Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-01-18

in another part of this paper. The fusion pa
pers have delivered, plece-meal, just such mes
sages the year past, but it seems that they
neglected TO secure copyright, and now
another has awaited himself Of their original
ideas and mastery literary labors.
The Age says -
1t is an admirable message-admirable in
one sense-not however for its enlarged and
statesmanlike views-not for the soundness of
its political doctrines-not for its mastery ex-
position of any of the great interests of the
state-material, moral or intellectual-not for
all or any of these-but admirable, as answer
ing in an eminent degree the especial and PEI
culiar purpose for which 1t was written-
namely, to pacify, if not to positively please,
the various isms in the state, of which the au-
thor is the peculiar exponent and favored
champion.
! We may be accused of undue partiality to-
wards the message but if the reader will just
reflect on the difficulties which beset his Ex-
cellency's path-how many distinct and Earring
interests he had to reconcie-how many vio-
lent and exacting imas he had to please-how
many political idiosyncracies he had to humor
if they would but consider what a motley,
heterogeneous crowd he was compelled to ad-
dress black spirits, white spirits, red spirits
and grey '-the old silver topped wings
those fossil remains Of ancient federalism, with
their defunct political notions still adhering to
their ossifed brains-the young, ardent, wings
| of the new school, elate with the recollections
of the hard cider campaign and the turbulent
Taylor victory-the old, striped back Garri-
sonian abolitionists, tenacious of precedence,
Jealous of encraachment, and fearful of being
subverted by some newer and more absorbing
inl-the new school of anti-slaveryism, with
its larger numbers and more liberal and ration
al creed-the know nothings, a new and fear
full political banditti, who plot in the dark, and
| fight from the bush-with hearts burning with
hatred of Popery and Irishmen-the ram-rod
temperance men, who hold that a rum-seller
is worse than a murderer-that rum-selling
Except for medicinal purposes y is the high
est crime in the catalogue, and who believe
that moral reiormations can be effected by the
sole agency of penal statutes-the Morrill,
democrats original boon companions of their
chief, who in deserving the democratic party,
abandoned their principles yet retained their
tricks and their hankering desire for the flesh
pots of Egypt-to all these, besides a host of
camp-fellows, struggling Reed wings, together
with any number of broken down campaign
lecturers and INDECENT political priests, who
have deserted their pulpits and the cause of
religion and enlisted in the Morrill, crusade
for the sake of the spoils and plunder-was
Mr.. Morrill, compelled to address a word of
recognition, of encouragement, of sympathy,
and give to each the assurance of his contin-
ued fidelity.
With such motley brood to cover, it re-
quired the utmost extension of wing on the
part of the parent fowl, not to leave many of
its young entirely out in the cold. Mr.. Nor
ril in his message, has spread himself as no
| hen ever spread herself before And if he
has not completely succeeded in covering his
ill-assorted brood-if here and there the os
sternum of juvenile duck, chicken, turkey or
| gosln, is exposed TO the weather-we insist
that no blame is impuiable 10 him for the
spread " required was beyond the capacity
of the most ambitious fowl, and of the most
overshadowing parental wings.
The Belfast Free Press says -
The style of the message is sufficiently
home-spuu' to crafty any native who may
read it. It lacks force and finish, and is sadly
wanting in dignity. The direct attack upon
! the last legislature aud upon the President of
the United States is in the worst possible taste,
agogue than * Chief Magistrate of an enlight-
ened state. q stale paper il fails TO do jns-
tice to the d Unity and learning of Maine We
have not space to notice it more at length in
our present number.
The Republican Journal says -
Those wha have carefully watched the
course we have pursued towards Hon. Arson
! ID M,r-i1 tr,thf,llr hat, b,y %
ever undertaken to deny that the present exec
utive Of state is possessed of more than the or
binary measures of ability among our public
men. We have no prejudices that move us 10
undertake any measure of power he may be
possessed Of. Let US be believed, then, when
we say that we are astonished at the message.
| 1t has hardly the first element that lends dgni-
~ to a state document. Indeed il is more
| like the cheaper sort Of the political clap-trap
af1oat, than any thing we call TO mind that has
been put forth as state paper. s+s
The State of Maine says =
1T makes no allusion or reference to the in
sane hospital, the reform school, the state pris-
on, or the militia of the state, and says nothing
upon the condition of the state inancies,-sub-
ects which have heretofore been regarded as
WOTllr luc dttCHtiOu vi SiiiCi mag iotiatC VI
| the state
| About the lands - a
On the subject of our public lands, the
governor has disappointed u.s.. He advances
no other notion than that we are 10 continue
our old policy of selling such as have timber
on them as heretofore to speculators'
Concerning liquor and foreigners =
His language leads us TO suppose that his
views harmonize with those so often expressed
by Mr.. Neal Dow. the right of society to
protect itself against the rumseller,' favor
lite formula propounded by Mr.. Dow, on which
he has delivered speeches for the last four
years. The similarity between the language
of this part of the message, and Mr.. Dow's
speeches, is very striking.
The question of the right of foreigners to
vote, is treated rather gingerly, though the
message has squirting toward the know
nothing policy
The Democratic Advocate says &
Indeed, il is difficult to guess what he does
mean to recommend. unless ii be that the peo-
pie become SO fused between this and next
September as to make his reelection sure
This seems to he the sole aim of the whole
message. .He..,
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