A Political Manual for the Campaign of 1868, for Use in the New
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: 670 M17 Opy 1 E CIO M n i^M^i^jT^i f>c/*WV ,^t' wlvVvV'^^ »Wtt CONGRESS, /vviwvvv ^wwwww^ww^^ '^mMmmj'^^^mM iMkM^'^ ivM^^V^yVi'^*^^' '^^^;ww^^w^w^ iLflJVVwv^. miDm i^'mm mMM^ mmmm :W»^iJ"Uv> ^j^^^jhj^^^ ]^gjjm^^''^ mwwm ^'^'^^^^^^mm^^^ ^ 'Ww'Sv'^'^> .Vliw.v . iMuayuyMM? POLITICAL MANUAL CAMPAIGIV OF 1868, FOR USE IN THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, CONTAINING THE POPULATION AND LATEST ELECTION RETURNS OF EVERY TOWN IN NEW ENGLAND, AND OF EVERY STATE IN THE UNION, PARTY PLATFORMS, AND OTHER VALUABLE INFORMATION. jVLcJ='HETRES. J3y p, j^. BOSTON: WILLIAMS AND COMPANY, 100 Washington Street. 1868. Press of Stone & Huse, . Lowell, Mass. ^ 6 7C TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page- Introductory, 7 New England,' 9 The Southern Electoral College Bill, 12 Presidential Electoral Vote since 1788, 13 Members of National Committees, 16 Population and Vote of Maine, 17 " '* " " New Hampshire, .... 28 " " " " Vermont, 34 " " " " Massachusetts, 40 " " *' " Khode Island, 49 •* " " " Connecticut, 51 Popular Vote for President—ISGO and 1864, .... 56 Latest Election Returns, Electors, &c., 57 Area and Population by States, 58 Governors of States, &c., ........ 59 United States Government, 60 History of Impeachment, 66 National Republican Convention, 71 Republican Platform, . 71 The Republican Candidates, 73 Gen. Grant's Letter of Acceptance, 78 Mr. Colfax's " " " ..... 76 Democratic National Convention, 79 The Democratic Platform, 79 The Democratic Candidates,- 83 Mr. Seymour's Speech of Acceptance, .... 85 Gen. Blair's Letter of Acceptance, 86 The Fourteenth Article of Amendment, 89 The Presidential Election, 90 Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868 by S. A. McPhetees in the Clerk's oflSce of the District Court of Massachusetts. INTEODUCTOEY. Preceding almost every important election in New England recently, the author lias heard frequent inqui- ries for some paper or book which gave the returns by towns at the last previous election. In New England we feel proud of our town system, and the election re- State no turns are made by towns ; in nearly every other political division below counties is regarded as of any " great importance. The " Tribune " and " Democratic almanacs give tables of returns by counties in nearly every State, which answers the demand for reference outside of New England. About the time of the New Hampshire election, last March, the compiler first thought of publishing the work now presented, for use in the Presidential Campaign of 1868. Official fig- ures have been obtained from the office of each Secretary of State, at considerable trouble and expense, and the tables of votes are believed to be in all cases reliable. The census of each town for 1850 and 1860 are also given, antl those taken under authority of the States of Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 1865. It is believed that this feature will greatly add to the value of the work, and cause it to be preserved for reference after the next election returns shall have given place to later ones. The arrangement of towns alphabetically has involved great labor, but it is believed will render the work more acceptable to those who often desire to refer to some town with whose geographical location they may not be altogether familiar. The names of Udi cities, towns and voting-places are given, divided 8 INTRODUCTORY. as follows : Maine, 485 ; New Hampshire, 231 : Vermont, 245 ; Massachusetts, 336 ; Rhode Island, 34 ; Connecti- cut, 163. In one or two States there is a discrepancy between the votes of some towns and counties, and the total oflScial vote. In these cases errors of omission, or mistakes were made by town officers in the names of candidates, and the votes were credited to " scatter- ing," or omitted altogether. The compiler has given such votes as they should have been returned. In addition to the census and election returns of New England towns, other, and by no means secondary, fea- tures of the "Manual," it is trusted, will prove conven- ient and useful : such as the popular vote of all the States taking part in the elections for President in 1860 popular vote at most recent ; and 1864 ; elections times of elections ; area of each State and population in 1850 and 1860, with the classes at the latter period; Gov- ernors of States ; United States Government, with the majority for each Representative in Congress at his last election; History of Impeachment ; summary of the pro- ceedings of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the platform adopted by each, sketches of the candidates, with the sentiments of each as pre- sented in his letter of acceptance, &c. It has been the purpose of the author to make this "Manual" acceptable as a work of reference, alike to Democrats, Conservatives, Republicans and Radicals, by omitting everything that might give it a partizan character; and it is sent forth with the hope that it may to some extent benefit every one into whose hands it may chance to fall. Lowell, July, 1868. NEW ENGLAND. Though relatively only a small section of the great American Union, New England has a larger territory than the kingdom of Portugal, is two-thirds as large as Italy, one-third as large as Spain, and half as large as England and Ireland combined. Maine exceeds in ter- ritorial extent Bavaria with its four and one-half mil- lions of people, is twice as large as Switzerland with its two and one-half millions of inhabitants, and more than twice as large as Holland with its three and one- half millions of Dutchmen, and is nearly three times as large as Hanover. Saxony, with less than two-thirds the territorial extent of New Hampshire, has six times as large a population. Vermont and Rhode Island uni- ted are equal in extent to Belgium, with its four and one half millions of souls ; and Wurtemburg, with less territory than Massachusetts, has half a million more people. The State of Connecticut is larger than the Roman States, the dominion of Pius Ninth. Constant, powerful and well rewarded efforts have been made and are still making, through the medium of the press, by lecturers, emigrant aid societies, agents and' circulars to convince New England people that happiness, prosperity and wealth are sure anywhere and everywhere save in the East. Nor have our own officials and citizens always endeavored to combat these ideas and efforts ; for it is only a few years since that a patriotic, and now lamented, Governor of a New Eng- land State, in his annual message to the Legislature, recommended the adoption of some measure to aid young women to leave the State and seek homes else- where. These arguments and efforts have had their influence not only to induce natives of New England to immigrate, and to a great extent decrease the population in cer- tain localities, as the tables published elsewhere prove, but to turn to some extent the tide which might have increased her population by inducing industrious and thrifty outsiders to settle within her borders. Hun- dreds of thousands of the young, tens of thousands of 10 NEW ENGLAND. the middle-aged, and thousands of those past the me- ridian of life, have bid farewell to the homes, associa- tions and scenes of New England, and sought new ones in distant States and Territories. In 1850 the number of persons of New England birth in the United States was 2,821,823, of whom 453,896 resided outside of the six New England States. In 1860 the number of natives of New England had increased to 3,144,598, of whom 560,336 — or more than one-sixth — resided elsewhere. The natural increase of natives was, therefore, 322,775, while the immigrants had increased 106,440, showing that the immigration equalled one-third of those born. Taking the estimate for deaths it is safe to say that the number of those leaving New England between the two decennial periods must have been 15,000 or 16,000 annu- ally. The New Englanders resident in New York in 1860 amounted to 177,981, more than the population of Rhode Island that year. Illinois had received 66,093 ; Wiscon- sin, 54,340; Ohio, 53,386; Michigan, 38,106 ; California, 82,269; Pennsylvania, 25,555; Iowa, 25,040; Minnesota, 18,822 ; Indiana, 12,307, and other States and Territories smaller numbers. The New England population of eight of those called the Western States, increased 100,000 in ten years. Some of these immigrants no doubt im- proved their condition, but tens of thousands were no better off than when they left their former homes in New England, but want of means or pride have pre- vented them from returning. Statistics prove the fact that New England, if older, and by many represented as worn out, gives better re- turns even for agricultural labor, than some of the newer States. The Virginia Advertiser, published at Lynchburg, in that State, a few months ago, gave some comparisons, which coming from an impartial source is worthy of place here. Under the head of " Some Facts " worth Knowing the Advertiser says : "We have taken the troiible to compile from the Report of the Commissiouer of Agi-iculture, for 1805, the followiug interesting table, exhibiting at a glance the relative productiveness and value of crops of the New England States and six of the Western States, viz : Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota, We have selected the sLx New England States as being considered the NEW ENGLAND. 11 least productive agricultural States of any on the Atlantic slope, and the six named Western States as being among the most pro- ductive agricultural States of the West, and these we propose to compare by the light of the official statistics furnished by the De- partment of Agriculture for four years, from 1862 to 1805 inclusive.