The Portland daily press., 1868-01-04
inauguration of Governor Bullock.

Oh ~OfcrMOE u uttOCA.
Gov. Bullock was inaugurated yesterday.
His message to the Legislature is brief and
comprehensive document of eighty five print
ed pages.
The Governor comments with much salts
faction upon the fact that never before have
the returns of the Department OF Education
been SO encouraging as at this time. Two hum
bred and thirty-sx thousand pupils have been
in attendance of the public schools during an
average time of eight months. Eight thou
sand teachers were employed. The amount
raised by taxation during the year for the sup
port of free education was $2.355, 565.
The funded debt of the Commonwealth, in
climbing loans to railroads, amounting to near
1y twenty-iour millions dollars is nearly all
secured by sinking funds, mortgages and
collaterals. The institutions of public charity
are commended Tor their appearance and gen.
eral management. The State has supported
1717 paupers, and 800 lunatics at an expense of
S525,000 and has contributed upwards of $780,
600 to private charitable institutions.
The institutions of Juvenile reform. the
Nautical School and the State Reform Schools
at Lancaster and Westborough have been
kept up at an expense of $1400 900 for the past
year. The Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes,
incorporated at the last session of the Legis-
lature was formally opened on the first of Oc-
tober.-The State Prison has not only sus-
tanned itself but has earned $21 900 over all
expenses. The numbered commitments to the
the average of SO years.
The cost of maintaining the State militia,
amounting to $4,000 year. The amount
deposited in the Savings Bank is more than
eighty millions Of dollars, and of this sum five
elghths have accumulated within the last ten
years. The prospects for the completion of
the Hoosac tunnel are declared to b, satisfac-
tory. The Governor accepting the decision of
the people recommends positive eDac tment
for the regulation and control OF the sale of
liquors.
Referring to national matters Gov. Bullock
says: We have destroyed involuntary servi-
tude; we have manumitted race of men and
conceded to them equality of civil and poiiti-
cal rights. In the exercise of these rights in
the proceedings of the conventions in southern
States which they have mainly CONTROLLED L
believe that after making due allowances they
have displayed pralseworthy moderation. 1t
is a sacred duty to insure them protection in
the enjoyment of rights we have guaranteed;
but we must also remember that there are mil
lions of the white race who cannot and must
not always be retained in the position of abject
foes; millions whose productive labor is neces-
sary for the discharge of the national obliga-
lions which must never be repudiated, and
whose good will and cooperation are essential
to complete and thorough reunion. Let MS
hear then, no more of confscaton and attain
der tor the southern masses. Let US make an
end of illiberal and unfriendly legslatons, and
while compromising no principle for which we
have contended, let us restore those lately in
rebellion to equality of rights as speedily as is
consistent with the national safety. The pres
ent obstacles to reconstruction must come to a
speedy end, whether interposed by unrepent-
ant rebels, by a President who does not make
treason odious, or by those whom his policy has
deluded into renewed resistance. The welfare
and will of the people require it. They de-
mand p ace; peace from turmoil of mind as
well as turmoil of war; peace for their financ--
es, tor their industry, for their commerce; and
having the determination and power, there is
no installing the agency by which they intend
to enforce it. -