Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-02-17
The Legislature.
Ararsr,. Feb. II, 1850.

mlssiOnlfs Tor lew uayrs 10 tAIhAN t"'"
work 10 the sub committees Thsrs was
some opposition to this in the House. by
those Who bad friends that they wished 20
iurcc upon The committee ~ clerks. bat A.
ter briei explanation aud an exposure OF
the matter. tho House voted 50 "a t. al.
Low the committee TO employ tho commits.
,ianers. The committee vail not need the
services of these men more than next week.
All town. that wI.h 20 ~ heard bof.ro the
committee are requested to cone in imme.
lia,ely. ~ they are determined TO make a
thorough investigation, and clos, up tie
work rs soon %. The interests u the State
will permit. They hold two session. daily.
and will continue T. do - until the work is
completed. Tho general Impression j.,
that tho commissioner, have done their
work faithfully and vcll, and there will be
bu, little II any change to 10 mad, IN %.
and ~ ar a, the cIamination has proceed.
I'd. it fully ju.,ife. cha, impression.
Tho Frankfort election case came up by
,p..ial a..isrmen, Wednesday, when Cot.
Porter Of lowell. sustained the minority
report as we'll a. tho evidence would ALLOW !,
hc "a. .ucc s,rully met 10y the chairman Of
the Committee ON elections. Who beld the
unlnided attention Of the Ilouss far an
hour. In presenting tho facts and comment
ins upon tho testimony bclorc the commit
t,1. h. administered scaihins rcbuko ,o
the rcuons,r,nt. and Ihpss engaged in GET
uus up the minority report. and 'ali be-
va,at los. 70 know from whence the re-
port originated. as nonr Ut the evidence %
support ihc assertion. Of tho report, wa'
hsf,re tho committee. Mr. Thomas "
Nsvbnts. reviewed ihi minority report,
and showed coneIaslyely is IArenass. Mr.
Pie.ard Of Hampton. made speech tor the
minority aud voted With the maj'rIty. The
majority rrPor. was accepted. aud Reuben
\. Rich declared legally and constitutional.
~ elected. $ l', ~ nays
Tho committee on division 81 ooun,i's
have given a hearing to the parties interest
- in the proposed county u Knox. \
large ,one,ur,' n' people cams trom - che
Lime rock Valley" ani the contest bsiofc
the committee continued lor tao dag aud
evenings. Tho case Wa- opened inr the r.
tiuoner, by y firvsll. E-q, oi l!ocklhui.
aud closed Tor them ia an able argument q
morc than two hours length. by Jo''ph
Baker. E.q, %. Ausu'ta. lie contended
that there va. a homogeneous ela.' ct Tco.
PIE l'ng ia thi. valley, that TIE business
al tended toward one common cynter, that
the dockris Of tie Courts la the county Of
Lincoln. werc o,crburdercd with causes
which bad been accommodating Tor years,
aud above AL, and beyond all, the God u
nature had marked this cot as = separate
community, and walled il IA on every SIDE.
and thc committee could not II they would,
aud would not Il they could. dsny the
Iraycr " Ihe-c petitioner, Hon Daniel
Dickinson. Collector Of Belfast. opened the
ease Tor the rgmon,inn,., and Hon. N5hc.
miah Abbott. irum the same place. cll.cl.
Many of tho solid men Of Thom,sion and
Warren. aud Waldob0rl'. were upon tho
stand and gave their evidence against tho
necessity Of new county, and the iBcrca.-
ed lurd.ns it would impose upon them. |
notice among them Hon. Isaac Reed, and
Hon. j. webb. OF Wald1Llro', William
singer, E-q., Thomas O'Brisn. E>l., aud
Lsyau.Al,r, Of Thomasiln. Mr.
Abbott, in closing, made a clear aud strong
argument against the necessity Of the new
county. the injustice il would b. 4, " bleed.
ios Waldo" and tho pledge, that had been
made 20 let her alone. lle urged the com.
mittec not e. be- inlimidated by threat, Of
cautinucl agitation, tor thcy would remsm.
hrr that at the capitol Of the nation threats
bad bon mad, o. dissolve TAI, gloriuu.
Un VA OF States ir certain events occurroi !.
ia,sc c'cuts had trabspired. and sill tho
unioS. wassed on. IL hoped. be believed
tho cInmittre would fearlc..ly DO ,hvi.
whole duty. which, IN b.. Judgment. wa.
20 give the petitioner, leave 10 Withdraw.
The committee, | understand. unanimously
gave tie petitioners leave To bring ia a oil.
The towns composing the proposed county.
have population Ut $1,000, aud a ,aluA.
ton OF S9,OOO,0OO.
An interesting discussion sprung up to.
day IN the House. upon resolve appropri.
ating three hundred doll,r, 20 build a
school house Tor the Pas.amaquojdy lnI.-
ans. Mr.. McCriiI. of Bangor. thought
the policy Of the state rnLrrly wrong to-
ward the Indians. 81 long "a, they could
depend upon the State lOr aid, Ihey would
not try 10 help themselves. They would De
- drunken, lazy set Of ngabOnds. let
them depend upon themselves, and they
would learn TO take care Of themselves. Mr..
Sewa'l Of CherrJdcId, thought there were
many poor districts IN the State. that called
a. loudly Tor help as these Indians. DR..
Wells Of Frespor,. .aid the Indian was
Distinct race, aud it was a. impossible to
tame them M this climate, as to tane
lear or panther, and related an anccdote in
illustration. lie said Dartmouth College
Vas established Tor the purpose Of edueat-
ing Indians. IL was called Dartmouth, for
Lord Dartmouth, who contributed literally
Tor It, endowment. President NhselocE,
after he Completed hi. College. started IN
pursuit OF pupils, and travelled as far as
Canada before be found any. lie finally