Town Elections

Tbc time lias arnved when ihe Liberty men of tb?s State sboulcl aenin rnclce nomina:ons íbr townslrip ofllcers, of gooá meu, and secure rur them all posible support. Thiá tiicy slionld do, 1. Because they ought to voíe soraewliere, and they cannot consistently vote tor Ihe oth er partipsií 2. Because Town orgonízatious oreasin(riepensable to the success ftf Liberty principies í:s t!ie County, State of National organizalion?. 3. Because they tena to encourage and stimolate Liberty men toeff-rU 4. Becousc, in some, oí)d ve shoulil Iiope, n m&ny lowns, tle Liberty ticket iv15 be riumpfiant, if the proper exeríions are made.5. Because the possession of "the Town 'ower'as Alvan Scewart calis it, will make the influence of the Liberiy party permanent)y fe!t and realized in that -fewn. It wil! be regarced asj "a öxedfact." Politicians who have'just been defeated in a direct conflict with the Liberiy party yvïl scarcely have the effrontery to represent it as n ccnlernpUble, letoporary nüair, not worth minchng. 6. Beeauie very nnny veters of all parties, .vho are possesïed of Küjeinforuiation. are more liirectly afferte-d by the state of parties ín their owtx tovrn, than by the more imporant Sfate and National elections." 7. Becnuse, ia -the estitnation of a considerable portion of community, a party receives eepect accorüing to its nutnbera rallier thau he excellence of its principie?. Abolitiontsts have been so little converöant vith party politics that they do not feel the mportance of getting ont a]t the Liberly trength at the poJls. They rely on moral suasion. ertirely, without sufficienlly appreciting the importance of corresponding political support. They are urgent for leclures, but carelfisa for votes. Last year we bad repeated invitations from i cenain iown to Jecture frequenüy. It was very important the people should be enlightened, &.c. fee. Soon after the fall election xc visited lhe towo, and something like the bllowing dialogue occurrad between us and a )roniinent Liberty man: Editor. - How rnany Liberty votes did you cast in this town? JAb. Man. - Seventeen. JEd.- How many Liberty voters have you? L. M. - At the spring efecli on we bod fory-eight. Our Justice of the Peace received iftytwo voles. Ed. - A pretty state of things! Jasttwo hirds of the party did not vi-te al all. When hul wc g-a in the ascendency at this rat;? - Jut what was the reasoa of thls falling off in he. Libfirty vote? L.M. - Why, wedid not pet our tickets n seaeon. I waL appointed to procure and istrihute them, but I wa& so busy I dd nol a-et about it till the second dny of election. - ïesides, there was no panicular interest feil ir any party. The Whigs knew theycoujd lot succeed; the Detnocrats were sure they hould; and the Liberly men cared bat litlle about r. Three or four of them, who were at vvork on a frame, did not lake the trouble only to cross hq road in order lo vote. Ed.- What good wou'd fifty Iecture3 do you here, if you do not vote? Had you ex erted yoursclvG6 while the öther parties were supine, you wculd i:ave secured the majoiity in your town, and encouraged yonr friends to pffort in every other town nnd county in the State.When we reflectPd that the case of rnany other towns was similar, we scarcely knew whelher to feel more grieved or angry at this criminal inrliíFerence. The result nt the present town elections will have an important beanng on the Nalional election ncxt November. We take lenve to sujrgest the following thiogs as worlhy of atteution: 1. Let your primary meetings bc held rarly - 6ay as eoon as Saiurdoy, Match 1G, or before. 2. Ii6t exertions be used to give genera nolice, and Fecuro a la rge meeting.S Let a Vigilance Committee be appointed in eacli town, lo procure nnd dislnbute tickets, to attend the poils, and get out the voters. 4. lmmedintely afler the nomination is made, let a roll be made out of nll the voting Libepty mon jn town: then attach to it a memorandum of the names of all who are doubtful, or who can probaWy be eecured by the influence of their friends. 6. Take up a colleclion to purchase your tickets. 6. Reporl through the Signal, after the election, how many towns have electet' their f uil tickets, how many a part, ond the vote oí the respective partie.We hope that our friends will not be deterred frotn orgauizing in any Unvn on account of the srnallneis of the:r numbers. ''Lnrge oaks from little ncorns grow." The sixty thousand Liberty votes have incrensed to Ibat number fiom a few lmndreds. Even if ttiere be btit one Liberty man in the town, he ihould not vote for the pro-slavery piirtie-", bu t , nlthotigh alone, bear tosiimony sgainst thcm. - He should be like Atxíiel among lije folien spirits: "Faithful only he nmon? the fuithless found, Unnwed, nnseduced, unterrified, flh) Joyalty be kept, hs zeal, bis lovei" We do hope or friends will feel the neces -sity of some exertions to augment their vote. We feel mortified and grieved that this deparfment of action is so greátly negiected by the best frieirls of the slave, and of Jmman freedom. Can they not see that, having made an issue at the polls, 0" llmusl bc jmrsucd there tilt it succaeds; that there will be no increase of Liberty votes without the necessary means to obtain thcm; and that the. voling of a few from yew to ytar, will nrver achieve the issu? we have made til it will be lookcd vpon as mere children's play.Jl)