The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-12-24
miscellaneous.
..stAti.tica Of voters % Aa.-

Cincinnati Gazette, a very valuable ar
ticle on the statistics of voters fh2 Ohio.
'Itis in answer to some enquiries from
Dr.. Francis Lieber. Mr.. Mausheld,
the author, is the Commissioner oFsta-
tistics for The State Of Ohio. 2a'y si ''
In reference to the election Of 1868,
he gives the following figures
Total number of whito' males In 1860,
1,l71,72O. . a. sir f,
Total number of white males over TWEEN
ty'one years, per cent, 1919. it'r
Which gives white males over twenty.
ono years, 539,330. ..st s.r 90
Three years increase Of population is,
per cent, u. 7.aroH .'lt.j .-.l..
Which adds to the number Of white
males over twenty one, , 4O,447. s'o7
Which gives the total number of white
males over twenty-one years Of age
in July, 1863, 579,777. ..~ a5uS'a
Dsducting from these the uhnaturali-
Eed foreigners over twenty one, and
those who are native but not in tho
State one year, and we have the net
number of voters estima ated at, for 1863,
549,777; the, number actually voting
was, in round numbers, $4,000. From
which figures, after deducting the sol
dierS' vote, Mr.. Mansfield shows that at
least AZ, TT legal electors did not vote
at the last election. He deluces from
this analysis, the proportion aud nun.
Der of voters in Ohio, on:octobor 18th,
l1963, as follows: ~s .r
Whole number of legal voters, 549,-
TT. >.i -t.'''''
The number actually voting in the,
State; $4,000. .. -s..sfr-
Number of soldiers absent, who might
vote, $4,000. n. ...' -. .".s.' s..
Whole number of voters at homo, and
soldiers absent, 507, 900. ...r,.- ro
Number who might, but did not vote At
home, 42,777. .ra. -o',ian12
Proportion of voters at home, 79 per-
cent. . -.r '1..a
Proportion of voters and soldiers, 90
per cent. a.-r' s..
Proportion ofvoters at homo who did
not vote, per cent. F 81. aE~
Applying the same ratio to popula-
ton, legal voters and actuAl voters from
1910 to 1863 inclusive, which have
been ascertained as above, We have the
following table Ofresults, ziz:
Legal voters in 1910, 35S,9o4; actusl
voters, 273,942; proportion, 76 per
cent. a-Fs
Legal voters in 1914, 387, 900; actual
voters, 3i2, 1892; proportion, sos per
cent. 'a .''a 90.
Legal voters, in 1s48, 4l6, ,S96; actual
voters, 32s, s,59l; proportion, 70 per
cent. 'i' 81. I..-"..'i'
Legal voters in 1852, AS ,s9I; actual
voters, 53,428; proportion, 70 per
cent. - N. .'
Legal voters in 1856, 477,279; actual
voters, 3SG, ,497; proportion, sO1 per
cent. 1'' ..'
Legal voters in 1860, 5O9,673, actual
voters, 442,44l; proportion, 81 per
cent. t --.# -rilrI
Legal voters in 1863, 549,777; actual
voters, 100000; proportion, 90 per
cent. .Hai. .al.GI
Ia the last vote is included the prob
able number of soldiers of legal age, a
p~t Of whom did VOTE aaI all ofsWhoM
wSGld have voted at-hone. bsgs'cs.a
Mr.. Mansfield concludes his able ar
tiOle as follows. .sr.r. n.-.g bus
"From the above table of voters it ap-
pears that in every election, except the
last the silent electors could have re-
versed the decision. In the last they
could not, and thus the election of 1863
is memorable for being the only one. Of
which it could be said that it could mot
be reversed by any accident or any eff
feet. Is it not wise to take that as
final verdict Can we ever get more
direct one? 1t may be taken for grant
ed from the history of a century in
this country, that the people will never
lay down their arms, while there is an
> enemy in the field, country to de.
fend, or freedom to maintain" l5fdv ai