Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-01-11
That The whole number cf legal votes given

Isaac Reed has l4OOl
Shepard Cary has 3478
Scattering, l27
That no choice by the people has been ef
iecied, and that Arson p. Morrill,, Albion X.
Paris, Isaac Reed, and Shepard Cary are the
constitutional candidates.
The House sent to the Senate the names of
Isaac Reed and Arson P. Morrill,. The vote
was as follows =
Whole number of ballots, I4S
Necessary for choice, rs
Isaac Reed, ll6
Arson p. Morrill,, LOG
Albion X Paris, SO
Shepard Cary,
And Isaac Reed and Arson P. Morrill,, were
declared to be the constitutional candidates
/ from whom the Senate shall choose one to be
Governor. On motion of Mr. Hill of Bangor,
information of the fact was communicated to
the Senate
A message was subsequently received from
the Senate, informing the House that that body
had made choice of ANsoN p. MORRILL, as
Governor.
Mr.. Head of Troy, moved that this House
now give three hearty cheers for the success
of the new Republican party just organized in
the State of Maine
Several members suggested that the motion
was hardly regular, and the Speaker confirmed
the objection,
Mr.. I'll. did not press his motion.
in the Senate, on motion of Mr.. Torsey,
committee, consisting of Messrs. Torsey,
Blake, of Penobscot, and Pease was appointed
to receive, sort and count the votes for Gov
ernor-having attended to that duty. they re-
ported:
Whole number of votes, 80
Necessary TO a choice, Is
Anson P. Morrill, had 80
The report was accepted, and Arson P.
Morrill, declared duly and constitutionally
elected Governor of the State Of Maine for
the current political year.
| On Saturday, Gov Morrill, took and sub
scribed the usual oaths of Office in presence of
both branches of the Legislature. His mes
sage was soon after communicated.
| The message is fair, but does not come up
to the standard of the messages of our Gov
errors of years past. 1t has not got the con-
ciseness and ring of the state papers of Gov.
Hubbard, nor the perfection and finish of those
of Gov. Crosby. 1t is commonplace docu-
ment, and does not show mind of very great
vigor or originality. 1t will not do to read it
the same day the speeches of Daniel Webster
are perused, though it might be shought pas
sible after dinner in places where the Maine
law is not enforced.
The Governor goes in for the new party
that has arisen 10 bless the States of Maine,
Massachusetts. the United States and the
world. He has high opinion of railroads,
and probably would not veto bill taxing the
people to build them. He is in favor of start
ing an Experimental Farm, resuscitating the
original counting schools, known as Teachers
Institutes, ''assiduously fostering" the schools,
academies, theological Summaries, and educa-
ton generally by strips of public lands; and
he suggests the Importance of so amending the
Maine law as to impose Imprisonment for the
first offence. He launches into national poll
tics Just as though the Legislature had not
much to do at home, the old parties have done
up the business of the State so well, and calls
the fugitive slave law unconstitutional and ex-
ceptionable. He probably has not heard in
Readfeld, that the fugitive slave law has been
pronounced in agreement with the Constitu-
ton by the judiciaries of nearly all the States
of the Union. He charges the "Chief Mag
istrate" of the country with not redeeming
his pledges. and the South with an attachment
to slavery paramount TO the provisions of the
federal constitution. He says the bill for or
ganiziug the territories of Nebraska and Kan
sas was carried through Congress, aided by a
few Northern politicians, and rejoices in what
he calls the popular elect ons in condemnation
of it. He probably has reference to this
State, where the popular elections were so
overwhelming that member of Congress who
violently opposed the bill, had leave TO stay at
home. But we will not follow the new Gov
ernor farther. He is deeply impressed, evil
IDENTIFY, with the importance of the "good time
coming" under the reign of rulers who will
be ''no longer alenated by obsolete isms and
antagohistic organizations, and recommends
going back to the time of Washington, when
federalism was rampant at head quarters, and
John Adams planned the old "alien and sedi-
ton" laws. He says nothing about THOMAS
JEFFERSON.
On Saturday, in convention of both houses,
Alden Jackson, the present Secretary of State,
was reelected The following gentlemen
were chosen Councillors
Noah Smith, Jr., of Calais Abner Coburn,
of Bloomfield Charles Danforth, of Gardi-
ner; Franklin Clark, of Wiscasset Ammi
Cutter, of Lowell Jason Weeks, of Bangor ;
Marshall Cram, of Bridgton. y
The Public Lands.
The BANGOR Democrat saws the proiipate