Rambles about Portsmouth. Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. By Charles W. Brewster.

371 RAMBLES ABOUT PORTSMOUTH.
four candidates for the Presidency, Adams, Jackson, Crawford and Clay, which resulted in Adams's election —of the
contest in 1828, between Adams and Jackson, in which the
latter was elected. But these contests are a matter of
national history, and need no repetition here. He has only
to say, that through the whole series of Presidential
elections, the Journal has sustained such candidates as
were esteemed patriots of the soundest political principles
on the side of a righteous government. Such a man was
Adams in 1824 and'28, and Clay in 1832. In 1836, the
anti-masonic elements entered into the election. Van Buren was the Democratic candidate, and Webster, White and
Harrison.from other parties. New Hampshire was so decidedly democratic at that time that no opposing candidate
was sustained in our State. In 1840, Harrison was elected
by a large majority over Van Buren. The effort in New
Hampshire that year gave Harrison about 6000 votes more
than Van Buren received in 1836, but the latter received
the vote of the State by a small majority. In 1844, Clay
was again our candidate. In 1848, Gen. Taylor was elect.
ed. In 1852, CGen Scott was our candidate. In 1856,
Fremont was nominated. In 1860 and'64, the lamented
Lincoln was elected —and in 1868, Gen. Grant will find his
election secure. None of these men whom the Journal has
sustained is it now ashamed to bring up in a review of the
past.
The misfortune of the country has been in electing Vice
Presidents who were not sound in principle. Beware in
the future.
While it has ever been the aim in the management of the
paper to make it interesting to readers, care has been taken
to exclude such matters as might not be fit for reading in
any family circle. To preserve this negative quality has
kept out many sensational articles, which would perhaps,
have been more popular than beneficial. Though at times