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Resolved, That we cherish a patriotic and honora- 

 ble pride in the past history of the Republican party, 

 identified as it is with the great triumphs of human 

 freedom and progress, with the emancipation of an 

 oppressed people from bondage, and with the preser- 

 vation of our country from the anarchy and ruin 

 threatened by the late rebellion ; and that while wo 

 fully appreciate the great questions now presented 

 to the country for solution, many of which are the 

 outgrowth of the civil war just ended, we rejoice 

 that, unlike those whose record in opposition to the 

 war for the preservation of the Union is unchangea- 

 bly written, we have no cause for consigning the past 

 with its eventful memories to oblivion and no desire 

 to forget the lessons of patriotism and loyalty con- 

 tained in its teachings. 



Risohed, That, while we recognize the excellence 

 of our plan of State governments existing and acting 

 in harmony with the Constitution of the United 

 States, we believe that the Federal Government es- 

 tablished under the same Constitution does profess 

 and ought to exercise sufficient power to protect ev- 

 ery American citizen in the untrammelled expression 

 of his sentiments in the free exercise of the ballot, 

 in the fullest enjoyment of his property, and in the 

 absolute safety of his person, wherever the American 

 flag floats over American soil, and that this protection 

 of the Government should be extended to the person 

 of every citizen of the United States, whether upon 

 land or sea, at home or abroad. 



Resolved, That in the present exigencies of our 

 country a tariff on imports is the readiest and least 

 oppressive mode of raising the larger portion of the 

 revenue needed for the support of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, and that, in laying the duties ? care should 

 be taken to so adjust them as not to prejudice but to 

 promote the interests of every section and branch of 

 industry in the land special pains being taken to 

 foster in every practicable way the honor and inter- 

 ests of the American laborer. 



Resolved, That the revival of American commerce 

 is a matter of national importance, and that, by the 

 passage of the bills recommended by the Special 

 Congressional Committee, or other proper means, 

 measures should be taken to effect it. 



Resolved, That we reaffirm our faith in the prin- 

 ciples of prohibition and in its impartial enforce- 

 ment. 



Resolved, That, the Administration of President 

 Grant, by its economical management of the national 

 finances and its enormous reduction of the national 

 debt ; by its wise conduct of the foreign affairs of 

 the country, especially in securing an honorable and 

 advantageous adjustment of all our difficulties with 

 Great Britain ; by its judicious and determined ef- 

 forts to reform the civil service of the country ; by 

 its humane and successful policy of dealing with the 

 Indians ; and by its persistent efforts to secure the 

 rights of every American citizen without regard to 

 creed, caste, or color, demands and receives at our 

 hands the renewed expression of our confidence and 

 the assurance of our unswerving support. 



Resolved, That, in nominating Hon. Sidney Perham 

 a second time for the suffrages of his fellow-citizens, 

 we point with pride to his high personal character. 

 We present him as a friend to economy, to good and 

 sound principles of temperance and prohibition; 

 loyal and true to the Union in every position he has 

 occupied; arid we appeal with undoubting faith to 

 the people of Maine for their indorsement of our can- 

 didate and the principles he so truly represents. 



The election took place on the llth of Sep- 

 tember, and resulted in the reelection of Per- 

 ham by a majority of 10,707, the whole vote 

 being 105,897: for Perham, 58,285 ; for Kim- 

 ball, 47,578. There was a dispute with regard 

 to the vote of several towns, owing to differ- 

 ences in the returns, and they were thrown 



out of the calculation altogether. There was 

 no choice for Senators in two districts, one in 

 "Waldo and one in York County. Of the 29 

 Senators chosen, 26 were Republicans and 8 

 Democrats. Of the 151 members elected to 

 the lower branch of the Legislature, 112 were 

 Republicans and 39 Democrats. The Legisla- 

 ture met on the 3d of January, 1872, and on 

 the next day elected George G-. Stacy for Sec- 

 retary of State ; Thomas B. Reed, Attorney- 

 General; B. B. Murray, Adjutant-General; 

 and P. P. Burleigh, Land Agent. Among the 

 recommendations of the Governor in his an- 

 nual address, was one that the State election 

 be held on the Tuesday following the first 

 Monday of November, and the sessions of the 

 Legislature be made biennial. 



A flourishing Swedish colony has been 

 founded in Aroostook county, which receives 

 the fostering care of the State, and promises 

 to contribute largely toward clearing and set- 

 tling that hitherto almost uninhabited wilder- 

 ness. The first instalment of colonists, con- 

 sisting of 50 persons, was brought out through 

 the agency of Mr. W. W. Thomas, United 

 States consul at Gothenburg, in the summer 

 of 1870, and planted the settlement of New 

 Sweden. Before the end of that year the 

 number was something more than doubled, 

 and during the year 1871 it was increased to 

 over 1,000. Under the provisions of the act 

 of the last Legislature to encourage immigra- 

 tion from Sweden, of which mention has 

 been made before, a lot of 100 acres is assigned 

 to each man over twenty-one years of age ; and, 

 if, at the end of five years, he has cleared at 

 least fifteen acres, and built a comfortable 

 bouse, he is to receive a deed of the land, and, 

 in the mean time, will be exempt from taxa- 

 tion. Provisions, tools, and other necessary 

 supplies, may also be furnished by the com- 

 missioners at cost, for which payment may be 

 made in labor on the roads and other public 

 works of the State. At the end of the year, 

 200 lots, or 20,000 acres of land, had been 

 taken up, 2,000 acres of trees had been felled, 

 and 500 acres of land cleared for tillage ; 80 

 substantial houses had been built; 1,200 bush- 

 els of wheat, 1,000 bushels of barley, 800 

 bushels of rye and oats, and 5,000 bushels of 

 potatoes had been raised; 25 miles of road 

 had been cut, several bridges built, and con- 

 siderable live-stock purchased by the colonists. 

 A school of about 70 children, and an evening 

 school for adults, in which English was ex- 

 clusively taught, were in operation, and a 

 commodious public hall had been built. The 

 supplies furnished by the State up to that 

 time amounted to upward of $10,000, of 

 which nearly one-fourth had already been 

 paid for in labor. The people are industrious 

 and thrifty, and the colony of New Sweden is 

 likely to furnish not only a comfortable home 

 to thousands of poor from Old Sweden, but a 

 desirable element in the sturdy population of 

 Maine. 



