The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-17
New Hampshire Politics.
OUR CONCORD CORRESPONDENTS.


CONCORD March Is, 1853
me Result 50 Far as Knosc-Concord on Election Day
The First Despatch to the Presidcnt-General Repie,c
de-, dc.
The great struggle being over, 1t may be we'll enough
give the closing scenes and to review tho aspect Of
the parties in the field
Election day opened pretty well far weather
was concerned but before the stown meetings" had
chosen their moderators the sky overcast and the
wind changed to the eastward, with drzzling nasty
rain, not by any means comfortable. The public
like the earth previous to the akng off of good King
Duncan-it twas feverous and did shake'
On the night previous there nt-Nebraska
meeting in the Depot Hail. and some six hundred per-
assembled. The meeting convened to hear
speech from Thomas RUSSELL Esq, of the justices
of the Boston Police Court Previous to his arrival Che
held court in the afernoon) halfhour speech was
made by Mr. Bellows of this town. 1t very evident
that the people to hear Mr. RUSSELL for Bellows
ceved several gentle hints to yield the floor and he
piled with them at last. Mr. Russell is pleasant orator
enough, but really before heard crowd
many old stories into speech He argued against
the Nebraska bill chiefly on moral grounds, and
recapitulaed the old antislavery dsunon arguments,
which neither you your readers would thank for
repeating His remarks coldly received, and, in
fact the only hearty applause during the evening was
encneo Dy u ulpute 10 the memory Oh webster nc
wished that Massachusetts could have hour Of Web
in the Senate while the bill under discussion
lie called upon the people to remember that every vote
they cast vote the Nebraska bill and he warned
them not to be blinded to the fact that this the real
issue in the election He took several positions made
in Mr. Halletts Nashua speech and said that Mr.. Hal
lett like great other people in the United States
had plenty of sympathy for the cause of freedom in
Europe, and none for IL anywhere else.
Mr. Russelps speech was altogether the bestthat is
the most pleasingthat heard that side while have
been in the State II did not to have much effect
upon the audience.
The result of the election In Concord was thunder
bolt upon the heads of the Patriot clique In the ward
where Mr. Pierce resided and where Mr.. Baker the de-
mocrac candidate resides the ticket
defeated by seventy and out Of the ten representatives
TO which Concord is entitled the administration party
have only two and they would not have been elected had
IL not been supposed that they opposed to the Ne
braska BILL One of the Presidents friends at about six
o'clock, sent to him the following -
To THE Fl EsrrrSr UNITED STATES
The State has gone to h. q. E.
Up TO eight or nine O'Clock this the prevailing
opinion In Concord Old democratic towns came in wing
-Gilmanton sent a whig-" old Gilmanton,' as Isaac
Hill used TO call It, and say, goes Gmanton, so goes
the State.n There gloomy faces in the Patriot
Office and Mr. Butterfed placed himself at the end Of
long segar and said nothing At the free soil head
there was quite different state of things they
thought they had thing and there were great
many manifestations Of enthusiasm previous TO the
emerging Of the party from the outrageous shades,
where they have been in retirement for the past eight
ile In the Patriot Office, and the Patriot people
down 10 the sidewalk and cheered the abolitioniss off,
In the Patriot Office the following dialogue took place.:
Unsuccessful Candidate--Wel, thank Bennett
and the Herald for great deal Of this.
Alderman-I don't know about that but think that