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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
December
Year
1841
Copyright
Public Domain
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The. result of the election, as far ..i, isasfollovvs: knWl1 Liberty; g TJielibetfy vote in the some townsflf year was 1413. Dav8'majority over! others, 1125. The full returns will prob bly reduce it below 1000. Last year the whi majority for President pxceeded 20,000 Í Rather ominous! The largest liberty vote in any one county was Middlesex, 629. Worcester m, 618; Essex 009, fee. The ]„rgest vote any town was Boston, 198, tlien Sprinfield 134, Lovvell, 105, fee. General HowE Uk erty Senator f rom Noiíolk, 8 elected. In a ?reat number of towns tJiero ivas no elÈctidn of representativcs, owing chiefly to tiie libeny nominati n.03-The city of Boston clects thirty.fi,Q I apresentative t the Legislature. Tho Fre American containa the names and occupa t.ons of the recent candidates of the Liberty j Among them we netice only one lawyorand iwo clergymen- Amos A. Phblps and. Charles T. Torrkv. The grcater part „f them are mechanica and merchanls. The nominatiot: is headed, " Liberty asd Tempkanck TrcKET," and we perceiw tliat the American takesstrong groundin fa vor of temperance. It affirms that the Lük erty nomiuees throughout the State aro thorough temperance men, without exceu ti on. Ju an address to irisiimen, it says , "There is, and iherc II be,-noma nonnnafed by ihe Liberty partí-, Ibrany office, o the Slnteor nation, but ihorouh tetotallerssandfriends to the entire sup )ression oí the odious rum Ira&ie. We are lemperanco men, as well as íríendsof universal liberly. We do x(nt wish fur drur.ken freedorii, bu súber tmd tliereforo real liberly. And you will kaow tint ticiiher the wliig nor democratie party dares tajte. temporánea gronnd. They are as mucll FKTTKRED TO THE RU3T CAfK AS TO íLAv;:mr.15