The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-16

siderably, and in 1889 they gained n'.ie more,
achieving majority of some thirty thousand
votes to go upon in 1910. BIT in 1910, by a
grand combination of the opr osition forces upon
a common ticket, and the ample practical COM
mon sense platform of the Reputation of Van
Buren's ruinous imbec' lie, corrupt and pronigate
administration, the Opposition triumphed by the
splendid popular M .jority of l5s59o votes.
Thus much for Van Buren's administration and
the popular re volution commenced with his in
auguration I'D 1887, and carried out in the grand
tornado Of $40. Now let us look at the damag
ing conseciu ences to Mr. Pierce in the comparison
of his decline and downfall with that of Van
Buren,. In 1852 Mr.. Pierce was elected by
popular majority of over sixty three thousand,
carrying all the States of the Union except
four-two North and two South. In the first
year of his administration we find him in
popular minority OF over sixty seven thou
sand-in the second year this minority of
his exceeds two hundred and twenty-six
thousand; and in the summing up OF the results
of the State elections of last year, we find that
the opposition have q recorded majority Official
returns) in the aggregate popular vote Of the
Union, Of 303.927 To reduce these alarming
statistical facts as between the popular reaction
under Van Buren, and this under Mr. Pierce,
within the limits Of a glance of the eye, we put
in the following
RECAPrTuLATIoS:
Elected by 1883 majority Elected by So 10 majority
1870. 1885, $50 minority 1s55...... 10 be tried.
If this does not present very encouraging
view of the field to the opposition forces we are
widely mistaken. Compared with the rapid de-
scent and political extinction of Mr.. Pierce, the
decline and downfall of Van Buren, present him
in highly favorable light. Although elected
by less than thirty thousand Of the popular vote,
we find that in 1889 Mr. Van Buren, had actually
recovered all that he had lost in 81, and seme-
thing over; while in the third year of this ad-
ministration, Mr.. Pierce stands before us Nth
deficiency Of three hasalred and sirtysepea Msasaad
rotes, as compared h the popular majority Of hss e.ec
ton, and in a popular minority of over three nun
dred thousand votes
Of course, with this tremendous popular YER
dict against him, the denomination Of Mr.
Pierce was utterly out of the question; hut the
Cincinnati nominee is beadly placed before he
American people as the universal legatee of ~
Pierce and as has administrator, de boaic e,on, do
nestle and foreign policy included, with the ex-
ira spicy libussaing titIhit Of the OsteHd Cuban
manifesto.
What, then. we ask, is to prevent tie success
OF the opposition forces provided they 'unite, as
in 1S40, upon She simple platform of new
o6r inic ctr oh IN
word-in the government at Washington? The
vote of the peonie of Rsst year calls for it. by
majesty of oyer three hundred thousand.
Ants Hpr is the difference to the opposition, in
The change of the.lemecratc candidate, II he is
pledged by his party, and Pledges himself, to the
identical policy Of Mr. Pierce, with the addition
of the Ostend manifesto? Under these eircum-
stances, we are distinctly rotfed that the adj
ministration Of Mr.. Buchanan will be only CON
tnuation and an aggravadln of that Of Mr..
Pierce and this being the, case, how is Mr. Bu-
chanan to recover the tremendous losses OF CHS
administration, exce7n by divisions in or rein
flrcements from, the opposition camps?
Before the expiration of ten days the denss-
cracy will probably discover that the November
election will be no holiday affair, but struggle
as fierce and as desperately contested as the
siege of Sebastopol.