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The Freeman's Oath

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
April
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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-A second Danielg'wes the following exposilion of the frceman's oath, in Connecticut: What is lho meauing of the words in the oah, 'you will give your vote as you jude wili conduce to the beet good of ',he S'tafe? Now, eetting aside all 6uperstitiou8 and casuisticil queetione, we npprehend tljo plain ineuning is, to vute for such persons as (all circumsteiices contiidcred) can be elected."1 We presume the writer is a Whig, bb thcy ■re known to have a great horror of throwing. away votes on tbose who cannot be elected.

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Signal of Liberty
Old News