Who said it?

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:39 PM -0400 9/28/06, Fred Shapiro wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>
>>Chicago Press and Tribune, Aug. 30, 1858, p. 3 [HNP 724409282]
>>The down-trodden Dutch and Irish, who, by the bigotry of Louisiana
>>were precluded from voting in New Orleans, were enabled, by voting
>>early and often, to turn the State over from Clay to Polk.
>
>Here's earlier evidence:
>
>1856 _Macon Weekly Telegraph_ 30 Dec. 1 (America's Historical Newspapers)
>"Did ye vote yesterday, Michael?"  "Sure I did, according to the
>instructions!"  "And what were the instructions?"  "Didn't you hear them?
>-- _vote early and often!_"
>
>Fred Shapiro
>
And in a related connection, there's a very nice piece on Fred and
the YDOQ in the current Yale Alumni Magazine that just came out.
Check it out at
http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/current/quotations.html.

LH

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