The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-05-07
Position At ,hr uAis rsr,

rofo,sts. ihm Cen Iip,co hi, becn rlcc-
It'd President, q, ihc almost uuanimaas
soto ~ tie p.ni'lc. II orc might be-
have ih.r statements. Doe Nhis party
!. MOI end, drai. bn, nnnihanrd : Sen.
a,nr Underwood 81 Nv. 10 brief
.,por,h. IN ihe 1. ; Senate. few weeks
ago. mal, an rllrciuM answer 10 tbs
kua 81 hIacradocia, by proving from
the official returns. that Gen. Pierce
had received tie supper, Of less HAN
ope-ihri Of the voting population OF
the Union We make The following cN.
tract from hi- speech:
Mn PRrstpENI am matter "
iarl" man. desire To make Few re-
mniks in reply to what has been said
hy tn senator from Arkansas, WHO has
thcusm proper 90 make an attack upOa
The Wing party. wish TO vindicatc
that party. IN a very Few words. from
the charges he has made against it, and
TO prove Tint 1t is not ia that miserable
minority which he has assigned TO it,
| shall turn the tables upon him by u
few uain facts. showing that his party
is exactly IN that position. Now, sir,
how many votes did Gen. Pierce re-
ceive Look at the tables which have
been published, and You win find that
he received less than 100000. How
many voters are there ia the United
States Sir, for other purposes, ! APP
piled Mt the census hcreau To ascertain
the number of free white males over the
age oftwcniy zone years. and found there
were IN lsj0,ihe date of the census, up
wards of 100000 You have, then,
less than onc-,hird Of the voting popu-
lation Of the United States, who elected
the candidate of the democratic party.
Aud yet we are perpctually tainted
with the declaration that we, the Wings,
1 have been overwhelmed with defeat.
and that YOU, the democrats, are in n
triumphant majority. Thus the dem
ocrntic party contrivc 10 make a iri-
umphant majority, by elccting their can
dida,e with the votes of less than third
of the voting population of the United
/ States. Such is the state Of facts. Sir,
you might get every electoral vote, pro
vided yon could get a majority of one
in the popular vote in each state OF the
union--and majority of one has some
times elected Governor of n Siaie-I
say you might get every electoral vote
save those of one State, and yet be in q
considerable minority of the people Of
| the United States. rose 10 state these
facts, and to show this boasting party,
which is so constantly taunting ms with
being in miserable minority, that
when the amount Of supper, which it
received is compared with the whole
voting population of the United States
that party occupies the very position
which it so constantly attempts 10 assign
/ TO us.
II may be said, in reply, that il the
whole population had voted, the relative
/ proportion which each party wonld have
/ received would have been the same ;
aud that is the only reply which can be
made TO the facts have presented. The
fact that the people did not 90 10 the
! polls and vote, shows dissatisfaction, IL
may be allowed the expression, with
both the great parties and, if | had
time, could show the foundation of
that dissatisfaction. But I will not 90
into il. will. however. stAc the fact,
| that in the State of Kentucky, where
the whole voting population was 1884,
600 in 1852, according to the official re-
port of the State Auditor only 1ll.6I7
went to the polls nj the late Prcsidcn-
tial election, leaving 5i,3SS or nearly
onc-lhird, who did not vote at all. /
know some of the reasons which kept