The Shasta courier., 1868-09-12
Look at the Figures.


ofhclal figures cannot help feeling confident
that Grant and Colfax will carry this State
oy handsome majority. The registered
vote of the State in 1867 was 1881 and
the vote polled footed up 90, $40. In 1864
the total vote of the State was los. .5SS. of
which Lincoln received 81, ,969, and McClel-
Ian 1888. In 1867. the Gorham and Fay
vote stood A., 447, and Haight 40 ,9O3. From
these..fgures sitappears that at our last election
there were 1871 registered voters in the
State; that only 92,756 votes were cast, and,
consequently, that 10000 voters were absent
from the polls. 1t further appears that three
years before, Lincoln received 6I ,969, and
Mcclellan 43,S5l-an aggregate of los ,S20;
and that last year Haght received 49,903,
and Gorham and Fay received AZ, All, or
| about that number. This would show a
Democratic gain over the Mcclellan vote of
1864, of 6,052, and Democratic majority of
I ,456 but those who have the least knowl.
edge of the canvass last year, understand
very we'll that neither the vote of Haight nor
Gorham is true criterion of the strength of
the respective parties. The vote for Lieuten.
ant Governor is much nearer test. That
vote stood thus: Holden Dem Al. .969 :.
Jones (Union), 44,5S4 Democratic gain on
their vote of 1864, Ais; Democratic ma.
jority on Lieutenant Governor last wear.
1885; or, if you take the vote on State
Treasurer, the majority dwindles down to
2,904. Thus il will be seen that if LOO
men who voted the Democratic ticket last
year, should vote for Grant this year, the
State would be carried This would require
change of about three in each one hundred
persons who last year voted Democratic.
But there are 10000 votes which are no;
counted in the above result. If now it is re-
membered that last fall the Union party was,
to great extent, ,,demoralized and Indifferent
to the result-that the leading independent
papers in the State were opposed to Mr.
Gorham's election, and that their course
tended greatly to disorganize the party and,
if it is further remembered, that this demor.
alizdtion of the Union party encouraged the
Democracy-that they exerted all their pow
ers TO rally every Democratic vote in the
State, it will be considered a very liberal
allowance to give to the Democracy one out
of every four who remained away from the
polls last year. This calculation would give
Grant 81, ,OS4, to 81, 4,469 for Seymour, clean
majority of 9,6l5 for the Union party ; and
this upon the theory that every man who
voted the Democratic ticket last fall viii vote
for Seymour and Blair this when we can
count the Union men by the hundreds, who,
being dispeased with the party last year.
voted for Haight, and who are now enthusi-
astic Grant and Colfax men.
One example will clearly illustrate shis
Sacramento county last year had a registered
vote of 6, l47 in 1864 she cast an aggregate
vote of 1856 this shows that the voting
population was about the same at the two
elections In 1864 Lincoln received 4,l92,
and Mcclellan 1903; last year the county
cast 1921, which, it will be seen, is 1856 less
than her registered vote. Of the number
cast, Gorham and Fay (Union) received 2l47,
and Haight 2l4l, a Democratic gain of 37S
on McClellan's vote, and Union loss of
2,O5l. The Democratic gain, coupled with
their extraordinary exertions, shows that
they had their full strength at the polls.
while the Union men had 1911 of votes
which they could not get to the polls, on
account of the apathy existing A full vote
in that county will give the Union men 3.Sl3
votes, and the Democrats 2,326-a Union
majority of ,497, instead of the last years
majority of 6,
Union men, rally Get our own legitimate
vote to the polls on the day of election, and
the State will be carried for Grant and Col
fax by 10000 to $4,000 majority