Show f MORE TH THAN AN A WHISPER RARE D AHE indeed is the presidential rv contest which does not bring out a whispering campaign that attempt to discredit a candidate by circulating slanderous stories reflecting upon his morals or motives so it is refreshing to learn that occasionally political partisans dare to speak out boldly against an opponent instead of working against him secretly and in the dark to shout rather than to whisper one ot of the earliest examples ot of this kind of campaigning took place during the adams jackson contest in 1828 it was a printed placard which read immorality fellow citizens can we vote for the man who openly sets the laws of ahl great jehovah at tit defiance thereby showing a bad ex ample to our children some few sundays ago mr adams passed through providence gallopini and running his horse and at every tavern stopping to receive the salutes or huzzahs of the federal party I 1 have always been an adams mar until he violated and trampled on the laws of god now my conscience forbids my supporting him I 1 therefore shall choose andrew jackson one who keeps holy the sabbath day A professor of religion kittery point maine sept 9 1828 11 V lira newspaper union |