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Day
27
Month
March
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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We would once more cali the utienlionof Liberty men to the inporlance of nominalingandsupporting Liberiy tickets at the ensuring township clections. We will not now go into the subject ntlength, butjust raminJ them that in every town where thera me Liberty men a tickei should be made, and abundance of votes put in circulation, and kept constantly at Ihe polh: and that whatever is done should be done seasonaby, dclibcrately, tcisely.and aa effectually ns possible. We trust antislavery men wül still hold fust to the grent cardinal principie on which they started n thoir politicul course - the support of antislavery men ONLY - no votingfor the supporters of Slavcry. Ad herence to this principio has been the main source of all antislavery poliiicsl progress. Let us all steadily adhere to it, without being led ofFby the4nfluence of other issues. (tThe papers coniain the correspondence between Senator Bonton, and Mr. Polk on the Major-generalship. As a prerequisite to accepting the office, Mr. Benton only asked "the command of the army, and aulhoriiy to sign the preleminaries of peace." The president thereupon discovered that he had no power to place him over iho heads of Scott and Taylor, who were senior Major Gonerals: and then Mr. Benton aent b&ck his comniission.OT It s snid that ihe Joint Resul ution introduced into the State Legislature by Mr. H. VV. Taylor to nmend the Constitution. so as to elect Representatives by single disiricts, passed both Houses, ánd will be votcd upon ut theFall Election. The votes, we opprehend, will be all on onc side. flCT51 The Supreme Court of the United States have nffirmed the decisión ol the Circuit Court of New Englnnd, by which the Licenso Laws of New Hampshire, the 28 gallon law of Massnchusetts, and the ten gallon law of Rhodo Island, are declared to be constitutional. So this question m.iy be considerad as settled. {Lƒ Mr. McReynolds, whose resolutions in favor of the Mexican War consumed so large a portion of the time of the Legislature, has been appointed by the President a Captain of Dragoons. - Well, we have personally no objecMons. He doubtless had to work hard for his situaiion : let him enjoy it. {jt3 The Pro-slavery Democrats claim to have carried New Hnmpshire at the recent election, having 18 mojority in the House, a majorily of the 12 Senators, and 1,000 majority for Governor. As ihe New Hampshire Liberty paper doe? not exchange with us, we are obliged to wait for particulars till we get them thro' other papers. QC" The Detroj' Free Press is drumming up hard to get even one Company of Dragoocs, to becommanded by Capt. McReynoIds. The rage forvolunteoring seems to be entirely over. (Cf The U. S. vessels Jamestowr. and Macedoninn are to be laden with provisions to be furnished by Relief Committees in Boston and New York, and sent to Ireland. fc5 Boats have commenced running from Detroit to Monroe and Cleveland.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News