New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-05

the following results;
Oct, 1861 Pennsylvania 1851 3,l7S
June, 1867, illinois,. 500 $500
Oct, 1907, Iowa. H,SN 4II5
Nov, 1902, Wisconsin. .------. 6,2l9 1000
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania declared
the act authorizing soldiers to vote in their
camps beyond the lfnits of the State unconss.
tusioDal and void: the sodiers' vote for Penn.
sylvania was, therefore, not taken this year.
The soldiers vote in Illinois is only partial
from the following causes: The people of Iii.
nois elected delegates to State Convention To
frame a new Constitution for tina. State The
majority of the delegates TO this Convention
were virulent Democrats, and framed Con-
stitution containing grossly partial plan for
dividing the State into Legislative Districts, By
which the Democratic counties would have
majority of the Legislature, although much less
populous than their Republican neighbours. The
Convention labored under the delusion, common
at that time, that a majority of the soldiers in
the armies Of the Republic were Democrats,
and for party purposes passed an ordinance
directing TINT the soldiers in the armies Of tho
United States, who were legal voters Of the
State of Illinois, should be permitted TO cast
their votes for or against the adoption of tho
Constitution and for or against the provisions
separately submitted by said Convention. ia
their respective camps, and appointed Commis.
soners TO take the votes of the soldiers. These
Commissioners entered upon the discharge Of
their duties, visited the camps, and collected
and returned the votes of large number Of
regiments, with the following results.
For the adoption of the Constitution $500.
Agaias, the adoption Of the Constitution,
/ lO,JOO.
And then refused TO visit any more regl.
ments, or TO make any further returns 1t 10
needless to say that the adoption of the Con-
stitutiOn was made q strict party question BY
the Democratic party, and that the full party
vote was cast in its favor.
! The soldiers vote for Iowa is full, fair, and
Official. Let us see what ii teaches:
In l5GO, the Presidential vote of Iowa was
as follows;
Liucon.7 800 Douglas SIN Brecharidss.lOi3 Ben.l,x
/ The total Democratic vote was 81, l59.
/ Now it is evident that the 20, 400 Republican
votes of 1900, with tie natural increase, must
have furnished TO the armies of the Republic
Hasa soldiers, or one soldier to every f.73
voters while the So, lJ9 Democrats have fur.
nished but Ais, or one in 1866. If this pro-
portion holds good in all the Free States of tho
Day,ubfi. ftio Of valuutaa r "a will aOn0
account for all the apparent losses of the Re-
publicans in the late elections, and the moral
proof that this is so is overwhelming In the
first place, the Republican and Democratic
parties are each homogeneous; aud any no
tional exigency, not local and partial 10 its op.
GRAFTON, that will call to the field voluntarily
onc.ftth of tue Republican voters Of Iowa, VIII
certainly have the same effect in Ohio, New.
York, and Massachusetts. If the same exisen-
cy only brings out One-iourteenth part OF the
Democratic voters in Iowa, We may be entirely
sure that the effect VIII be proportionally no
greater in Indiana, Pennsylvania, or Name
Why one.Gith of the Republican voters in
Iowa volunteer for the war, while only one
fourteenth of the Democratic voters do so, is
another question. II is probably to be account
ed for by the supposition that political hostility
to the Rebels intensified tue patriotism OF tue
Republicans. while political sympathy diluted
that Of the Democrats.
In the second place, each State has voting
population that can be ascertained with mathe-
matica accuTacy-not the absolute number Of
white male citizens of the age of II years aud
upward, but the number OF such citizens that
vote at our most warmly contested elections n
wit, the Presidential. Every one must admit
/ that the recent Governor election in this State
was warmly contested, and that II You take
, the Presidential vote of lcG0 and add to Il the
natural increase for two years and subtract tue
Governor vote OF 1902, you will have about tao
number Of New-lork voters in the national
armies.
Aud first, as to increase: From 1850 to lo6o.
New-York increased her population 'o3,aSo' OK
/ -, 3i3 per annum. For two years. tnis "ou'u
bo 1876. G-6; allowing 5.s of population Tor
each voter the average of 1860 gives 2''V'f'
The total Presidential vote OF looo was
675 1856: add 27,Oll makes 7O@,l7o Tor
Is62 The actual vote was-Seymour 3Ol ,Ot5,
Vodsyorth 2q6. i92; total $685. Subtract
this from 7O9 10, leaves s,6l5 as the number
If voters in the army. There is no probability
that orr voters in the army much II any eA'
ceed 100000. Great numbers OF our yoIun'
,eers arc minors from Il 10 81, ana even
Younger. Many OF them are unnaturalizea
foreigners. Now Let us apply the proportion
in Iowa, and see how many voting soldiers