The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-01
Prospects cf the Democracy.

The NeS York World SAYS that the
prospects Of the National Democracy are
cheering, by display Of facts and sg
ures, in long aud interesting article
1t says Grant was elected President in
November, 1868, by q majority Of l34
of the electoral vote, and Of $685. Of
the pop,.:ar vote. THIS rrepondcrancc
has been changed, and now the party Is
in the minority. The table cf nnajo,i.ies,
including all the Safes which-voted fer
President in 1868, show that Alabama,
Arkansas, California, Gonnecticut, Hi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mas
-sachu$etts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nilsson
ri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
North Carolina, OAio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina, TenneS
zee, Vermont, West Virginia and Wis
consin, gave 524. l43 against Isl, SEC, in
Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, New Jersey, New York ard
Oregon, with majority O. 339,GiT.-
The elections of 19G9-70 give the op,
position votes in sixteen States as 23S,
SIS, against the radical vote in sixteen
States, 237, ,l4l, : majority therefore for
the democracy O. 1887. The opposition
vote embraces tia, Of the labor reform
ers, prohib;tioni>t<, and al! parties op
posed to the republican organization.
"The States Of Mississippi, Virginia ,@5
Texas were not permitted TO vote in
1878. The vote OF Florida VAS cast by
its Legislature. Tac vote CT Arkansas
in 1870 has never been declared. Both
parties claim the State by :. small ma
iori,v. Even should majority be cred
lied to the Radical column, the figures
above show p!.inly enough that the
heavy Radical majority o! 1868 If nearly
three hundred ald frity thousand is al
gone, and this TOO in spite Of the fact
THAI in 1879 The Radical party was rein
forced by the whole negro vote, admit
sd 10 the ballot under the fifteenth
Amendment. Some Of the Radical ma
iDyi:ics in 1870 were f-auduicnt. The
actual Radical majority in South Caro-
liaa, according tc the statement Of {. {.
Bowen, Rati,'a! member ri Congress
t.shivh was published ii t'e Washington
correspondence Of the Tribune in De-
ccinber In>t, vas u"t u:vr eight thou
sand. The thajoyity Claimed in L':';s-
lana is also prcpNstcr0n$. II 2 tai: ,ot"
could he hal l!!rnGeA""t the LH;cn -
day. The returns would $40: 4 De!:!r-
cratic majority Oh :he rsl.iAr Vote q G,
least fifty thousand.
The c!vrto:al vote in IS@S-st"oG
Grant 2l4, Seymour 80, il C2-..9, Dem
ocrat l73, radical no.
The vote Of Fio:i,;a, although not
claimed in this count, belongs properly
to the democrats.
these tables >ho3 how grossly the
people are M;SirpreScitrd in Congress
II the seventeen States which were car
ried by the Democracy 1T the last c!cc
ton were represented n the Senate hy
senators Of the sam. Political Faith, there
would he thirty fur Democrats in tho,
bniy, instead os ten a> a; present. |!
Arkansas. Fioti.!a ana Texas, which are
really Democratic States. were also just.
" REPRESENTED, the Democrats w"u;I
have al actraI nin;;:!tT in tHe State.
"Ne:c the two political parties divil-
cl il the House q! Representatives sc.
corulnS to the popular vote, tie oP?o
nent> OF the administration vo"i,. nas,
j22 ncmber>, or MI witty of one
Thanks 20 ge:ryman,:e:!ag AID the bay
oact, thry have tut :, scn;y-two."