Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-05-23
Governor Hubbard's Message.

Governor Hubbard's Message.
We lay before our readers in this No, the
Inaugural address of Gov. Hubbard, communi
Gated to both branches of the Legislature, by
the Governor in person. 1t will be read by
our readers with no little interest 1t is an
original document and speaks for itself.
The Message opens with happy allusion to
our birthright, as freemen. our liberty and our
free institutions. We establish our own forms
of government-we enact our own laws-if we
fail 10 transmit such blessings to posterity, we
are ungrateful to our fathers, and unjustto our
children.
The natural advantages Of our own State are
aptly enumerated, in connection with which.
the Governor lays down some wholesome ad-
vice as to the specializing tendency of the age,
growing out of the master passion of the mind,
the desire to accumulate wealth. Habits of
economy are engendered by labor, extrava-
gance is the consequence of ease.
Gov. II. then calls attention to the obvious
fact that the ties of moral obligation in all bust
ness transactions fearfully loosened-and
thinks that the corrective might be applied by
modifying the statutes which regulate our cir
eulating medium, and to provide for the col
lection of debts.
The Governor adverts in patriotic language
to the deep stake Name has in the perpetuity
of the Union-in which connection he uses the
following liberal language-"While, therefore,
we are tenacious of our own rights, we should
be careful that we do not invade the rights Of
our Sister States. We ought not to forget that
under the Consultation zee are equal
In instructing our Senators in Congress 1--WE
should be quite sure that we are giving ex-
preston to the settled opinion, the deliberate
take the clamor Of faction or fanaticism for the
voice of the people" There is such a thing as
an aristocracy of opinion-as dangerous as aris-
tocracies of different descriptions, says Gov H.
The ability with which our State is repre-
sented in both branchas of the national legisla-
ture is also adverted to, in which connection,
the Governor takes occasion to allude to the
decided expressions of our States against sla-
very extension-and advises that further legis-
lation upon this existing subject is unnecessary
and may be pernicious.
Some very able suggestions follow in rela-
ton to our educational system-in which the
Governor calls attention to the great deficiency
in our State in having no well endowed Semi.
nary for the education of females. The i'm.
portance Of establishing an Agricultural Schoo
is also shown.
In alluding to our public lands, Gov. II. re.
oommends that lot be given to every man
who will agree to occupy it with the homes,
intention of making it the place of his perma-
uent residence. This idea is by no means q
new one, but we believe has never been fairly
tested. The policy is questionable.
The views in relation to banks and banking
will undoubtedly create some interest and a
variety of opinion. In suggesting the repeal
of the law which imposes a tax of one per cent
on bank capital, the Governor occupies tenable
ground, for the nullity of such law is abun-
| dainty apparent. No good reason can be
shown either, why the banks should be COM
PEELED to loan money to the State for less rates
of interest, than to private individuals-says
the Governor, and this opinion, too, we think
will also be generally acquiesced in. But when
Gov. II. says that specie existing among the
people is likely to be quite as secure for the re-
dernption Of bills and for all purposes of public
safety. as it is where the law now requires i,
to bel. seems to US he states a proposition
susceptible of doubt, to say the least. Does
not this deny the constitutional check so nee
! essary to restrain our banking Institutions
The gold of California, if in circulation freely
in society, would incile speculation, which Of
course our banks would be led into, and Of
what advantage to the holder of bill who de-
mands at the Bank Counter its redemption 10
be told that although the bank cannot re-
deem it, yet there is plenty Of specie in cir
culation in the communityi The sentence Of
the Message is somewhat ambiguous-it may
| be that the Governor has not clearly enunciat-
ed the idea he intended.
Gov. H, in adverting to the State Prison,
reiterates the idea urged by his predecessors
relative to the necessity for a classification OF
criminals, for the benefit of juvenile offenders
| He also recommends the granting of the APP
preparation called for by the Trustees of the
Insane Hospital, for the erection of new
wing. A recent visit to this institution salts
fed us of the importance and necessity for
such an addition to the building.
The Adjutant Generals Report is referred to
for information relative TO that department.
| The Governor closes by recommending an
early disposal of the U. s. Senator question,
and invoking short, useful and happy session