The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-11-13

Friday Morning Noysmbs 1858.

The Testimony OF Ftgures-D Dsnaocra-
ito strepgth Developed I'm lthc RE-
cont Canvass. Ia ,f5, ss (
We have already referred TO the
vast power,deYeloped by the Demo-
cracy of the country in the recent
election. Some are disposed to think
that we met with an overwhelming
defeat. Let the figures we append.
copied from the New York World
show the strength of the Democracy.
Our Freaders, can construe these
figures for themselves. They are all
accurate, excepting that, in our judg-
ment, the number of citizens dis.
franeh BIZ ised is too high; out taking of
100000, the result win still show a
popular majority of 251, ,637 in favor
Of Seymour. twill be seen, also,
that up to the present time, the re-
tarns show o Democratic gain of
thirty1four members of the House of
Representatives: +'
The popular vote in the Northern
States in 1864 was as fellows: McClel-
Ian, 1871, T54; Lincoln, 1928, O35.
In 1868, the same. States polled for
Seymour, 2, 1886, 900; Grant, 2,517, :
000.g The seven Southern States that
voted in 1858 and not in 1864 'poned
for Seymour, 44a 44a 1876; Grant 435,
539. To the estimated vote of these
States. should be added that of the
three States which, by the unwatrant-
able action OF the present Congress,
have been excluded from partioipa-
tionin the. ePresid Dental election of
1868, namely: Mississippi,i Texas and
Virginia Seymour, 324, S76; Grant
1857. Nor is this all. There are
in twelve States over half million of
citizens whom the radicals have dis
franchised for partisan purposes.
They are thus distributed, and in
clude those vino are partially or Who'll
ly disfranchised by congressional or
State legislation: Alabama, 47,976;
Arkansas, 38, 600; Georgia, &c, 800;
Louisiana, 81, ,648; Missouri, 95, 900;
Mississippi, 80, $50; North Carolina,
%, ,306; South Carolina, 18, 900; Ten
nessee, 114,867; Texas 1851; Vir-
ginia. 81, 883; West Virginia, 10000.
Total, 545,28 Grouping these
figures together, the result is as fol-
lows:
VoTEs FOR SEYMoUR-States voting
in 1864. 2,235, 92O; States voting in
1868, not in 1864, AT, 976; States not
voting in 1858, 1924, 9T6; Disfranchised
Democrats. 545. 2S1. Total 8, ,554, O53.
VoTEs FOR GRANT States voting
in 1864, 2,517, 900; States voting in
1868, not in 1864, 435, ,539; States not
voting in 1868, 149, ,877. Total 81
1o2i4Is, lo2ia5s II Majority for Seymour,
On fair vote the Electoral College
would have stood thus:
FoR SEYMOUR Alabama, 8; Ar
kansas, 5; Delaware, 3; Florida, 8;
Georgia. 81; Kentucky, H.; Louisi-
ana, z; Maryland, z; Mississippi, 7;
Missouri, IL; New Jersey, z; New
York, SO; North Carolina, 8; Oregon,
8; South Carolina, 6; Tennessee, 10;
Texas, 6; Virginia. 10; West vir-
ginia, 5.
For GRANT-California, 5; Con-
necticut, 6; Illinois, 1e; Indiana, 13;
Iowa, s; Kansas. 3; Maine, z; Mas
sachusetts. 70; Michigan, s; Mime
sofa, 4; Nebraska, 3; Nevada, 8;
New Hampshire, 5; Ohio, 21; Penn
sylvania, 26; Rhode Island, 4; Ver-
mont, 5; Wisconsin, 8.
Total electoral votes for Seymour,
16O; for Grant, 157; Seymour's ma
jority, 8.
There have been Democratic gains
in the following States: Arkansas, 2;
Georgia, 4; Illinois, 1; Indiana, /;
Louisiana, 4; Maryland, 1; Minneso-
ia, L; Missouri, 3; New Jersey, L;
New York, 3; North Carolina, 4;
Ohio, 3; Pennsylvania, Q; South Ca
rollna, 2; Tennessee, 3. Total 81.
No returns have been received from
Alabama, Oregon, and West Virgil
mia; Florida votes November %, and
the congressional elections in Con-
necticut and New Hampshire have
also yet to occur. SO far, the returns
and estimates give the Democrats 81
and the Republicans 119 in the next
House. The probabilities are that
the Republicans will have from | 5 to