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AooREoArE VoTE IN THE UNION.


Aggregate vote in 1884,. ............... 2743,6A


IN lo4u. ..s.s 49,. = 4U2ouo


Increase in four years.. 34i 3SS


1t will be seen from these returns, which canno,
vary much from the official statements, that Mr.
Polk is indeed majority President although the
majority is small one in the popular vote and
that the influence which necessarily belongs to
such an election ought not to be withheld from it.
The extraordinary extent OF the v,te taken Is very
nearly--within few hundreds-lhat which we
stated il would be, and the absolute result Of the
whole, has come out precisely as we predicted sc.
veral weeks before the election, and for the an
nouncement Of which we were SO fufiously de.
nounced by the wings as having been purchased by
the locofocos. The truth is, q clear-headed man,
without any party bias can almost in every instance
in the elections OF this country, predict the actual
result or very nearly SO. Political philosophy ID
growing into an exact science and hereafter no
person need be in doubt about what the absolute
result of elections will be, il they read the CO.
lumns Of this or any other independent journal.


In this election, the principal issue before the
people undoubtedly was the Texas question and
the Oregon. The old issues Of bank, Distribution,
and tariff, had been decided years before, and
the new issues have defeated not only Mr.. Van
Buren and his own party, but also MIR. Clay. /,
would be well, therefore, for ali those Senators
who represent States that have given popular ma.
jorities for Mr.. Polk and who believe in the doc.
trne OF instruction, TO take warning from the re-
cent result, and act accordingly. How can Messrs
Archer and Rives, Of Virginia, with the popular
majority Of five thousand in favor OF the annexa-
ton Of Texas, dare to- vote against that me asure
before the Senate now1 How can any other Senator
from a. State voting in that way oppose this mea-
sure How dare Mr. Benton vote against II Has
not Missouri given a large popular vote for Mr..
Polk Let those questions be pondered upon and
examined.