22. That upon this platform the convention presents to the American people as a candidate for the office of President of the United States, John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, and as a candidate for the office of Vice-President of the United States, George W. Julian, of Indiana, and earnestly commends them to the support of all free men and all parties. The contest of 1852 was a hopeless one for the Whigs from the start. General Scott had great faith in his own election, but he stood almost entirely alone in that confidence. After the disastrous October elections he took the stump against the advice of his more discreet friends, and delivered a number of campaign speeches, which are now remembered chiefly because of his flattery to the foreign vote, complimenting the “rich Irish brogue” and “the sweet German accent” of many of his supporters. The result was that Pierce, a man who had never been discussed for the Presidency, but had been brought out as the “dark horse” at the national convention, carried every State in the Union but four—Massachusetts and Vermont, in the North, and Kentucky and Tennessee, in the South. The following is the popular and electoral vote: ═══════════════════╤═════════════════════════════════╦══════════════════ │ POPULAR VOTE. ║ ELECTORS. ├───────────┬───────────┬─────────╫─────────┬──────── STATES. │ Franklin │ Winfield │ John P. ║ │ │ Pierce, │ Scott, │ Hale, ║ Pierce. │ Scott. │ N. H. │ N. Y. │ N. H. ║ │ ───────────────────┼───────────┼───────────┼─────────╫─────────┼──────── Maine │ 41,609 │ 32,543 │ 8,030 ║ 8 │ ―― New Hampshire │ 29,997 │ 16,147 │ 6,695 ║ 5 │ ―― Vermont │ 13,044 │ 22,173 │ 8,621 ║ ―― │ 5 Massachusetts │ 44,569 │ 52,683 │ 28,023 ║ ―― │ 13 Rhode Island │ 8,735 │ 7,626 │ 644 ║ 4 │ ―― Connecticut │ 33,249 │ 30,357 │ 3,160 ║ 6 │ ―― New York │ 262,083 │ 234,882 │ 25,329 ║ 35 │ ―― New Jersey │ 44,305 │ 38,556 │ 350 ║ 7 │ ―― Pennsylvania │ 198,568 │ 179,174 │ 8,525 ║ 27 │ ―― Delaware │ 6,318 │ 6,293 │ 62 ║ 3 │ ―― Maryland │ 40,020 │ 35,066 │ 54 ║ 8 │ ―― Virginia │ 73,858 │ 58,572 │ ―――― ║ 15 │ ―― North Carolina │ 39,744 │ 39,058 │ ―――― ║ 10 │ ―― South Carolina[14] │ ―――― │ ―――― │ ―――― ║ 8 │ ―― Georgia │ 34,705 │ 16,660 │ ―――― ║ 10 │ ―― Alabama │ 26,881 │ 15,038 │ ―――― ║ 9 │ ―― Florida │ 4,318 │ 2,875 │ ―――― ║ 3 │ ――