Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-17
Polk over Clay tl $50
Birnel ; vote bi, Ot3
AL in the twenty.,i1 States.

Polk over all AL in the twenty-s1 STATES
ain South Carolina, there is no election by the peo
plr nf Presidential Electurswa have, therefore, est
mated the popular vote. In giving Polk majority q"
$3.50, we are probably below the mark. !he present
Legislature elected expressly to vote for FOLK ana
there single Wing III that Assembly. Al thr
last election The Stste the Wings attempted conest
only in Congressional District, and they there loien
but ji In Charleston, they attempted elect
members the Legislature and were sgn?ly defeat
ed In tie aggregate popular vote, we also lhns we
are On the side by giving low estimate In is],
when thc NuiIiicaoa excitement was at IFS h!;hes'
pom. IN the Stale, tie hole vote poilra Icaehtu .',
06t. Therefore, in GIVING an increase "' i1,"'' IN
twelve years. e certainly within hoinns' "hrn
ws take Tie increase III other States into confederation
Thus. i, appears, (says the Herald,) that Jas
X Polk has Il ina}o!ty-a small! oLe, To be sure
blu, still :. majority Of the popular vote over
both Mr.. CLAW and MIR Birncy. This is most
important fac;, and ought 10 be made knowh as
soon and rs generally as possible throughout The
country" And "how can Niessrs. Archer and
Rves 0. Virginia, hlhe popular majority oincar
six thousand IN iaror Of the annexation Of lex
as. dare 10 vote against that measure before the
Senate now 2
There is oue other view OF The Presidential sta
tistcs. which We shall notice al this tine-nro-
missing on eur part 10 throw all the tables OF the
votes in all the States into one No OF toe Enqui-
rcr for the sake OF future reference, az soon as we
have received the cfciol returns. This view is
IN relation 10 The votes oil ire HHt'ft ana aG0ptH
States, ha; were respectively given 10 the two can
didacs I'VE can hardly (says The Mobile Regis
teri take up Wig paper now days, that does
not contain sneer at the President elect, because
neither the State in which he was born nor tho
State in which he lives, voted for him. and that
Mr.. Clay received the votes oiihe State in which
he lives a. we'll as otthat in which Mr.. Polk lves,
and that in which Mr.. Polk was born. These
arc all matters Of comparison. lfa man lives in
State uncquivocally opposed TO him in politics,
ii is 10 reproach that enough OF his political I'd
versafies do not in respect 10 him, individually
abandon their party TO vote for him and elect
him On The other hand, il is by no means a
mark OF personal popularity 10 he proud Of if a
candidate succeeds in an election, losing many
votes OF his political friends H.. failing majority,
which shows that he has added no strength 10 that
of his party, or that they have been weakened nm
der his lead There is more 10 be ashamed OF.
SO far as personal triumph is taken into account,
IN an election accompanied By large party loss
t..an in defeat, which exhibits growth and in
crease. Taking these views for our guide, We are
disposed 10 feel graiifed with The vote which Mr..
Polk has received, in The four States, about which
his opponents make so much boast for Mr. Clay,
Virginia, in which Mr.. Clay was born, and Ken
tuckr. where he resides. North Carolina, where
Mr. Polk was born, and Tennessee where he re-
sides The following table will shew the Just
grounds for our rallca;ion-comparing the Pre-
sdcatial votes in 1910, when neither ofihese men
were candidates, with that of 1914 when both
we're.