The Portland daily press., 1864-11-17

Now these figures indicate that an increase
of $4,000 votes for Mcclellan, NTH no in
crease for Ltacoln, would have given Nc
Clellan the above states with their 81 electoral
votes, proUided--and the proviso is an impor-
tant one-the Increased votes had been gained
in the foregoing states, and had been distribut-
ed among them exactly right. Or, had 2,75O
of the votes for Lincoln been taken from him
and given to Mcclellan, the same result
baseds on a similar proviso would have
followed. But is there a man so stulti-
fed as to believe such a thing possible. Gains
or changes in other states having larger ma
jorities, would have been OF no avail. Then,
again, the same activity that would have in
creased McClellan's vote would have stimulat-
ed greater exertions, and, of course, secured
larger number of votes, for Lincoln. Sew
eral Of the states put pown In the above
list, with small majorities, are really found,
when their aggregate vote and population are
considered, to have larger relative majorities
than some which swell up to thirty or forty
thousand. Nevada, Oregon and Minnesota
are examples. The chances of changing
them, or indeed, almost any one of the states
named in the above list, were as remote as
the chances of the capture OF Richmond or
the suppression OF the Rebellion with McClel-
Ian for Commander-in-Ch Chief q
But suppose, for the moment, that all the
states named above had been changed over
to Mcclellan, what then? Itwould have TAX
EN- from Lincoln and given to Mcclellan 81
electoral votes, and reduced Lincoln's popular
majority 65,5O0.Y Add to these 81 votes the
2l which Mcclellan received in the three
states he has carried, and what then2 He
would have 1l2 votes, or eight short of an
election
1t must be seen by this time that it was not
SO close vote, after all, nor so easy of a differ
ent result, as some of the Mcclellan men
now pretend to believe. Giving him the ad-
vantage of all the impossibilitles we have sug-
gested, still his friends would find that not
simply in one thing would he be lacking, but
in sic things, each one an impossible attain
ment.
But while we are supposing him to attain
impossible advantages, we may as well sup
pose little more, SO we will imagine NARY
land added to his column, giving him I votes
more and reducing Lincolf's popular MAORI.
ity 5000 more, how would the case then
standP We should then have this anomalous
result: s@eA@ 50 ~ t
Mcclellan would have I19 electoral votes
clear majority of t,Uo-while Lincoln Uould
Aaoe popular majority Of 374, 500. rFy
because in 1860 Mr. Lincoln was in a popu-
lar minority, in the loyal states, of about
o4,ooo' the Democrats have been very pre-
iuse win their insinuations that he had no
ngnt 10 rule over a free people, and that it
outraged democratic institutions for a man
thus elected, and in such minority. to stand
as the the Executive head of the nation Rn,
If Mcclellan, by having one hundred and sew.
en- lmpossibilities rendered possible and ali
combined in his favor, could have been msao
President, with popular majority of s74 900
against him, all their notions of Demoe-
racy would have been fully realized, and the
beauty of our Democratic institutions would
nave been fully indicated - FW