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“Cock-tail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters … supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, in asmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said, also, to be of great use to a democratic candidate: because a person, having swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow any thing else.” — The Balance and Columbian Repository, May 13, 1806
