Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-06-25


aqn,,; Zebulon lngcFsoil. Aro,s,ouA, Tor
Wee Presidents,
Isaac Reed, Of 'Wadoboro'; John L.
Hodgdon OF Exeter. Joseph Stock bridge,
OF North Yarmouth, and Aaron Hayden.
Jr. of PASSPORT for Secretaries.
And it was Voted, That thus report be
accepted
The Convention being thus organized,
the throne of Grace was addressed by Kew,
Mr.. AspnwalI, Pastor of the Methodist
Society of Augusta.
Voted, That the Delegates from the sew
eral Counties be requested to meet at their
respective places of rendezvous at 2 o'clock
P. M. and there give in their votes for
candidate for Governor and to report the
result of their, votes to the Convention at
their meeting this afternoon.
Voted, That the Delegates from the sew
eral Counties be requested to choose
! Committee, consisting Of twice the number
Of Senators frem each County, to select
candidates to Unsupported for Electors at
large ofPresident, and Vice President at
the ensuing Presidential election, and to
report to the Convention at their meeting
this afternoon.
| Voted, That a committee OF one from
each County be raised to report resotu-
sions,-the following persons were chosen
viz:
John Holmes, Lincoln; John d. 'Kins-
man, Cumberland; John "A Morrill,, York,
/ Zadoc Long, Oxford; George G. Getchell,
| Somerset; Henry w. Paine, Kennebec;
Frederic A. Butman, Penobscot; Webster
Kelley, Waldo; Jabez Mowry, Washington;
Hannibal BeIcher. Franklin; Moses Green
leaf, Piscalaquis; Zebulon lngersoll, Aroos-
took.
Voted, To adjourn to meet at this place
at three clock this afternoon.
AFTERNOON.
The Convention met agreeably to ad-
lournmeDt.
The Committee appointed by the Dele
gates ofthe several Counties, reported as
the result of the ballotings Of the candi-
date for Governor, that the whole number
of votes given by the delegations was nine
hundred and sixty-,hree, of which nine
hundred and fify-eighs were for
EDWARD KENT,
and this report was unanimously accepted.
The Committee appointed to nominate
candidates for Electors at large of Presi-
dent Of 1he United States, reported that
they recommend
Hon. ISAACILSLEY, Of Portland. and
Gen. ISAAC HODSDON, ofCor,nth
to the voters of,his State as candidates fof
those Offices, which Report was accepted
The Committee appointed to draft ress-
lutions expressive of the sense Of the Con-
vention on the various matters of political
interest, reported the following Resolves,
which were unanimously adopted by the
Conven'ion.
Resoloed, That at the commencement of
the administration Of "the party. ~.1 <es~.
our Agriculture, Manufactures and Com
MERGE were lourishing. our Golfers were
oveshswng, on. people were free fiom
debt and prosperous, and our currency the
best in the world. Now oil IS reversed;
confidence destroyed. agriculture, Ian
gushing, Manufactures and Commerce
parayzed or going to ruin, the people in
deb, and threatened with onerous taxation,
the United States and State treasures ex-
haustcd, and the currency the Dorst IN the
,corld-and all this in times OF general
peare.
Resoiued, That the people are inquiring
The cause asking for Highland seem to be
tired, heartily sick Of professions
delusive professions, which keep the prom
Use to the ear and break it to the hope
and in this time Of gloom and dependency
are demanding "who can show US any
good" OF, indeed, any prospect Of better
times,
.Resolred, That the cause Of all this is to
be found in undue confidence in the rulers;
that tpelpe years is quite too long to entrust
a party with the administration of govern
ment-in such length of time it will be-
come corrupt or tyrannical, and the people
will be oppressed.
Resolped, That in a Republic it is sal
utary principle that the minority, should,
in a reasonable time, become the majority,
TO the end that they may correct abuses
and relieve the people from unnecessary
burdens.
Resolred, That when party has been
long and strongly intrenched, and is well
disciplined, and has contrived moreover to
get command Of the Treasury, there is
great danger that they W i'll perpetuate their
power at the expense Of the general liber-
ty.
Resolved, That the present Administra-
ton, SO far from forming an exception to
these principles, is an impressive lesson, a
solemn admonition, that power Ia always
progressive, and may be perpetuated to the