Dem. mai i............ 1858


Aggregate vote, 2, l79, 1882.
Taken from election returIf of i8i3.
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Aggregate vote, :. 2,l79,ss2.


Taken from election returfi OF 18i3.


Taken from last election returns


Kentucky, Missouri and Arkansas the at the last
election larger thau 1874 by the


BY this table it will be perceived at once, that
with the exception Of Kentucky, Missouri and Ar
kansas, the proportionate vote of which has in
creased during the present year, there is in all the
other States mass of 675 S46 voters, who stayed at
home, and did not go to the polls at all in there
cent elections. 1t is probable also, that this i'm
mense number is beneath the real amount of neu-
trals-for the calculation which gives us such
strange result, is based the Presidential vote Of
lSl0 could probably be nearer the truth to sup
pose, that IN the recent STATE elections about mil
lion of legal uoters hare not gone 10 the polls at all,
arising probably from the disgust created by The
duct Of both parties


Now, these singular results should lead every
mind to think and ponder on the condition of the
country, and on the state OF parties IL is very evil
drop in the bucket, compared 10 the great party OF
neutrdis, who stay at home, and who have taken
no side in the contest.


Ifthe Wings wish to elect Henry Clay, there is,
therefore, great scope to act upon this neutral
mass-this


rudis indgestaque moles,
And out ofsuch materials bring forth strength to
carry their cause They have a clear field before
them Can they embrace the chance? Do they
understand their position Does Mr.. Webster see
clearly