"I think it’s a good time for us to sit down with Richmond … to come up with a plan to be able to fill the void and get the coverage we need until we have a new merge with Stockbridge,” said Lieutenant Jim Hallock of the West Stockbridge Fire Department.
The election of 1856 did all three of the things: the membership of the extant party changed; one party was destroyed and another created, and exposed were the social and cultural conditions that produce a critical election.