fathers awathuw or happened to hcqraao a whip 1 was held responsible to the Mart ford Gouvaauuo Laughter And 1 haw Made thto singular discovery in cMtraetinp thoea times with tha praieat that whereas whew chesrtts or py New England state pete in a pet aad pcoposea to poaat at the Union thedens- aeratia party all iaotol that ia high ti aapbt tebe puniriwd hy ooereiaa when one at the atowe atee peto into the aam Cret'aad pteposea to pa aat af the Caiea tha deaaicratto party think it exceedingly exnwUc and hare duubta whether aha aapkt ant to be helped aat af tlft Union ami whether toe eaphl mit topi tw her a poed downr be- -aides Laagfcler Now peathaaea my belief aboot aU thia to that whether it to! Meaaachueetle er Bsuth Carolina or whether id New York or florid it wwahl tarn aat tha way ia each Thera to am sack thing ia tha book am each thing ia reaaoa am nach thing ia ffcitoanphy al am each thing ia nalaiw an aaj nteta eluting ea tho continent of North Aaserien aihiili of the L'aitad 8tatee of erica I do aot bdtora sword at it and Ida not believe it for a fraud ay ra- ana Some 1 have already kiatid at aad one to bacaaea 1 do not mo My pud given for it Tha beet rumua 1 eea given for it to that tha panpb af of tho aoetbern chats as of tha free atatea very adly aad they my that wa hate them aad that all lure to hot between ml Well Ido wot betters a word of that On the other haad1 do know fiw toyaelf aadfiir yon that bating lit-tin ditferearrs at opinion it advantages and boat ptwecriptiua awl shout aud about flwedum ami ahuat slavery and aU thuso which are family difiallica to wfiich we do But takes ay ilaidera ia aqy part of tha workl into oar cuun- cds an either sole there to a state ea the earth oouideof th American I'aioa which 1 like half so well as I do the state ibatb Carolina cheers neither japlaml nor Ireland Swt-land wor Fradce aor although they sent aad frdtu South Carolina Ibeyauml but rarer Mill 1 like fialk Carolina better tiiaa 1 ttksaayof them ami I have the pmwimptiuB and vanity to believe that it threw were aobudy to overbear the state of South Carolina whea she to talking she Would i that she liked wa tulsrahty welL 1 am very aura that if Mybody were to make a descent on New York whether Laaie Napoleon or the Prince of Wake or hie mother laughter tho Emperor of is or the Lmprrer of Austria aU tho kills of South Carolina wuuhl pour forth their 'population -for tho rescue of New- York tUriee of uOocdlAw applausa God knows am thto may fa I do am pretend to know I aaitj wonjeetars Bit this I do kaowj- that if any there powers were toaiakc a denreatM Bnath Carolina I know whs woald go to thrir rracue A voire all Wo would ail rvery-Hj aad great appUnsa There-fiaw they do aot kambug a with thrir wsfob Laughter Awl 1 do wot think they will hum- hag yon aud do wot bsliere that if 'they do wot hamhog you awl are they win much hunger auo-ctod ia humbugging themaclvw Now feUorsitiseas thia ia tho aitimato reaalt of aU this hniinrea Them atatea aro ahreys to be to- gether aiwayc risalL Talk at striking down star Aum that eoantriUtiaa It to thing which tMBottoia Anplaasa 1 do wot sm My less mare today tbaad dal a work ago and I expect to am mare all tBe while Laaghtcr The aunt iuo thew to plat ia them times whea people are to-boring idler tho delusion that they-are out of tha I'aioa aad going to set ap fin Iw ought wo to do in oeder to hold them ia Ido not kaow My better rale thaa tha rale which good father af a femily observes It i thto' Ha amp wishes aot te keep Us totally together to the easiest thing in the world to place them apart IU will do at earn if he vmlj gets discontented with hia son qaarrets wteh him plaias of him him three leas him oaereta htoa i This to tho way to gel rid of tho family awl ta got them haU oat of doors On tha other haml If you wbh to keep them mature got oalpmelny to do it That bo paticat kiwi pateinial fortswring and wait watil they eocao to reflect-for Tho femth to to what tho wife is to herhasbawlr I do apt know any maa la tho world who oaaaot at hto wife if ho trirsv -1 can put him ia the to do it at oarev Laughter (la haa only got two thmgs to dov Oao is to bo wafeithfiil to hcr The othep is to bo out of tnaper with her I tot know a wan aaaarth whri-wvra though wife wm ae Ireublmoam aa the wife af Breralee caanot keep hto wife IT ho wanta to Ho all that ha weals as to keep hia own virtue awl hto Yutnpcr AppUwwv New UaUthto t-sa-m pewfaoa that wo shall keep oar own virtue heh ia palitaes Is loyalty aad Mr own temper wfeeh ia poliltca ouaetota ia beriag that amydiifer that brethpew may diSrr If we kero catireiy eoui awl eatireiy calm awl entirety kind a debate will easne which wfll beikiwlly in itself aad it srfll prere rety'co on either that sre are wreag-aad wo shall eoaoeda to aor ofleadeil or are right had they will hack late few-real: relations aa1 da wot Vtoh to anticipate rey question Wo hare a great any state-aea whs awl at ameejm kaew what the North to the ewl prepuaa to do whether wo pew-pom to oocreo oar con ther brethreq back into thrir allrgiaamv rTheyask a a a ofeuarm thew may rightfully ask what wiH be tha valaa at few-teraity which to ccmpallsdT All I hare to that qabjact to that long new am tho time of Mr Aluotw he discovered awl set dona the discovery ia kir writing that there were a great toaqy asters awl that while there ware a very few who knew how to instruct cWUdrea there vm great waay who knew how to whip them Laeghter 1 to have Uen ew that bat to haar plaiats'to radrem if key ought to il aad if ww hare the poworto red re- awl 1 expert them to be withdrawn if they are resins 1 Jhaswthm tha aeeeasitim which made thia UbIob r- extol fi thaw atatea are stronger today Him they were whea tha Uaiua wm ntadn aad that them aecewiitim are eaJariag while the iuaa of men are abort Bred and cpheowraL I briiere that ao-ewaiua wm mreager tho night of the 6th of last when a President wad a Yice-Prea- bleat who were waaooeptable to the pUre stairs were rioctod thM it ie wow That to wow sown ftfo ty days siaer- aad I briiere that every mb 'which set atom that tiam haa art an molBfietl pas- aims aad prqjodieea awl that if row will only give Jt tima sixty days' more anas kill give brighter aad more chew fill Load aad lung eoaUaoad applaoan ZiRter from Cfilifornlm 8m Fraaetoeo bosiaem to ihactire awl ve- tarded be heavy vaiaa Friem on nearly every thing had reeadod fcireod of goods ta famish ittaacm are qt swch a aerioap sacrifice Hhil tkef an sol trtnL Wasboo ore to the vela of 313000 was shipped per Uacto Sssa It was reported that the Marapoea aitm make motkly 870000- It was ckairgwl by the Republican papers that a meret orgaaizatioa was concerting arrangements fcr the formation of iadepeadent confederacy in cam tha Uaiow wm dtoaolvwi CoL out had Commenced a salt to tost the Mteiua whether a laud title carries tho right of the minerals contained iu sasl land Ptoeoverieflof gold were reported on the head waters of the Coiamb- river aud on some of tho trihutanes of the Missouri -v- Tie eonrereatiows of fermers at thrir talking eisba bring oat the tralk la aeoadenaed worthy attention Oaefermcr in this county ady that if ferper has a large ampins at non fodder aad strew which he wants converted into dwmiig ho should allow hto cattle to ran fat large eoki days aad feed liberally cm theta they will aousame alurga anauuat ail ba Sure to corns out pour fa the spring 14 rrgwlar sf actkm state mol mn eld ml thrre iiirfii ef thw tiiu wwtiutiw -which to Bnk of good wil) which no erwuina-Jiou shall be allowed to interrupt and tha erttiag of right ia pacta wa may hava been: wrong' will bo the offering which guud area and patriots ww should lay upon tlw altar of oaf eofiatry And in doing this wo need consent to the alwtemrat of act oao jut or tittle of tho priucipku affirmed by tho peoito at tho peoent election i Wa will stand by tha Canatitatioa Of our father tho Cunittitutioa -it kfi -aad make aa Cunt prom thM would involve Us ta tiw guilt of tuoral treason arid juety reader jus tlw auera of taaiiktmLI'- Tbo panoaalj Cberty hilto tLey are of Some of tiw Matea bar been tiw of iqueh erimiaaiion act onto on tiw part at our Southern neighbors but also Atom considerable aumbers of yur own peoplei Thh reasoaa which induced their passage mid tho provisions which tbey embody tidnk ringnlarty nis-wmlerstood brmnny wbo have eoriptatasd ofl Ibsta Aa a graeral thing I believe the were intended in perfect gnod frith ta accomniiidi two legitimate first to prevent tlw kidnapping illegal removal1 of persona Uw and aeouadly to bring thssr action into entire hanuo-wny with tlw tine uf nstitatiatwl jwwcr and obligation as laid tlwjvu by the Bupreaw Court of tiw Unitcd'Matssjin of Prigg vsuthoMats of tVnnsjlvshia 80 fiir thto has bera se and where tiw lemriatiun of tha has nut ta fact transcended Unfits titers no just cause of excepting to what has been done But if passing thto boundary laws hare been which are in to) at too of tho t'obstitutton of tiw United Mates orjof any eonstitutumal law of Cart gress although they may bo mere want paper and Void and would fie declared ly pur Courts: they ought not to rebiain uo tho Msftito book a I'n-eonstitutiuhal taws ore! not merely harmless fiir good thty aiq nut impotent fur evil) and are always of mjuKhievous xanijl' With views 1 would totally secomnwiHl earaiid examination at tlw tofts thtoMatsJ And if there' upon you shall find among them wny provisions that fire in violation of tiwfedenlConrtitattoa oq of any constitutional law at can be no doubt that they ought to be repeals or modifieil that they mayibe brought! within the limit of 8tate: 'SutiiorityJ To eOvc such repeal or modification to a duty which you ama mft toi any menace from witltout or cUduiurs from within but to tlw Mate and ttyouiselvdi Who cm nevrr afford to bo in the wrung) liut' if such review yun ahall find no law which are not strictly constitutional and proper in none that are justly offensiiq to the pol of other have not been reviied ty uen learned in tke aw awl asnctimied by legislaturm of different miittoal parties and nous in fins to which any- eunstitrt tonal lilijoctton Could printed opt wpoa examination by those wlpi hare cumploiifed mart vrbrt mratly againrt theipenirinal lihntyj laws af other would submit wbrthcrwith du re gatd to tlw rights qf tlw Msts-aml of tho profile and of the tmntii conditions of pcqiulsr gulps-nteutyou ran find justification fur entering npoa tlw Work of their prpeoL You- nijght bo willing upoitif priajier utattoa to abrogate taws entirely nstitutiuaal andi jurt when mail ly 8k however needlciwly bauses of Wtsmbling puid Offence Rut when (such fiction to demanded oai the conditioci upon whitjh jroti are to Ito permitted to enjiy jour constitutional rights your civil snJ politics! freedom Jfn are fbriwldra to yield to the reruisitioh' by svety have weight among mra fit to ha free The coucrssisas for tiw mart art which -iar now iknahM from tiw Btoie aa tiw terms apna which tha pro-plc pf thia sountiy are ta be allowed to govern themselves under ths Constitution iare wholly in-adwiasiUe mft merely that they are objectionable in themselves but also tfiey hare been made such terms To grpnt them Woulil be tui establish a precedent of incalculable misehtof and danger through whirh would be drought at no distant period praetical subversion ef- tbe Oon-stitathin and transfer of tiw government from the hands of the many to thepower of lb few If the jieople-of any off the Mates have determined that Mr Lincoln who has been regufariy and legally elected President lof tbs United Bates is nut to enter upon tbs duties of that office unless ho and i who hare supported him will purchase his inauguration as president of aa unbroken Union ty ami compromises ta solving an Blmegatipn and denial ef tlw vital of tho government and of the cherished 'doctrines and purposes of tiw great men who established it and ahall attempt ty to oxeratesuch purpaee they will lw guilty of treason against tho Units Mates and will furnish ticaaoff fer testing the strength of this government The right of tbs majority to choose their offioers and to administer ths government naderth Constitution must hot ho surrendered and will not be whaterer may happen For in tlw dark eatalogwa of paUio ills all aro tqkrabla but tiw has of a houor An trrul star rushing -wildly from its sphere! aud wandering however lung and far may return to its wonted pines in our aystepi But when toe manhood of peoplo is extinguished there is ion end alike of public virtue and of individual freedom and popular government an impossibility Vulitical degeneracy fisris no Promethean beat tiw death of a people spirit la foUowwd ty no waurrection ''1' 'T Tha ptactical qurotira in this exigency is not as haa been represented ty some high in authority whether a State is to ba eoeroedor war stado apuu it ty tiw general government but whether tbs laws tha land caube and shall faithfully executed other words it is wbetlwr wa have government or not Tho President is bound ty his oath of office to tiw laws of tha United lairs extend into every Stale In tiw Union and are operative upon all tiw peoplsj tlwreoC There is no power in tiw government to tho rferidrtit fimu tty discharge of his eotistitutional duty lie wnsf that tiw laws are Cuthfiiffy land that lw may ths military and naval fbreew pf the eoantry have been placed at hia coin mend ami he cm find no exsnss fiir ths new bf hia duty in any State although it may allege that it haa retired tty Union and no longer vrithin tiw jurisdiction of the 'United Mates Tty fhntasy of secession ia without ftwmlatinn cither bf authority sun It denied ty Mr Jeffert son and Mr Madison in ths earlier ynd ty Grh Jackson Mr Clay Mr Webster and even ty Mr Calhoun in tiw later time Tbere ia no such right in the Constitution ths President cannot permit it Congreve cannot grant Jt ths States sannst concede it and only ty tiw' people ofthe Mated through shangja of tlw Constitution can it be conferred Ths taws then must bs'exronted er this the beat Uw freest and west benert sent govern meat that' the world ever sees hi destroyed If tlw people of any of tb State risa)l resist tiw laws by fores and thus make war upufi tiw United States or if in tiw mmlnere of tty boar they shall attempt to prevent tiw kmugarol tiua of tlw inoomiiig lVesident at the Nations) CaritoL let there be no doubt that all sack treason abU endeavors will utterly and ignobly fail fof the law-abiding Unkw-loving oouragoous pcoplei not of tlw States atone hat of all the Mateo will rally to the execution of tiw laws the defence of the Cunrtitutkm aad the maintenance of tty Union imbued with tiw spirit of that patriot-Perai Meat wbo ia an emergency mft unlike tlw prtjsAt uttered the memorable words nrr wa In any such eontingency ww know that cur enrn State attachment to the Union haa been avouched not only ty words bat by works ty such aa ahs auum of all the States haa been called to make even ty ths dismemberment of her territory that tiw nation might have will renew her claims upon ths gratitude of tlw country ty tiw alacrity with which she will fhrnbfa rwalrt ml and efficient prooft of her fidelity and virtue Then tiw divirions -of party will disappear from1 er awistanoo may ba granted towards the eausf ruction of a railroad to the Aroostook will bo ia aid practically of the in term Is bad purposes of tho A-irmls of tho European aw) North American lUil- wap whether made directly to them or not Thus white contributing to the settlement of our unoccupied lands you may also ba instrumental la fin-m-' tag that connection between tha railroabrof the United and Ganada on tbe on side ami of tha lower Provinces ea the other which has so long been regarded as a mote raid esa-eummatioa by tha- intelligent people of thto and other Of tho importance of tine ctiou to this Mate awl the United Wtatesas aty far tha eompletion of a great international highway I have no oecaaiou to speak after 'tha thorough aud exhausting expositions of tbe queteiou which have been niado'by suuis ef my predecessor and liy members of former Legislatures The Congress at the United Mates haa heretofore la many instances grantor lamia to til the construction of work of peril interest That My of there can compare ia national importance jn direct usefulness awl convenienbe to all parts of the eountiywith aa en-terprisa which would kwl to a shortening of the transit between New York and London by from fiiur ta six days will nut be Minted by tbuoe who will give tbe subject a careful awl thorough examination Hbile I cannot enouurag tb livpo that an application for aid fisr thto work from (lie federal government would ate with 'sufficient favor at Wasliington tit ensure its renew at the present time and wwler existing its importance to the tebole country as well fis the government itself awl the sacrifices which Maine generously made in 1812 of her clear aud ia-disputable rights of property and jurisiliction fir the benefit Of tho whole country persuade mo that the grant of jraeh aid aa might bo aweraary tb ef feet ita accomplishment would 1 bo both wise aud jute I i Tho oowwqucaees at a policy like Iho oao I have advocated ia respect' todfiterual- improvement if carried and fet we any it to a policy whirh haa been growing la fevur among our wise awl thoughtful men fir many would be nut to Impoverish but to enrich tbs uot to run it into debt nut to impair its credit and not to augment the burdens of the people It wouhl inerease tbs population of tho Mate swril its'valuatSua tables reduce the taxes upon its wtimu and awist ittobobl its relative 4f ate to improve it in regard to wealth strength population rrp rrarptatiua and power amoag ah sister Mates The trade of the Armwtook now rsphily faun tag with the growth of ita populatiow to ia danger of briiig wholly diverted from thia Matet dy much the larger part of it to carried oil through channels ef cvmmunieatiua ia a neighboring Prov-- incc and without eurne effectual measpres to arrete jha present tendency of things it will be wholly loot to ns With the amlsl facilities of transit within the Mate its entire commerce thereupon to be largely increased year after' year would flow into the cities of Rangvr' and Calasq placing their prosperity awl expo uaiua heyuwl the reach of any cno tingency that human fiiresight cun imagine -The opening up and improvement at other aetinai of tha Mate would contribute materially to the trail of the chin of the Kennebec aad or bar leading commercial emporiums Abhsl to tbeaq results we i should witnera the building up of maay aad emplnysueata iw the various departments of industry throughout the MateT New incitements would bo give awl new hopes bold but to Irimr cuter prise and Capital every where within ou burden Within twenty years many millions ef capital have been invested la the railroads of tha Mata upon whieh in moat cases no retaras fat tbs farm of dividends have been iL 'i But with the lapse bf years the gradoal aceownnodetioa of bwri-wcee to tho wew even awl tho better management which has eoBMfrtM tha leraowe of expo ricnoe the financial enwlitioa of away if aot all of oar jail road eorporatiuos to steadily improving awl their earnings are yearly approximating tbe point at which tbe shaiehobiore in them may ex-pect to receive interest upon their stock The increased traffio upon all there roads which would attend tha devriopement of tha policy I hare oauuendedwoulu add little to their ordinary expenses and thus woald swell by nearly tho entire mount of tho increased iflfcripta their actual aad realised profits In thto way tbe errtificatra of stock in ur railroad corporations held by eoniM' of our eitisens from being tho witnesses of so mucl money lost would be transformed to sigas of ae much productive cspitaL A truth of great practical valua would bo impressed upon Mr peoplo ia rofereaeo to those hasty generalisations which because of tho oomparativ fiulurea that hava at-tended investments ft railroads injudiciously located in many esses aad ia all built under eir eumataaeea involving a oust of twice the amount that would hare been required under more experienced management and with adequate means therefore asanmes that all roads without regard to tho amount of traffic they would accommodate to tho vast areas of country they Would devriope or to tho cheapness aad aooaomy with which they eoald be built would fail to bo sources of lnoomc and profit tbeir proprietorai Tho census tabloa exhibit taoreasc of tho pop-ulatiou of tbe Mato for tbe burt deeads of less than twelve per cent awl the smallest riaoe tbe formation of tha government while ia the neighboring Mato bf Massachusetts with no virgin tomb no inviting Aroustook bat under tho iufluenoa of a liberal aad favraebisf policy awl of a spirit of couragoous enterprise there lus been a grin of more tiiaa twenty-five per oeat The census returns fiir Mains may ba and probably' are hapww fact and incorrect aad foil of showing oar actual numbers by away thousands still there to ae doubt that the ratio of increase tor the -last tea year hae been mtosrably amalL Shall these things go out With greater physical attractions awl ampler reaoarecs thM three fourths of possess shall ww cliag to tho narrow and shrivel-lisg policy which leaves ad will leave our Stats far behind My other that eqkya a tithe at ita ad vantages Tha debt of th State fa now lass than seven hundred thousand duller I would not counsel ita enlargejmcat but ita reduction rather and 1 would earnestly advisa the adoption of a policy which by increasing our wealth and numbers would render ita payment more may Doable tho property aad population of tho State and yoa practically reduce ita debt ano-halt It to ta this way that Psnnsylvaata New York Illinois aad ether Matas although ther have narainallv sunk many jaillkm of dollxre ia their-railroads aad MMle have aeverthetow become ee rich and etreag that thrir debts Urge as they seem are aoaroeiy felt aa hardens From the eauiwa of imsgiusd ruin hare Uw i Dll real prunarity awl from plncLed Uw flower ty11 hi the late Presidential by dia- ttaguiahed suathera men prove beyomi tiw reach of cavil or doubt that this government could aot have been cotaUisIwd with any view to tha sxtearioa or tlw advaneemeat iff tiw of slavery ami that tlw system of African bondage aa practiced ta this couiitry was regarded those wbo frsmcd tiwCoaatitutioa as au evil and not fis a guwL That they npitlwr desired nor ex-fiected ita diffusion Jmt thxt they eontetupbited and tbeir provided for its restriction looking to its aitimato cxtiactioa to apparent to make au iqieeificatinas from tbe provisioos of tho Constitution authorising tiw prohibition of the 8 la ve trade and recognizing from la- bur and service aa person and not as pibperty and there tire notreclaimable by any process applicable to property from tlw ordinance ot Jefferson ta 1784 and of Dane in 178J ami ftwm tiw act of tb first Congress pawed ut affirming tlw latter ideas ia regard to tbe Coostitutioir to tiw policy uf tlw government and to tlw character -rights ami destiny of slavery prevailed throughout the country during the fife time of those by whom oar institutions' irers moulded Blavejy was a weakness aa: impolicy au' evil with! alto with waty a sin It was tlie child of municipal law local Ccetional not aatmoaL If ihrra to on fact that stands aut stronger clearer and awreta-dispuUble thM any other in our history it iethia 'There to tiw reourd it cannot be blotted out it cannot Iw burnt out it remains forever But tbe and necessities of Jibis system were such that its prosperity perhaps its very existraoe deprmled upon a change of policy and purpose among those upon wbom it vras fixed As slavery was in itself thrifthsw weak selfalestras-tire' required expansion and protection from without --aad tho history of its amumptiona aad claims for tbs last forty years la 1831 tfe: stave power demanded tiw admission of kluuoari Jntothe Union tta a Slave Mate la 1830 it effected tha removal of tlw Indian from tbeir ta Alabama ami Georgia la S184U it drove tlw red men oat of Florida Ia 18u0 baving previously 'acquired: Texas and large portions of Mexico tor the advMtage of slavery it obtained an abandon by Con grew of the long approved -of the ordinance of end it procured tho goof a newflrgitivo stare law aldmrent in sunw of its provisions every scare of justice and every feeling of hnawnity'- But to all demands aud -eonqueate the peopta of the free frumtbcir old and inextinguishable regard Cut their Southern brethren from thrir love of peace and devotion to tho Union submitted In 1854 it tod from freedom the abrogation of the Miwmiri compromise line opening Jthe virgta fields of tiw vast ami beaa- tifriL regions of Kansas aad Nebraska to the torture of Involuntary labor In 1855 and it rt Mguratcd a reign of violence and terror la Kan-! as that the freerara of that unhappy Territory might bo awed subdued and finally driven therm from lt organised in 1857 and 8 a system of ml flrmad by which it hoped with tho sympathies and aid of the administration at Washington to bring- Karens into the Union aa a Slava Mato under tiw Constitution an instramra which cmbodiwl tho doelarattoa ta knbctance that slavery was thing of divind authority jbevd and beyond tiw power of human laws to imiunge a si ftwioitfcoti to all machinations Tioleot revolutionary tlyy were the peoplS qf the -North interposed wlj tlw resistance of tiw laws and the power of the ballot In 1800 it demanded of tho epuntry an affirmatiea of tlw rtyht of property ta man by virtue of the Constitution of tho United Mates and protection to slave property in the Terri demands which aeeeded to would hare made slavery legal and In removaMo in every Mata of the Union Uw one thing sacred sad national shore all others Bader the Uooatitattoa established by thf great af tbs earlier age ta enter that tiw of liberty might ba Secured to and their descendants luag their work should endure Tbs awn at Uw tna States and of ths Blare States too whs had been unable to bring their minds to bclievs that slavery was a bleating favored of rea and upheld by tiw organ ie taw a national institution bat who held without addition or diminution tho illustrated by ths fid hen ta their work and lives perceived that but remained for them to pursue they eoald bs to all the invocations of patriotism and to all ths of inexorable duty They were equal to tlw emergency and taking issue with tiw slareholilers ta regard to the dangerous and revolutionary theories assumptions amt claims et ap and insisted upon by latter they entetv-d with and vigor into tlw nanaH which terminated after tiw most full ami thorough discussion that over took in Uw countre ta tbo ebftiua of Abraham Lincoln as President aud llannibal Hamlin Vioa President oftiw United This result aeeomplialwd ta strict conformity with th Constitution and tlw laws of tiw United nid o4 th several Motes and row tlw deliberate well eoaaidered and honest verdict of tlw peoplo Thto verdict honorably obtained and sory to the defence of th Constitution of our fathers and to tho preserve tiufc oftiw Union in ita obi integrity of living and glorious to mails tlw pretext by portiuu of tiw tiare-hdding Mates for tiwsub-rerainu of that Constitution and tlw disruption of that Union and by another portion fiir exacting of tons find abnegations from tlw pert pie of the Mates which they have no moral right to make and which while titty would involve if made surrender of every thing affirmed or gained' in tb recent election woald nevertho-less bring no to tha country fiir tiw reason that th of tiw people to maks them -would only prove their far ana asrvility and thws-tavito da-manda and srervreeni'itag ions Thshto-toty'of tlw past shows that no sinns will bs accepted as sattofUatoty which do mft to the lav Mates tlw rights of expansion and protection' to thrir peculiar property under tiw federal Constitution Thto to what they briiere hty need tnd this shins will tisty them I hdiere that I peak the voice of every true brave and sraserv- wll show tho operation at the offices frum which they recpretively emenate awl to thpia I most for you fiir a knowledge ta the main of tbeir details ami fiir such practical suggestions may hare occurred to duty it to to make them The receipts ofthe land office fiir the year ending Nov SO iMiOwere ti2Ji2L76 and tiw disliurae menta 58J34 15 I km nut aware that any change ia tha laws rwiwcting tiw le and management of the public lands will -be demanded hatever measure whether iff encouragement or regulation will tend to increase the efficiency of tiw Militia tu place it on a better and mure practical foitiug and make it mure available for the exigencies uf actual service will be regarded ty you Ij may nut duubt with that degree uf favorl which their owa merits aud the circumstance the titties shall require Upofi a cursory examination at tho TCeoaunrad-atiuna of tho Attorney General 1 majnclmed to regard them timely qml judiripua Thai welfare and security of a people' awl the strength and credit uf a Mate rest ta a large ex tout upon a luarned and iadrpeadrat judiciary It to not only essential that able and honest men should be selected fiir the elevated puMtiun of Judge of our highest Court hut it to aWUii portent that it Sboupl be knows that they bare bora that they may thereby enjoy tho public re-sprot The peoplo ahuuM elwsrs be alile to feel 'that ta tlw manifold question affecting life liberty property which come daily before the Courts their righto and remedies are to tlw hawbvuf mra of tho best legal sreauipiiMhmenU and of unquestioned pruliity i Hhtlo it to to be remlily cmkoIoI that -hitherto the beach of tiw Miprenw Judicial IVwrt tow been to eofistifated to unjv thto rad ia jaa emiueat degree it to to be wlieGier with tbeprrefit salaries wa maw fairly expect to lie so fortunate ta the future There ere I believe already indication that places ba tlie brach arenot ccrtainto attract who tore in all respects th best qualified to fiU thctaj Nor hair we be Mrpriseil at tbis when wa reffifti that those who occupy the highrot places at bnaqr and trust ta thu Matg-receive a Vainaller ia amount than to paid to many merely dlrriral ami ministerial offirere and smallrr thaa ik often paid to clerks agnits cashiers Ac ia ourmpreaa-tito Is sire aad corporations add which been increased ta the term at Strip years by edly tiw wall suia of two hundred dullaiw per ahnuri during Which time the expenses of living and the com-pranitiua received by other person whether in public or private life have advanced wadytM huwlredLper eenL 1 leave tlw subject tf jmir eawliil examination i The Oourtltutiun baa made it the duty of tiw Legislature to require the several town to make suitable provisions at thrir own expense fiir the support and maintenance of puMie achurieand to cneonrage ami suitably endow from time to time ae the of the people mJ authorise all academies col leges antFeemL aaries of learning within tlw Belifvtag with tlw framer uf that instrameat that i general diffiudoa of tlw ad van of education 1 msmtial to to tlw preserratiou of tlw righto and of tho ww shall wot bo likely to falter ia tlw discharge of the high obligation thrir have laid wpoa nx he tioa of the Supert tatemleat of Common Be liool and particularly ia regard to-Normal Schools will engage yourattentMW '( The Report of tho Bank Commissioners will I bare no doaht eoaffrtn the general impression that th hanks of thto Mat are in a sound and healthy But while 1 believe they are entitled to rank among the vety safest and beet oonductod institution of the kind ia theeOuntrywd am no) pro pored to any that Author legislation to indisprnsi either for the prutectioa of the publie or af the stockholder am confident that I do not err in asking fiir tha aahject your fkithftd aad tag cxamftwtioo That every satoguanl should bo provided consistent with the rea snusbls convenience of who aid entrusted with tiw management of ths banks there cm be no qumtion The good name and wslfiuw of ths State ami of tlw banks themselves not' than ths security of tiw publie demand thin In view of tho fact which cannot hare ped your observation that nearly every instance of defalcation mismanagement aad loss which has occurred within oar Mato for many years has arisen from "ths whisk hare been as tended to thmofficcrs of ths bank to and put in ciroutatiun bills to a larger amount thaa to authorised by law I cannot help thinking that tha noom mends tion of Governor llxjntia in hto ge to tbo Legislature of 1357 pertinent id wise ill sakls nH 1- may bs deemed expedient to soms officer by law who shall deliver to each bank blank: bill duty countersigned and registered 1 which shall annetitute tho circulation of tlw bunk I and aloe to dwtermiaa by taw the amount of bills to be thus Whether to tbs legislation recommended by my distingaisbed prateueseor I msy not be added each provisions as would author-1 and eeenre a more detailed and arching ef tiwlwaka by tbo mnra thM to now required aad practiced to enquiry which you may think nut nnwurthy of year attention i "I Tha Tmsuw Iloapital'aad tlw Reform School tiw logical ofmodera civilisation viadieate I Mr title bettor pieriwps thM any other of oar works to tha name of a ChriatiM Umaiaunwealth I Ia tlw fact of wo find practical recognition of tlw wo owe to ths onfiirtif- ante th stricken and tbs wayward bcoausq titty too are men women and ehiMscn Uf tha Insane lloepital I am unable to speak from any direct knowledge or personal examine- tioa of ita management ud rsaalto but thaunfcj flirm teatissuny of who are moat nt with tiw way ia which it to ooaduetod tlw belief that no institution could ho administered with mors practical wisdom more exact and rigid SMMwmy ami with more beneficial reaulte to the nnfiirtiinaU persona fiie benefit it fiirnwd The report of ita abl and upright Board of Tniitm amt of tiw esceUeni officers to I superviaiuw tlw Hospital to now imawdialdy com-l to increase the number awl enhauce the profits of our hardy fixbenucn to attract the laveetmeut of capital in the msaifiM varieties of mauufectunw for which tho Mato to preeminently wlaplcd to work the irow mines of stair bi and open those uf Aroustook to enable Browavilto and tho nrigh-bwing towns to supply tbs markets of- America with slate to systematise tbe operations and diversify the employments of thrsw engaged in the lota-ber trade awl by all these to give aqw incitements ad ampler raCuaipeiise to who till tha aril by creating an inmased demand awl Bearer markets fiir tha fewite of their re amoag tbe objects which fke people of the Mute will expect who have bora with legislativa friao tioos will to the best uf their ability emkuvor id' promote '1' Bat of fill the rmploymrats of industry! in our midst that of tlie former to uaqnestiuiwbly first iq rank and importance Agriculture to the fouuda tinn at all materia) wealth awl rtrrngth-rdte chieveiuente sre the hmwuiw of tho external Im-prevemeuta and progress of a people Whatever measures therefore within the scope of proper and jurt legto atioa' will tend to tha advancement of interest so great awl no wniversal whatever policy will to ite service the esatrihatiowa of scieace awl tha genera isations of intelligent ab-ervatiua will reorivo Agwa you that degrre of attention which thrir great importeaea demawta 'I am happy to believe that tha formers of Maine are taking a higher interest than fonneriy ia the buri-nrea which fiiraia the chief pursuit of thrir lives (Varing to regard their occupation aa oae of-mere drwlgery awl toil they are' entertaining outer views of ita nature and of its relations to other do-part meats at ha man interest awl endeavor la the study of ita methods the investigation of ita laws tha working-out of Its experiments aad in the increased 'measure of msuneration achieved thereby agriculture faaoouiea tho usrfkl tho honorable and the beautifrtl calling which God haa provided fiir tbe most favored of hto children Tho Carmen of ear Mate who have always contributed with chserAalnen ia aid of other iaterrate awl avocatioas will expect of the Legislature sum practical recognition of thcir elaina to tho fostering ears aad judicious encouragement which a Mata may properly extends to there who do so much to make It strong and great awl happy They will eotas before you as I ita advised soliciting aa appropriation for a acton tifis surrey of tho Mato believing aoch a survey embracing Its Geology Agriculture Nature) History and Phyacal Geography ably eoadactedand fiaithfrilly reported would greatly tend to devriope aad improve its agriculture determine its hunaral wealth increase its hantoal awl msaufiteturing iaterrate aad aa ia supplying otar educational wanta And moreover that It troald attract popalatiun eapL tal awl enterprtoa fimq Concurring in these view' 1 have fen hesitation ia eon taewling tho subject to your eoosideratioa expressing at tho same time my firm belief that you cm la no way'rewler a better aenrtoe to tho Mat and all its iaterrate than by making adequate provision by lw for carrying into eflect tbo wishes of thto nmaerous body of oar citisam In the aartbaasteriy section of tho Mate to a tract of country embracing aa area of not than oua hundred townships surpassing in capacity for agricultural development and preductiua any taro ritory of equal extent ia New England awl which with the ewooBregmientof a wire aad liberal policy wtfold become in the not distant friture tbe scat uf a population aot inferior in' numbers nor dissimilar ia character to that of tho Mato of Venauat at the present tima Tbe menus for soumplishing an cad ao much to bo desired are obviuus awl available What to demanded to not a change of climate for there to no better climate ou the cuutinent all things considered thM that at tho none more eondiarive to health awl strength to intellectual aad physical vigor If tho season to hart it to happily adapted to tho profitable enhivatfea of many valuable crops aotns of them the most important produced ia thooooa-tipr to whore generally wn failing suooras tho long winter with He deep continuous snows bp protecting the sarth from the severe feosts common in the more southerly New England latitudes essentially eon tributes A better sod fa not wanted far by liar the larger portion of this to aot inferior to that at Western New York and Michigan nor In the (rime of -wood and water fa fab region deficient as its magnificent flireete aad innamera-blc springs and streams sufficiently attest: Bat what is wanted to Accns cheap speedy easy municatiow with the mute af trad and com tho conatiy below With mack facilities far tha transit of persons and oommoditiec as ao feat State oast of tho Miaafasippi River hae fiaUcd to pewrida far say district of equal extent owl rasoareas what ia knusm aa tbe Aroustook country would long ba fora the dura of tha present century be as densely Triliune pirerataour public af-jfaiiw in wont light wre think than tliey will bear Th idea that Lincoln's inanguratkia will be misted by furee la something su abbor- rent end scjdrepcrate tliat the! pcojde of this' nation willhe Mow to believe such thing poa-sible Tlicj following ie from the Tribune and -we repeat tlwt it must bo Overdrawn: ft Tiw Nal lifters have wow virtual eratrol cf Vrery 1 Slave State but Delaware Maryland am) possibly Missouri where wo' betters Claiborne Jackson -the new Governor aoow to bs inaugurated will prove ft tool' iu tbeir heads though sleeted as a Douglu man- Gov Letcher of Virgin ia la uot heartily with them but tha ia soon to ta dus coursr ami will doubt Iras call a Cert -ventkm redacing the Governor to Jmdgwifi-canoa North Carol iaa ia really-reluctaat to plange -into tbs black gulf but tiw pressure brought to bear npou hr is very great ami oho will ultimately yield to Ri Kentucky mid will make a gallant straggle' but are likely to succumb at --tat' Maryland Is tbs only State of which tbe IMa-nwionists -are afraid (sines they regard Delaware as of ao account) but Maryland ta important them and tty are doing their worst to win her Gov Hicks (sleeted as an American) still holds sat if lw bs bullied circumvented into railing ths Legislators it is thought that all beyond will bs easy the majority Dcmoerntio and tlw Stota voted for Brackiiiridg i i Not mw of this Border Slavs States really means to break up ar break out qf tiw Union they are duped ty tlw Bereasi paint who tell them that they have only to ftlfow a bold front aud tiw North will consent to Slavery-Ex tension iu or- der to tlw Union They are simply riding" tiw high honk But tiw mastekspirita mcan'trea-ron and nothing short- If they eu rops Maryland-into tbeir toils there will bs attempt to Washington City ty fores proclaim a revk' lotion inaugurate Pro-Slavery lVesident- aad undertake to I hold tho Federal City by ths strong arm coaipeltyg Ur Lincoln to be inaugurated somewhere else and to rule sver no square tack of tho Slavs States that bs docs juft fight- fiir If Maryland shall ba won over Wo believe Mr Liu cola's inauguration at tiw Capital wjll bo reaistod ty military fife Tbo danger ia mft inconsiderable for though Ailly thrertfiiurtha of tho peopioL-of Maryland are for tho Uafon violent and reck mimuity )a revolutionary periods often over-' awes and marten a peaeefal quiet majority The Government iu tho of disudutioa If tho lYesideht hi out traitor lw ia cowan which ia scarcely better Treason and rub bevy run riot ta tiw Departments Tlw National Fins era are ruined' The Publ'io Credit la at ita last gasp Traitors ty scores ait hi Congress and aro paid in preferenra to jtrua men A few months of -such rate wuuhl disorganise tho strongest notion Happily tlw inauguration of Lincoln is now butuiiw ytvki iff Jt fuiot to nos swiftly roand wheel of Asm hrlqg tho wswsaw day 1 Tlw ruria Mooiteur report ta tlw Ewpernr hy Mj GuerirtMsnrvillo oa tho result of the works undertaken ty tty £mjerors orilcre for Introducing info Franco And Algeria tlw breeding of silkworm! ptjdcared from China producing a vary strong silky jityttor'' which few past haa -been wasd to smkfi aiaterial fir ths clothing of ths poorer slossew ta that Couatty Th export-wnt has brexceellngly suoeessfal and the reporter sanguine oftiw now silkworas predneing iu Uw eourse a few years sufficient silk to far-nish ths ehftlung of thsworkiag siasaes cf France to tlw exriusiUD of suUou which tho Staple uf tiw appard of ths working populatiou' Thic census of the Green Mountain State to at length complete and show a population yf 314HU souls being an incream of only 1637 ia the poet ten yean 'Addison Caledonia OutteBdea Franklin Grand Isle Windham nod Windsor eounties exhibit a decrease as follows Addison 2535 Caledonia 558 Chit-tendeh lli-VJ and so ou Three oountka an all trarermdby important nilrueuls Addison CSiittenden Franklin and Grand Ut cooati-tato tiie whole Luke George region The decreasing eounties form' the majority of the State from which it may be Inferred that during the last ten yean the migratory spirit hae been quite general ia Vermont ABnttleburepaper ays many of our young' men have gonq Went to enable us to bold our owa puliUeaTlyV Irol5 Baker of Boston to holding a Masical CMveatioa at Bath tho present week A N-V- 7- Je fi i A- 1 i 1 x- I 4 1 r- lr.

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