The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-12-27
From the New York Evening Post, December 10.
WHICH TICKET DID THE DEMOCRATS VOTE
AZ THE LATE ELECTION l-AN0THER NE
BRASKA SETTLER.


We may assume that the ticket at the late
election winch received the support of the great
est NUMBER OF counties that gave majorities for
Mr. wright IN 1914 received the largest proper
ton OF the vote of the Democratic party. and re-
fected, to greater extent than anv other. the
principles OF that party. 1t will not be pretend.
ed, we presume, that there has been any mate
rial change OF sentiment among the Democrats
OF this State, IN regard to any of the questions
at issue In the canvass of 1874; and if not. the
Democratic party, so far as those questions are
concerned, cannot be materially weaker in
those counties now than it was then.
Now, let us compare the vote of 1914 with
the vote of the candidates at the head of the
several State tickets this fall:
Mr.. Wright carried thirty-seven counties.
Ofthese, Ward carried Orange, Queens, Scho-
harie-3.
Hatch carried Chemung, Hamilton, Clinton
Suffolk.
Headley carried Franklin, Greene Livingston,
New fork, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland Sem
eca, Steubcn, Sullivan, Tompkins, Ulster War
ren, Westchester-l4.
King carried Cayuga, Chenango, Columbia.
Cortland, Delaware, Duchess, Fulton, Herkimer.
Jefferson, Lewis, Montgomery, Oneida, Onon.
daga, Oswego, Otsego, st. Lawrence, Tioga,
Yates-I8.
by this table it appears that Ward, the can
didate OF the Hards, who opposed the Admins
traton, though approving of its Pro-Slavery
policy, received the support of but three of the
thlrty-seven counties which gave majorities for
Silas Wright. Hatch, the candidate of the Ad-
ministration and of the apologists for its Kan
sas-N ebraska policy, received the support of but
four OF those counties Headley, the candidate
of the Native American party, which declined
to make the laws of the last Congress in rela-
ton to Slavery party test, received the support
OF fourteen; while the candidate of the Repub-
licans or Free Territory party received the sup
port OF eighteen of those counties, or more than
four times as many as either of his so-caled
Democratic competitors, and within three of as
many as all the three other candidates united
The returns disclose the further significant
fact IN this connection, that of the thirty-seven
counties which gave majorities for Mr.. Wright
twenty nine gave King majorities over Hatch,
who enjoyed the peculiar distinction of being
the candidate of the regular Democratic or
ganization."
Now, the question arises, for which of these
candidates did the Democrats who elected Silas
Wright cast their vote? And if they did not
vote for King, whom did they vote for 1t will
not be pretensed by any one that any consider
able number of Mr.. Wright's friends voted fol
the American candidate; besides, some margin
must be left for the 25l 900 who voted for Fill
more in 1874, some of whom, it is to be pre-
sumed, took a part in the late election.
But it is useless to multiply Words the mere
statement of the vote which we have presented
tshQws conclusively, first, that the old Silas
Wright Democracy of the State did not vote fol-
either of the Pro-Slavery candidates: and
second, that they did give far larger measure
of their support to the Republican than to any
other .icLe.
But there is another way of looking at this
question. There are sixty counties in the State
Now, let us see what proportion Of counties
each candidate carries, and by what votes