Life and times in Hopkinton, . ersies and excite-ments, had passed, there seems to have followed an inter-vening season of rest, before the energies of political enthu-siasm broke forth again in the first campaign of GeneralJackson against John Quincy Adams. How great the lullwas of which we speak may be inferred from the records ofthe town-clerk. In 1816, there was in Hopkinton a differ-ence of opinion upon the presidential question representedby the numbers 211 and 95, not to mention a scatteringvote or two. However, in 1820, with scarcely any opposi-tion or scattering votes, there were
Life and times in Hopkinton, . ersies and excite-ments, had passed, there seems to have followed an inter-vening season of rest, before the energies of political enthu-siasm broke forth again in the first campaign of GeneralJackson against John Quincy Adams. How great the lullwas of which we speak may be inferred from the records ofthe town-clerk. In 1816, there was in Hopkinton a differ-ence of opinion upon the presidential question representedby the numbers 211 and 95, not to mention a scatteringvote or two. However, in 1820, with scarcely any opposi-tion or scattering votes, there were cast 104 votes for presi-dential electors. More than this : in 1824, with a somewhatirregular cast, but with scarcely a sign of opposition or dis-sent, the highest candidate for presidential elector receivedonly 66 ballots. Such indeed was the quietus that antici-pated the activity of 1828, illustrating an inevitable lawof social and political dynamics. Yet we must not overlookanother feature of the situation. Andrew Jackson was a.
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