Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-06-23
Martin Van Buren, and Franklin Pierce
1.-THE Popular Reaction from 1886 20
1910. and from ] s52 20 1856.

Martin van buren, and Franklin Pierce
1.-THE Popular Reaction from 1886 20
1910, and from 1852 10 1856.
We published yesterday a series of tables of
the reeults of the State elections from 1886 to
1910, State by State, and also similar tables of
the elections throughout the country since
1852 including the Overwhelming election of
Mr. Pierce to the Presidency. In making up
these tables, we have in all cases where there
has been no State election in any given year,
taken the election of the preceding year as our
guide, and in every case have adhered to the
official returns. The net results of these Ia
bles, as far as the administrations of Van Bu-
rem and Pierce are respectively concerned, are
as follows:
MARTIN VAN buren,.
1856 Democratic msjority 10 Presidential
election, 1883
lS37-Aggregate opposition majority, State
elections, 94O26
lS38-Aggregate opposition majority, State
elections, $3.50
lS99-Democratic majority, resulting from
desperate fort, 3O,429
1870 Presidential election opposition ma.
ority l53,59O
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
lS52-Presdentia election, democratic
majority, 63,i7O
lS53-State elections, aggregate opposi-
ton majority, C 67,48O
l654-State elections, aggregate opposi.
tion majority, 226,g5O
lS55-State elections aggregate OPPOSE
ton majority, " . 8OS, 1927
Now, these figures at the first glance, afford
the " fixed facts" of very curious, remarka-
Die, and rather startling comparison, as far as
the supposed brilliant prospects of Mr.. Buchan-
an and the democratic party are concerned.
Let us briefly examine these figures in the COM
paratlve degree, as between the popular revo-
luton under Van Buren,, and the tremendous
reaction among the people, which has been
going on and gathering strength since 1852,
under the unfortunate administration of Mr..
Pierce.
In the first place, notwithstanding the popu-
larity of Gen. Jackson, with which Van Buren,
was invested as with the mantle of Elijah, the
Little Magician" against divided opposi-
ton, only succeeded by some twenty seven
thousand majority of the popular vote of the
Union. The next year he and his party went
down with an alarming fall; but the next year
they rallied, considerably, AMI in 1889 they
gained little more, achieving majority of
some thirty thousand votes to go upon in 1910.
But in 1910, by grand combination Of the
OppoSlIlOu lOTCeS upOu u COmluOu TICKET, duu
the simple practical common sense platform of
the reputation of Van Buren's runous, imbe-
cile, corrupt and profigate administration, the
opposition triumphed by the splendid popular
majority of l53, $50 votes
Thus much for Van Buren's administration
aud the popular revolution commenced with
his Inauguration in 1887, and carried out in
the grand tornado of 1910. Now let US look
at the damaging consequences to Mr.. Pierce in
the comparison of his decline and DOWNFALL
with that of Van Buren,. In 1852, Mr. Pierce
was elected by a popular majority of over six
tythree 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 a popular minority OfOver six
ty>seven thousand-in the second year this
minority of his exceeds two hundred and TWEEN
ty 81 x thousand and in the summing up of
the results of the State elections of last year,
we find that the opposition have a recorded
majority Official returns) in the aggregate pop
ular vote of the Union, of 800, 1927 To reduce
these alarming statistical facts as between the
popular reaction under Van Buren, and this
under Mr.. Pierce, within the limits of glance
of the eye, we put in the following