Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-12-12
THE POPULAR MAJORITY.

A correspondent writes US, that there
"is one consolation in our unexpected de-
feat; and that is, that there will be so
large majority Of tho popular vote
gainst Gen. Taylor. 1t has been rough
" estimated at upwards Of 100000"
We have formed no estimat yet for
ourselves; but we start with half the
States, (fifteen,) in which, Of course, the
maiorities are decidedly against General
Taylor; and thon, in the other half ne
has generally plurality, and not ma
jorty. The free soil ticket shares me
spoils with him. In New York he is 49,
488 behind Van Buren, and Cass combln-
ed. But. Of course, this species OF status
tics. curious as it is, as we'll as inter
inc as an exponent Of the popular sentl-
ment. will be in better taste when we
have received the official returns from
the several States.
If this deficiency be true in relation to
the votes actually given, it is still more
so when we consider the amount of pop
ular vote which did not 60 to the polls.
In some of the States there has been Il
considerable falling off Of the vote.-
From the hasty comparisons we have
made, we suspect such is the case in Nir-
ginia. The New York Evening Post es
Inmates a considerable deficiency in that
State:
"The total vote is less by $4,000 than
the vote Of 1914, though the number Of
electors in the State has largely incrcas-
ed.
Gas between the democratic and hun
ker parties, the vote gives the former
decided ma ority on the electoral vote
5,845 over Cass. The congressional
vote will show still larger majority on
the side Of democracy and freedom.
s'Thc princi pie strength of the bunker
ticket is in New York city and 4 portion
Of the river counties. A comparison
with the vote Of 1916 will show that the
Cass vote comes from the same quarter
whence was manifested the opposition to
the constitutional convention and the a.
mended constitution.
"Measured by the rate Of increase from
1910 to 1914, the lnll vote, this year,
should have been upwards Of $4,000
more than in 1914. Instead Of this, the
voto is diminished more than 3O,0O0!--
Where shall we rank these $4,000 elect
,ers who refused to take part in the cleo
ton? What party can claim them IN
pointing the moral Of the result? Ger
tainly not the Taylor party. Certainly
not the Cass men. The free demccray
can only point to them as body Of dem
ocrats or wings dissatisfied with the pro-
ceedings at Baltimore and Philadelphia,
and manifesting their dsapproval in re-
fusal to vote for any .candidute. These
votes 60 to swell the volume Of the judg"
mcnt Of the people against the nomina-
tons Of both Taylor and Cass. Added to
the actual minority Of Taylor, they place
him nearly 100000 votes below the ac-
tual majority Of the elertors."
We do not we'll see how the free-soil-
ers could claim the deficient vote, because
their non-attendance at the polls is as
much an evidence Of their going against
the Buffalo convention as against the Bal
timore or Philadelphia. The fact is, the
democracy Of New York arc so little
pleased with the rueds in our party, and
some so much disguised with them, that
they have taken no interest and no part
in the late election.