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condition of the settlers. The latter, as a 

 general rule, were prompt in performing the 

 obligations imposed upon them, to open roads 

 and make other improvements in payment for 

 their lands, and there was an increased demand 

 for settling lots in Aroostook. This result was 

 attributable to a hotter knowledge of the rich- 

 ness of the soil and the healthfulness of the 

 climate, and also to the anticipation that the 

 projected European and North American rail- 

 road would soon be commenced through the 

 region. This enterprise, however, depending 

 for its immediate success upon the connection 

 it might make with lines of railway in New 

 Brunswick and Nova Scotia, made little pro- 

 gress during the year. The crops during the 

 year were good ; that of hay being unusually 

 large, and the State was well supplied with 

 live stock of all descriptions. The high prices 

 realized for every species of farm products 

 rendered the agricultural interests of the State 

 prosperous beyond precedent. 



The political canvass commenced early in 

 the summer, and was conducted with unusual 

 earnestness until the presidential election in 

 November. The Republican State Convention 

 assembled at Portland on June 29th, and re- 

 nominated Samuel Cony for Governor by ac- 

 clamation. John B. Brown and Abner Stetson 

 were at the same time nominated for presi- 

 dential electors at large. The following resolu- 

 tions were adopted : 



Resolved, That the Convention representing the 

 Union men of Maine emphatically indorse the avow- 

 ed policy and determination of the national Govern- 

 ment to make no compromise with traitors in arms, 

 but to prosecute the war until full submission is yield- 

 ed to the Constitution and the legal authorities of the 

 nation. 



Resolved, That Abraham Lincoln and Andrew John- 

 son, as patriots and statesmen, tested in years of 

 greatest public peril, deserve the entire confidence 

 of the Union men of the country, and should be en- 

 thusiastically supported at the polls for the offices to 

 which they were nominated by the Union National 

 Convention at Baltimore. 



Resolved, That the Union men of this State cordi- 

 ally approve the principles enunciated in the reso- 

 lutions of the recent National Convention, which 

 placed in nomination Abraham Lincoln and Andrew 

 Johnson for President and Vice-President of the 

 United States. 



Resolved, That no country ever had a more heroic 

 body of soldiers and sailors to defend its integrity 

 than ours, that are deserving the gratitude and care 

 of all true friends of liberty and the Union. 



Resolved, That this Convention heartily sympa- 

 thizes with the friends of the wounded and deceased 

 soldiers, and pledges itself to the support of the be- 

 reaved and needy. 



Resolved, That Hon. Samuel Cony, for the eminent 

 ability and fidelity with which he has performed his 

 official duties of Governor of the State, has the confi- 

 dence and approbation of the Union citizens of Maine, 

 and that we hereby pledge ourselves to give him a 

 triumphant election in September. 



The Democrats met at Bangor on August 

 10th, and unanimously nominated for Governor 

 Joseph Howard, of Portland. Their candidates 

 for electors at large wereW. P. Haines and Adams 

 Treat. The following resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved,, That the Democratic party is and ev.er 

 has been the true Union party of the country. Under 

 its conservative principles and enlightened policy Ibj^ 

 United States have hitherto been preserved in con- 

 cord and in strength, our territory has been extend- ; 

 ed, our resources developed, our wealth increased, 

 the rights of the United States and people maintained, 

 public peace and domestic tranquillity secured, and 

 the respect of the world for our free Government 

 established, and God helping us, this Union we will 

 maintain intact and hand it down as a priceless heri- 

 tage to our posterity. 



Resolved, That the existing fratricidal and calami- 

 tous war is the result of the political ascendencv in 

 power of fanatical and factious extremists; that the 

 deliberate invasion by the National Administration 

 of the rights of the States, the freedom of the press 

 and the personal security of the citizens, and its 

 avowed purpose to prosecute this war for the aboli- 

 tion of slavery, or until that institution shall be 

 abandoned, exhibits a policy at once unconstitution- 

 al and revolutionary and in direct violation of the 

 most solemn pledges of the President when he enter- 

 ed on the duties of his office, and of the unanimous 

 voice of Congress when it resolved that this war was 

 not waged in any spirit of oppression, or for the pur- 

 pose of conquest or subjugation, or for overthrowing 

 or interfering with the rights and established institu- 

 tions of the States, but to defend and maintain the 

 supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the 

 Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the 

 several States unimpaired, and when these objects 

 are attained the war ought to cease. 



Resolved, That the only ground of hope for the 

 preservation of the Union under the Constitution, and 

 of maintaining the rights of the people and of the 

 States, and of securing an honorable peace, is by ex- 

 pelling from power the present corrupt, imbecile, and 

 revolutionary administration, and substituting in ita 

 place an administration which will conduct the Gov- 

 ernment according to the requirements of the Con- 

 stitution, and protect all parties in the full enjoyment 

 of their constitutional rights, privileges, and im- 

 munities. 



Resolved, That the administration, by its corrup- 

 tion and imbecility, has shown itself incapable of a 

 successful prosecution of the war, and from its levity, 

 tergiversations, and its bad faith, is manifestly in- 

 capable of negotiating an honorable peace. 



Resolved, That we stand where the Democracy al- 

 ways have stood, in favor of the Constitution and of 

 the rights of the States and the people, and of the 

 entire Union in all its integrity, and of an honorable 

 peace at the earliest possible moment. 



The State election took place oil September 

 12th, with the following result: 



Governor. No. of Vote*. 



Cony, Republican 62,389 



Howard, Democrat 46,470 



Majorityfor Cony 15,913 



The Legislature chosen at this election stood : 



Republicans Democrats. Rep. Maj. 



Senate 23 8 25 



House of Representatives.. 122 29 93 



Giving a Republican majority of 118 on joint 

 ballot. 



The vote for presidential electors in Novera- 

 her was : 



Republican 61,803 



Democratic 44,211 



Republican majority 17,592 



The electors chosen cast the vote of the State 

 for Abraham Lincoln, President, and Andrew 

 Johnson, Vice-President. "William P. Fessen- 

 den, one of the Senators from Maine, having 



