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Town Elections

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
March
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

We recommend lo our fricnds early nominations for township officers. The Liberty pnrfy slrould be first m the field. Nominationssftould be made at least two weeks bö„ iore the elections take place. At the primary meetii)g?, in every caso, let ampie provis-. ion be made for a seasonable supply of tickets. In makingf nominafion?, do not pul on to thelist ñames of any doubtful characters, by way of compromise, or for the sake oftheiraid or infiuence. Such contri vancrs justly bringa party into contempt.. Nolhing permanent or bubstantial can be gained by them. Lef every tub stand on ils own bottom. We liope our friends will not be disconraged on account of thcir snvill mimber. They are too ntunerous to vo!e the slavcry or proelavery tickets. We anticípale lljat noniinalions will be made in many towns in (bis state for the first time. Thsre must be a bocrmninoto the Liberly party, as well as io every othcr Ihing; and uliat time wi 1 be inore auspiciotio than the presonl? Most tliings that prow begin small, aiul great and durable protluctionsare usually of slow groivlh. Great nggrcgate resulls fullow from small individual efforts. The first spadeful of earth taken from the Erie Canal was but a small beginninrr for so mighty an enterprize: but millions of such, judiciously dirccted, accomplishcd tiicwork. The Liberty party can only pre vail in the United States by success in the elcctions of cach town; and that success can only beattaired by briuging over the voters, man by man. Were there but one steadfast and uniform Liberly man in every town in tbc nation, t hei r a agrégate po ver, nghtly exerted, would be immense. Our whig and dem ocratic neighbors, who count thcir majorities ! by tens of thousands. areapt to look wilh contempt on individual influente; and yct experience tcaches themcontinually that the vote of a few individúala will someimes deermine the political destinies of a State. Liberty men, likewise, in looldng at great repulís, often overlook Ihe humble but ever nc: ive ngency ! uhich has accompüshed them. F.vcry one i Jshould feel that tliough he cannot alone carry iorward the antislavery enlerprlz?, yet he can do something for its success; and the period of ultímate liiumph will be hastened or delayed in proporlion as its individual advocates are more or less consistent, wise, and energetic. Let every exertion, then, be nsed at the coming town elections to extei.d the influence of the Liborty principleá.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News