Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-11-10

rerars IN RELATION TO PRESIDENTIAL ElEcrioSs-
The msjorities by which our Presidents reach Office are
generally tar less decisive ;han Is supposed. The popular
majority Tor the successful candidate Is rarely excessive.
and not unfrcquently he has merely a plurality. The pre-.
sent election ia an instance in point Mr.. Buchanan goes
into the Electoral College With a verv respectable msjori-
" Of electors. vet he will probably fall 400. 600 votes short
Of a majority OF the popular vote. This was also the case
In lSii. when the votes Of the opposition exceeded the
aggregate given to Mr.. Polk. and he was a minority Prrsi-
dent In 1874, there were four candidates in the field.
namely. Jackson. Adams. Crawford aud Clay. The first
received ~ electoral votes. IL second 81, the third Al.
AID the fourth 81. Tho election, under these circumstsn.
ccS, drvolving on the House. Adams received the votes q.
IL States, jackson OF I, and Crawford Of 4. In lS2s,
jackson Was chosen by the popular voice, obtaining LIS
electoral votes Of 26l, which then constituted the Electo-
raj College. In 1859, jackson was again chosen by the
popular voice, and this time by an even greater majority,
receiving l1o electoral votes more than his opponent Hen
~ CLAW.
In iss6, Mr.. Van Buren,, though elected over General
Harrison, had only 1000 majority on the popular vote,
although he had ITO electoral votes out OF 2si. -Four
years after Gen. Harrison seemed at first sight To have
had three times a. many supporters as Van Buren,, for he
obtained 2SI electoral votes, while his antagonist had but
60; vet he only beat the latter In the popular vote about
one hundred aud sixty thousand, out OF a poll OF nearly
two millions tour hundred thousand. Another curious
feature OF the election of 1870 was that the popular vote
exceeded by nearly ~t~othirds that cast in lSS6. Van
Buren,. Tor instance. distauced as he was, received $4,000
votes in 1910 more than he did four years before. In
ls4i, a. We have said already. Polk VAS actually = minori-
" President; and vet he beat CLAW by a larger popular ma
iorty than Harrison had beaten Van Buren,; the vote be-
ing, Tor Polk l,5S6, l96; for Clay l.397, 2l2- The electo-
raj college stood, ho~ever, l7O Tor Polk to los for Clay.
In lS4S, Gen. Taylor received les electoral votes and
Gen. Csss l27. Notwithstanding Franklin Pierce. in
lss2. received 255 electoral votes, and Gen. Scott re-
c,ived only ~, vet Gen. Scott received OF the popular
vote l.SS6. sSi, whereas Gle Pierce received only l.
6o6. 7eS. Thus, while General Pierce received more than
sx times as MANY electoral votes as Gen. Scott the diff
ference between the two in the popular vote was little
more than 22O,OOO. and OF the total aggregate popular
vote throsn, Gen. Pierce had only a majority of 5,2Ss.
DElEsArss To rHs SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
Tho Governor has appointed the following delegates
from Virgins to the Southern Commercial Convention
which meets at Savannah, Georgia, ON the sth Decem-
bers
Fmst pistdct-R NJ 7 Hunter, Robert l. Montague OF
Miiilc>ex. Geo Booker OF Elizabeth CITY, J h Cosnshan OF
Williamsburg.
S-coni Dis,nct-Gen John : Nillscn. Gen = N Boytin
fl>le OF Wight DIR \ Taylor oi Portsmouth, James Cooke,
at GreenSVile.
Third District-lames \ Seldom. Frederick W Cole
mAn, Daniel II Dawson, William II Mcfarland.
Fourth D~i,trict-Thomas ) Gholson, Richard X Meade,
Doctor John h Harvie, Ductor William Crump.
Fifh Distiet-Gen OdonG Clay, Thomas Bocock, John
N Speed. Thomas = flournoy.
Sixth Dissatisfaction VIM + Gordon, Thomas J Ran.
dolph, Alexander RVes, James l. kcmper.
Seventh Distiet-David fuustcn, J French Strother,
John { Moucure, Nathaniel TYLER, Jr.
Eighth District-James VI Mason, Andrcs Hunter, Au-
gu>tus Mcdonald. Sr, Robert J I White.
Ninth Distric'-Robert J Niche, John w Brocken.
brough. J W MAssie, Kcnton Harper,
Tenth pisttict-Charies W Russell, James Neeson, Al
fred VI Barbour, DR. John Campbell.
Eleventh District-Wm L jackson. Gen \ Smith OF
Harnsou. Thomas l. Brown, Geo W Summers.
Twelfth Observation-Disclosures Harrison, William Ballard
Preston. Fleming u Miller. Samuel Price.
Thirteenth DIstries|I BEioyd, Wyniham Robertson,
Thomas l. Preston and Tomas u Gillespie.
ELrcrioN IrENs.-rhe to~u OF FinsDury, Mass, in a
State shich has gone over~ helmingly for Fremont, gave
a plurality for Willard Fillmore and George w. Gordon,
the American candidate for Governor. This is the ONLY
t'sn in the State known to have given a majority Tor
Fillmore.
1t is said that James d. Porter, of Louisville, Ky, who
stand. sersH feet HiHe inches in his stockings, and Is said to
be the tllest man in America, cast his vote Tor Buchanan.
Senator Charles Sumner was conveyed To the polls in a
carriage ON Tuesday. Nine cheers we're given a. he en-,
tered the room, and after he had voted another round OF
cheers was gwen him.
Amoag those ~ho voted at Providence, r. l., ON Tues
iay. wee i've who voted IN 1900, the year of Jefferson's
fit election to the Presidency.
The Hartford Press HOSTS the banner OF Fremont and
DAYTON Tor 1900.