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Showing a majority for Pierce over Scott of t,co
hundred and tuentgtro thousand eight hundred and If
ty-Sir
We think that 80 900 would be fair estimate for
the majority of Pierce Scott in South Carolina,
and there fifteen counties in Missouri nclu-
ded in the above able, all of which Democratic,
with the exception of two, the total majority of Pierce
over Scott, in the whole Union, is not less than
$4,000, which is an immense majority for contes-
ted election-much larger than given before
upon any similar occasion.
The general totals of the result may be given as
follows Pierce, 81 States; Scott 4; Pierce, 254 E.
ectoral votes Scott A.; while the former has ma
,rity OF 100000 votes OF the people the latter,
and at least $4,000 more than all of his competitors
combined. Such in word, is the glorious result of
the Presidential contest OF lS52a contest that will
ever be distinguished in our political history.
In making out the above table we omit the account
of the scattering votes given for Webster Troup and
Broom for President but they amounted to several
thousand, and were principally given in the States OF
Massachusetts, Alabama and Georgia In the latter
State there two electoral tickets for Pierce,
and have therefore, given the united vote of both
as his strength in the State The total vote of the
Union is much larger than it ever before, and
we make due estimate for South Carolina it amounts
to about three millions hundred and eighty hous
and The State giving Pierce the largest plurality is
New York. his majority Scott being 81 1863. But
in proportion to the whole number of the votes polled
Texas is the banner Democratic State she having CIV
en- Pierce nearly three times many votes Scott
who did not get majority in single county out of
the ninety into which it is divided.
| Every county in the States of New Hampshire and
Wisconsin also gave Pierce majority over Scott
Georgia is next Texas in the extent of her majority
Pierce receiving more than twice as many votes as
Scott in the State. Then comes New Hampshire
where he gets dhn3St twice many votes as Scott,
and then Alabama and Florida, where his maiortes
Scott immense in proportion the total num-
Der of votes poled. Perces majority in New York
alone is larger than all of SCOTS majorities in the
four States that he carried put together. change of
IL, 800 votes in Vermont, Massachusetts, Tennessee
and Kentucky, would have given Gen. Pierce evsry
ctoral uoe in the Union, making the election an unan
imous affair. The Wings sneered at the predictions
made by the Democrats before the election that Scott
would get any State but Vermont, but the result
has shown that the prediction not made without
good foundation, and that it very being ver
flied. An examination of the returns also disclose
the very gratifying fact that the election of General
Pierce is in every national victory, being par
ticipated in almost equally by both sections of the
Union In the slave holding States his majority of
electoral votes Scott is 70, and if make due
owance for the popular vote of South Carolina, he
leads Scott in that section of the country l17,00O
votes. In the non-save holding States he has ma
jority of 4O electoral votes while the people have gil
ven him at least 138, 900 of their U0teS than his
competitor received The largest Abolition vote CIV
en- by any State is own Ohio, where it amounted
Ito 3I,782 Next comes Massachusetts with 2S,O23,
and New York with 25,433. 1t will be seen that con-
sderaby more than half of Hae's vote was obtained
in these three States Alone fact that shows the ex-
IRENE sectional character of the Abolition orpaniza-
ton. But in proportion to the number of votes cast
Vermont is the banner State of the Aboltonists as
well of the Wings, Gen. Scott obtaining his lar
gest majority there
The State CASTING the LARGEST number of votes a+