Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-26
THE LATE ELECTIONS.
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Charleston Courier of the 22d inst.
has returns from thirteen districts in
South Crrolina, in which ia whites and
974l blacks voted, 9779 for and &c against
a convention. The Courier says This
statement is, Of course, only partial, but
it represents very fairly the sentiment of
the people of this State, as the figures are
collated from returns of nearly one-half
of the districts 1t will be seen that the
proportion of persons who voted was one
white to seventy-two blacks, and that
more than two-thirds of the few whites
who participated at all voted against
convention The facts are too significant
to require comment" In Charleston FIVE
negroes and four white men were elected
delegates to the convention
MISSISSIPPI.
The Meridian Gazette gives official re-
turns from twenty counties of Mississippi,
comprising nearly one-half the total
registered vote of the State. The nuns
Der of registered voters in these counties
was Sc, lO3 The number of votes polled
is %, 937, making 88 more than one-half.
1t is now generally conceded that the
State has decided in favor of a conven-
ton, though the majority will be small
ARKANSAS.
The Memphis Post has returns from
twelve counties in Arkansas, which gave
4O93 for and 1924 against a convention
The registered vote,of these twelve coun-
ties was 1898. The Post states that FIVE
other counties, from which it has reports,
gave a majority of about 700 for cons
yention, and that Saline county gave
majority of POI against a convention
NEW YORK..
The Albany Argus publishes official
returns from all the countiesin New York,
which give the Democratic State ticket
373,Ss6 votes, and the Radical ticket
324,Ol7, showing majority for the Dem
ocrates of 1850 The Democratic ma
iority in New York city and Brooklyn is
1925 The Argus says
The aggregate vote in the State is 697,-
903. This is much the largest vote ever
cast when the election of a Governor or
President WIS not involved.
In 1865, when Slocum and Barlow were
candidates for Secretary of State, Slocum
received 272,763 votes and Barlow 3O0, 254
votes Barlow's majority, q ,49l.
The comparison Of this years vote
should be made with that of 1865, when
the election was for the same class of State
officers.
II will therefore be seen that the in
creased Democratic vote over 1865 is I0l,
l26 The increase of the Radical vote over
1865 is 24,763.
Comparing the vote of 1867 with the
vote of 1866, when Hoffman and Fenton
were candidates for Governor, and we have
a Democratic gain of q, $50; Radical loss
A., 2sS; net Democratic gain over 1856,
63,65s
The largest vote ever polled in this State
was in 1864. when Mcclellan and Lincoln
were candidates for President The sggre-
gate vote that year was 730,712. McClel-
Ian received 36l, 1856, and Lincoln received
56s726. This was not only the largest
vote ever cast, but each party showed
greater strength than had ever before been
exhibited. Thus il will be seen that the
Radical vote reached its height in 1854.
The Democratic vote this year is 5l63
greater than the Radical vote of 1864, and
is the largest vote ever polled by any po-
litical party in this State
These figures demonstrate the substan~
tial character Of the victory achieved by
the Democracy The State is Democratic
to the core. The people have spoken in
the most emphatic language, and they viii
repeat the verdict for a Democratic Presi-
dent in 1861