, 1860-11-26
Cbieago Triibttttc,


ABOUT SECTIONAL CANDIDATES.
4 great deal ia said in the pro-slaycry
papers about 6 Minority Presidents" We
are told that Lincoln has not received n
majority Of the popular vote, and this is
made an cxcasc for refusing TO submit to
h:s administration.
II this Is valid objection, il il not
Strange that i was never before discovered?
Wien John G. Adams was elected, be did
not receive oae third Of the votes csst by
tho people. The majority against him cx-
ceeded his Whole vote l,r $4,000. Polk was
elected and served, ,withstanding there
was 4 popular majority against him of
10000 Gen. Taylor served as President,
although the popular majority against him
' was 151,'0S. Both If tho latter wcrc
Southern men and Shareholders, And the
present Old Pub. Func. was chosen Prcs:-
deaf aud has served nearly his term out,
notwithstanding the popular majority
asa;'.s: him was nearly 400, 900. the vote
being as follows:
o'a,'u*
lotal -..-.-.-.............nn.H,lG.:3 ZIG. -!
J. buchanan 1Sis.2lo
37s.o,1
So It appears that even Ja,ncs buchanan,
fell short tArse hundred and screnty-cight
thousand and e1tesn rott:s, Of rcccivinga n>:-
jo-i:y o. all The votes cast; aud did the
i.tpu5icans complain about Mr.. Buchanan:
assuming the position as President in con-
sequence Of his minority vote. Did they
threaten 10 seccde from the Cnion, or resist
lis Inauguration therefor:
But it is alleged that Lincoln has not TO-
cciycl on.-fAi1I Of NIL the votes cast. This
il gross mistake. lie las obtained as
large proportion Of tho whole vote cast
as did Buchanan.
We have mate careful estimate based
un al! the returns which have been made
public, and lind that L;ncoln's vote will
fail very l;ltle short OF 1000, 900, and tic
whole aggregate vo:c against him for Doug
las, Bell, Ercck;nrigc, Snill, and *'Fusion"
falls below 2,3o0, ,oH'; showing that Lir-
coin las received four n;ntls, instead Of
one third OF the popular volc. No man
ever received es many vo.cs as he has
Bat il is said that his vote is scctional;"
that l.e got but little support in the Slave
States. Wcreply: that SO was the ynte Of all
the other cand;dates Douglas only received
o ascatser.ng, tr:!ling support in all the Slave
S:aies except Missouri. w!,;ell is, properly
speaking, q Western aasl mi; :. Southern
State: And SO lid Lincoln get rcspccta.
Die vote IN that State. In Delaware. Li:l-
coin was sccoal highest, and Dousla. was
lowest, rs Ac was in all the other Slave
States. Bit how was it witt. Drcch;n-
ridge, the peculiarly National" candidate:
Ia si1!cSn Northern States his tickets
were rarity al the polls. lie was only
known by newspaper report as candidate
ct all. Old Abe received more votes in
*co 5ta::s--Scw York aud Pennsylvania,
than were cast for Breckenridge iu the
whole Cn;on.
But Ee1l was still more sectional, If DOS
si5!e. than Brccaa:nri.lgc His Northern
ro:c is not worth counting, and in the Cot
ton States Of the Sou.|, he ran not n.uc;,
better than BrecIlinridgc did in the Free
States. Doagias got more votes than Bell
and D-ccli., although 90 per cent Of them
were CHS! north Of Nissan and Dixon; and
Lincoln gol not fl. from rs many rs al the
rest pu: Together. lie leads in three oul
Of the four great divisions OF the Union,
VIZ: in tue E4s:cr:, the Western, and the
Pacific States. Bell leads il, the border
States ot1l,c slave section; Breckenridge in
the Gulf States q: tho same section, and
Douglas behind each OF them in three scc-
tons, and behind Lincoln in his 1lrcc di-
visions. Who is sectional. And if Old
Abe is not entitled TO be President, which,
OF his competitors has better claim to tllat
honor?