Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-12-02
" The Minority President"

The Wings are still Gaming about Mr. Van Buren's
votes They admit that he is elected, but they contend,
this ridiculous hypothesis they have the grace 10 chris
ten him the minority Presidcn-and one Of them (the
Washington Telegraph) which began this species of
sang had the folly to style him an Lsurprr. The N Y
Star, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Busnn Atlas &c
&C. have kept dashng on in This "Erces vein with.
out conGrscrnding wait for the correct returns or to
estimate them with any sort of precision One of them
(tlc Boston Aias) has vrnlurd to write long baldr..
dash article upon the next Administrations ana as sau,.
p'r ct The accuracy OF lis ucu@.alions to commence III
the following sirain
~ mnoTi'y Presidcsi, aad he Peopie in Oppositiou
he unexpected surrender Of tn" Why's in North
Carolina renders il almost certain that Mr. Van Buren,
will succeed TO the Presdency-hy small ma or.ty Of
The Electoral CollcgcHnd in rcry small minority of
primary rocs. 1t is, after ALL surprising that the Pep
pie have borne up nobly under all The appliances TINT
have been employed TO crush them The Presidents
positirc dc,aon the Presidents patronage the
Public Revenue )! the Pet Banks =! and pen
stoned Press :! with the undisgused and uncxam-
Piled efforts Of ono hundtd housaad ocs-hOlders!!!!"
-(shis is indeed the bathos Of obiectons-ihere
no descending lower into the depths of misrepresenta
tony all this has hcen unable TO rally under Mr.. Van
Buren, standard one half Of this great nation. The
| numerical strength is in opposition. The PEorLE are
in in opposition. The DEMocRAcr are in opposition
| the many are i'll opposton,-Let hear
from the subsidized presses OF administration, that
the FEW are making war against the MANY. All
this is reversed. Accidental circumstances the par
given Mr.. Van Buren, the vote of the Electoral Col
| lcge-but he will 90 into the Presidency with mi
| noruy of the States-and with Il minority of Popular
votes
.No,r, ,rhat arc the FACTS?
Until we have the returns OF Louisiana and Mississippi,
unable TO decide whether he does into the
Presidency with majority Of the States. He has aeu
dy recei.ed the votes of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island Connecticut New York Pennsy lvauiu, Virginia.
| and North Carolina-add to these, what consider
almost certain, Alabama Arkansas, Missouri, and Hi
nois-t would make l2-wilhn OF half of the States
Give him neither Louisiana Mississippi and it will
give him maj nri,y-lhrowing Michigan altogether out
Of the consideration.
Do, according this wiseacre Mr. Van Buren, will
be in very small minority of the primary uotcs We had
intended to this position the returns had
come in; but the last Baltimore Republican contains
some remarks, we'll calculated to blow sky high this
nonsense about the minority President that take
leave at 10 republish il-wh such corrections
the subsequent returns from the States suggest:
"MoEE FIGUREs.-The Philadelphia Inquirer pro-
fesses to give statement Of the malorcs which have
been given in the different States, from which
have been received, for and against Mr.. Van Buren,
from which it is attempted to be made to appear, that
notwithstanding lie has obtained majority OF the cleo
tora votes and been elected 10 the Presidency, has
been by minority Of the of the people, and that
the majority against him is little 5000. Had such
been the fact when there three candidates in Diff
teent parts of the country, supported upon sectional
grounds against him, it would not, already remark
ed have been matter Of surprise. But it not the fact
On the contrary, there has been very decided majority
in his favour, may be from the following state
ment In order that readers may the difference
lay before them the statement given in the Inquirer,
as we'll founded upon the returns far as they
have 10 hand, upon the admissions OF our oppo
nentS