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The Placer Herald
Rocklin, Auburn, Placer County, California
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Prominent Old Line Whigs in Cambridge, Massachusetts, including Col. Meacham, Thomas B. Messinger, G. N. Annable, Dr. Wm. O. Johnson, Oliver J. Rand, and A. H. Stevens, have endorsed Democratic nominees Buchanan and Breckenridge. Similar political shifts noted in Charlestown and nearby towns.
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Changes in Massachusetts.—The Boston Times states that Col. Meacham, Thomas B. Messinger, G. N. Annable, Esq., Dr. Wm. O. Johnson, Oliver J. Rand, and A. H. Stevens, all prominent Old Line Whigs, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are out for Buchanan and Breckenridge, and remarks that there are but a few of the active Old Line Whigs in that locality who have not espoused the Democratic cause. It further says:
"But it is not in Cambridge alone that these refreshing evidences of a healthful public sentiment are confined; for, among other similar indications in cities and adjacent towns, old patriotic Charlestown has spoken with power and effect.
"The ball is rolling on beautifully all about us, and it needs but a united effort among all the opponents of Black Republicanism to give the State of Massachusetts to the Democratic nominees."
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prominent whigs in cambridge and surrounding areas, including charlestown, espousing the democratic cause against black republicanism.
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The Boston Times reports that several prominent Old Line Whigs in Cambridge, Massachusetts, support Buchanan and Breckenridge, with few active Whigs not joining the Democratic cause. Similar indications in other cities and towns, including Charlestown, show a shift in public sentiment favoring Democratic nominees.