that, for a time, took from them the right of self-governmeat, and subjected them to the unacknowledged control of a foreign potentate. By the military power of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, it was thought inexpedient and unnecessary to attempt the expulsion of an enemy, whose head quarters at Castine, benefitted individual interest, more than their expulsion would have advanced national character. Much human blood was undoubtedly saved by permitting the enemy to remain, for a long time, in peaceable possession of a portion of the American Republic. Castine was built; individuals were enriched, and the national character was sufficiently supported at Plattsburgh, Bridgewater, Chippewa, New-Orleans, and Stonington.

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The limits of this work precludes a particular description of the country. The ocean, in its expanded grandeur, is presented to the eye of the traveller. It expends the force of its surges upon the pebbled shore of the District of Maine. Her sons, feeling a rigid climate at home, have sought an home upon the deep" and have become the pride of the ocean.

The Address delivered upon the borders of Maine, does credit to the classical elegance, and genuine patriotism of the Committee.

"On his arrival at the shore, he was met by the Hon. John Holmes, and Hon. Albion K. Parris, members of Congress; W. P. Prebble, Esq. District Attorney; and several other gentlemen from various towns in the District, and was received with three cheers by a large concourse of citizens assembled on the banks of the river. The Hon. Mr. Holmes presented him with the following Address:

TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

SIR-AS citizens of Maine, we take the liberty to meet the Chief Magistrate of the nation, on his entering our District, and to pay him our respects. It being the first time a President of the United States has visited this section of the country, it is a source of peculiar satisfaction, to meet and greet one, whose private virtues and public administrations have been se much, and so justly admired by the people of Maine.

Permit us, Sir, for ourselves, and our friends, to congratulate you on your election as President, and bid you a cordial welcome to this part of the Union; to tender you our services to alleviate the fatigues of your journey, and our wishes and exertions, that all your labours for the public may be received with gratitude, and crowned with success.

Through the wisdom of yourself, and your co-patriots; the patriotism of the people, and the favour of Heaven, you have the singular felicity to receive the voluntary homage of the nation, and to witness its peace, prosperity, freedom and happiness.

This journey, like the journey of your life, is commenced and pursued for the public good. Like that, its fatigues have been endured with patience, its obstacles overcome with perseverance, its storms encountered with firmness, and its refreshing sunshines relished with equanimity and gratitude. In each, as you have advanced, you have acquired additional honour, reverence, and love. In your future progress in both, may your health be preserved, your country's prosperity and glory secured; and the affections, confidence, and union of the people increased and confirm

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And when these respective journies shall be ended, you shall return home, may you at the close of the one, be received in health and happiness to the embraces of an affectionate family, and of the other, to the favour and fruition of Him, who will never fail to reward the great and the good.

"To which the President made an extemporaneous reply, and expressed "the high gratification" he felt "in being thus met and received by gentlemen, for whose private virtues and public character he entertained so much respect." The President was then conducted to his carriage and proceeded to York, under an escort of Cavalry, followed by officers of the militia in uniform, and citizens on horseback and in carriages. On his arrival at that place, a federal salute was fired by the Company of Artillery, paraded for the occasion, commanded by Capt. Freeman. He was also met by the Committee of Arrangements, at the head of which was the venerable and respectable Judge Sewall, of the United States District Court, now in the eighty-second year of his age. The venerable Judge in a short and appropriate address, for himself and in behalf of the citizens of York, bade him a hearty wel come, to which the President made an affectionate reply. The President and suite then proceeded with the Judge, accompanied by the Committee of Arrangements, to his house, where they sat down to an excel· lent breakfast. At 9 o'clock, the President again commenced his Tour, preceded by the cavalry and general officers of the division, and followed by a large cavalcade of officers and citizens on horseback and in carriages. At Wells, he was met by G. W. Wallingford, J. Stører, J. Dane, Esquires, and other gentlemen, the Committee of Arrangements from the towns of Wells and Arundel, in company with a large concourse of citizens. The Committee of Arrangements conducted the President to Jefferd's Hotel, in Kennebunk, where they presented to him a very appropriate written address.

Here also the President was met by the Committee of Arrangements from the towns of Alfred and Sanford, and received an extempore address from the Hon. Mr. Holmes, their Chairman, congratulating him on his election, expressing confidence in his character and administration, and welcoming him to Maine. To these addresses, the President replied extemporaneously, thanking the gentlemen for their kindness and their attentions; expressing great confidence in the permanency of our republican institutions, and of the attachment of the people to the constitution and union of the States. These replies were made in the hearing of a large and respectable concourse of citizens, and were received with loud and repeated bursts of applause.

From Jefferd's Hotel, the President proceeded on foot with his suite and several other gentlemen across the bridge over Mousum river, which had been tastefully ornamented with an arch of evergreen. He thence proceeded to his carriage on foot through the principal street, across which waved a line of ensigns and standards, and on the left of which was arranged the gentlemen, and on the right, the ladies of the village. From Kennebunk, the President proceeded with the escort and cavalcade to Biddeford; near the line of which, he was received by the Hon. Judge Thacher, and other gentlemen, the Committee of Arrangements from that town, who also presented him an appropriate Address, to which he replied with usual readiness, and with pleasing effect. Here the escort and cavalcade received a very large accession of citizens, and proceeded under the direction of Col. Lane, Chief Marshal, through the village, the President on horseback,

to the line of Saco, where he was received and welcomed by the Committee of Arrangements from the town of Saco. On his arrival at the bridge leading into the village, which was handsomely ornamented with an arch of evergreen, he was received with a national salute from Capt. Cleaves' Company of Artillery, and was welcomed by the hearty and repeated acclamations of the largest assemblage of citizens ever witnessed in that town. After being conducted to Cleaves' Hotel, the President was waited upon by the Selectmen of Saco, in their official capacity, who there presented to him, by order of the town, an address expressive of the sentiments and feelings of the town, voted, and adopted, in legal town meeting. To this address, the President made a satisfactory and dignified reply. After dining, the President proceeded with the escort and cavalcade through Scarborough to Westbrook At Scarborough the citizens had erected in honour of the President, an arch of evergreen across the highway, fancifully ornamented with roses, so arranged as to present, in large capitals, to the eye, the sentiment, "UNITED WE STAND."

The President, under an escort of Cavalry, commanded by Maj. Trowbridge, arrived at Westbrook, about 6 o'clock, Tuesday evening. The citizens had for two or three days before, busily employed themselves in decorating the bridge over which the President was to pass, as an expression of their respect for the first magistrate of the nation. Nineteen arches were thrown over it, dressed with evergreen and roses, tastefully festooned, and connected by an evergreen wreath, one for each state, with the name of the state in large letters on the