Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-10-30

unlawful ana overwhelming majority IN
this city. Whatever, therefore, may be
the disadvantages under which we labor
here, our answer to our brethren of the
counties is--po YOUR WHOLE DUTY, and
nothing short Of the assertion Of the abb
sclute dominion Of a mob, shall prevent
us from doing ours.
1t is true that the wrongs which char
actorised the late election, and tile recent
address Of the Mayor, furnish slender
hope that during his dynasty we shall
have any sincere and honest aid from
our Municipal Police Its organization
is partizan exclusively, and he, we regret
10 be obliged to declare, seems to think
it has discharged its duty when il enables
the members of his own party to exhaust
their votes. But, Notwithstanding all
this, we shall omit nothing to secure a
( full, fair vote Of the Democracy Of Bal
4 timoro, and if we can attain this, rely
upon it that Baltimore will once more be
entitled to the respect and regard Of the
people of the State.
But, if on the other hand, the VIC
lence which in 1855, 1856, and in Octo-
Der, 1857, DISTINGUISHED the Democrats
party here, should again make successful
head against us from the polls, we shall,
with profound confidence, as last re-
I sort, look to other arbitraments than the
lsfaltStrnew at home, for a vindication OF
I the inestimable right guaranteed by the
Constitution and Laws of Maryland to
every true Citizen Of the State In this
connection it is most agreeable to know,
that the 35th Congress of the United
States is. by the Contituton Of the Uni
ted States, made the judge of the clec-
ton Of its own members. That the
Members Of the State Legislature. to be
elected in in November, will also have
the power to decide upon the validity Of
the election of those who may be returned
as members and that, according to section
4, article 2 Of the Constitutional Of Ma
Iryland, 'all question in relation to the
eligibility Of Governor, and to the re.
turns of said election, and to tho Number
u,d legality u eotcs therein given shall
be determined BY the House of Dele.
gates" Aud by the Act of Assembly,
chapter 24i of-eighteen hundred and
ifty-tlrce, it is in like manner provided
that ''all contested elections for Comp
troller, Commissioner of the Land Of.
fee, shall be decided by the House o.
Delegates"
The obstruction ofthc polls is aquostion
Of human rights, and involves considera-
tons far above any struggle for partizal
triumph; and hence, can it for one mo.
ment be believed that, if at the election
to take place in November, ruflianism
violence, and threatening intimidation
shall hold " high court at the preciut,
ofthe ballot that if true and law abiding
Citizens ahall be driven from the poll
sad disfraneAised Of that right, which
, underlies al other rights that are dea
aRA valuable under american Institu
tons s. RAG The case at the Octobe
election &c A@aQM lal the stafc IL
eisletive bodies win FN.tate to exorcis'
4 the authority vested in the bsgnthe Con
tuition ana Iaag which M, ,yorr -
4 d TcdTrvTTT- Of q idcciiiiife = 80 81
least. an election characterised 81 So
Y proceedir gs9
I has IS iFaeaeee2 le and legal made
redress and such as must commend
:, self q DC c9unisnance and support
~ every ono VINO yalues rational libcri
he and who desires 10 sec the laws uphe
nj and the lawlcss rebukcd and consigned
er the contempt they merit. No one, CT
- tain'y, that feels an interest in the PR
perity Of the city, or that has a just
y gard for the protection of person or pi
'cr perty, can desire that the scenes Of {
O. last two years shall be ro-enacted, a
n hence, whilst he might deprccate the {
lstcncc Of a cause, or causes, which v
suggest an appeal from the ballot be
g yet he must recognize it as a conser,
two arbitrcment, under the lamcntal
contingencies indicated.
o. The undersigned, therefore, invo
re the citizens Of Baltimore to exercise,
t. possible, the elective franchise at the a
re preaching election, and also to careful
e. note such illegal distractions to the '
Of ters as may come under their notice,
the end that their testimony may be gi
pt en-, if required, before the proper trib
I'd nails; and to the Voters Of the Count
n, We appeal, and pray them to remembC
e. that they have in their keeping not on
he their own rights bnt ours; that they O
II happily beyond the reach of those he
m rors which render an election dag in d;
US timore a scene of blood and violence, al
ii that if they fail to do their duty, tn
o. surrender up this fair and proud Metz
ID polls, witiioutappeal, to the ralo Of tho
le who have already furnished her fan
O. wherever the reports Of these atrociti
r. have been spread, and who, if their c
o. recr be not stayed, will render. her
Il unsafe place Of abode for any man vi
Is refuses to acknowledge their sway,
,r 1t is with horror that We announce
l. the State the existing condition of affairs
p this city; for, strange as it may seel
it no city in the world has a larger popul
/ ton Of moral and yirtuous citizens. ri
Is community as mass is shocked and di
= gusted atthc surrender oftbc Municipalit
to the brutal control Of not more than Oh
:, thousand idlo, dissipated and wortblei
n eicctionccring rowdie5. Bat Bat the;
= are organized and armed; and the Pt
+ lice, whom tue law has armed for the
+ control inellicicntly check the yiolcnc
: which inanguratcd them into power, an
c promise TO continue them in power.
G But sooner or later. the retributiv