Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-24

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Forty -lnc townships and plan ''''. ie'r h'1a.t
from.
conceal.
TAI Calhoun aud wstwtk eouh'ie +, "A,"d 'r'",
The rest onical.
4 Bueharnn electors chosen " 'p1u.u.ot,s ftr
81 the Legislator. Popular vote ,.ttlnat.'l n h~
table.
incomplete
10 Tnrec counties ,onc beard ron
tc) 81, counties excluded fot iul,fuali11 va
would have adted 9ii Ia thn Dem. at- taio 0''-E
Three other ,ouaut- ~ retu.n.d ~ .. '' t..
counted.
~ Seven unite. NOT rtturn,, "a -5s.uu .@ st-
Guided In the o,lra' statement vote
Buchanan osrt Fremont thu tar 80 ~ whth
Will b. incr,astdby ~" r,tusu. vet 10 ssu "a =
Pennsylvania Iulaua, possibly tsfifsntt Ana m
he slave-holtipF state except May AMI lN ma
1orIty OF al Their votes o. Hgcheuau
From the results >h"wun the aI"Ec
summary, naturally follow >omr w tie
uaa,est reflections respecting the ro-a
ton Of the different partlc, y respect
10 >hrlo>Mln and principles. TIE
Democratic Party had IL friends aei
voters IN every village borough aud
town III the United States. where lis
principles were trccly discussed. and It,
past glories reviewed N"t 80 with
the Republican party. inmnav 81 the
States not "A solitary 'ot, WAS east Ton
its candidates. and no, a SOLITARY organ
ization existed. lis principles and
measures were So essentially sectional.
50 hostile 10 the Constitutions and -
un-American III effect, that they were
repudiated, condemned and trvidcu
under foot bv two thirds Of the voters
OF the country.
Another thing TO BIZ remarked IN the
result. Is. that Buchanan had two strou.
candidates running against HIM, one Iii
the North, and the other mostly in the
South, and he was elected over both i,
majority ofthe electoral colleges, and
also OF the popular vote. THIS indl.a-
ton Of Democratic strength must lie
convincing to our opponents, that the
people of the United States are not
yet prepared TO surrender the Union
to the enemies of liberty.
Another truth will be evolved from
the result, which ought to be sufficient
iy instructive TO the present generation,
and that is, that the monstrous frauds
and Misrepresentation which were en-
ployed by the Republican party. were
wilful and deliberate, and since the elcc-
ton, have been confessed false and un-
founded by their authors.
Not only is Fremont in a minority
in all the States, but he is in y minorl.
ty in the Non-Slayeholding States =
The total majority against Fremont j,
l,3lO,2OS, and would have been still
larger had the election been postpone
another month, as the people were jus
awaking from their lethargy OF inditfcr
ence, and those whose passions ha,
been inhamed, began to get e'idenc,
which cooled them down to the tom
pera,ure Of reason.
IfFillmore is to be considered as tn
candidate of all the simon pure kuoy
Nothings, then the result may b
summed up with s2s,69o X. y. votes
and 3,l35,s10 votes against Know
Nothingism, leaving clear maiorit,
against X. N'ism of 2,S01,ls votes
enough, We should think. to satisfy tina
proscriptive party of the impossibiit
Of ever succeeding in their measure,
This however is not the measure of |,
N. strength, as Fremont received tn
nomination of Abolition X. Ms and OF
tanned many oftheir votes.
There is one feature of the late can
vass worthy Of remembrance. Reput
licans arrogated to their party all tn
decency and intelligence in the coun
try, when in fact their candidate re
ceivsd lees than one third Of the popu
lar votss of the American people.
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