The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-25
''intentions and sometimes defeat the most deter

impossible, to unite on any of Them, but is /
quite sure that the 'fast friends of all the legion
named for the MAYoRALTY, would at once unite !
on Mr.. SWAMI" and audes to the danger, |
in the event of Gan unfortunate or weak
of losing 'the old line Wing vote"
and thereby, mourning the possible risk of defeat
It, therefore, openly dominates Mr.. SWAMI as a
Plug Mayor" and begs him ''to permit his friends
''once more to embazon his name upon their ban
'ner." The Americanra dvocates Mr.. SWANS re-
election on the score of his Intelligent foresight
'and administrative ability" the Improvements
(Which he has introduced in our city government"
and ''the distincton,' enyiable one, truly,
which his administration has achieved, and which
it rightly says, is educ to few if of his predeces
sors." To institute any comparison, however, be-
tween these or any other views of the Patriot and
American is not purpose in this present article
How far they may coincide, where they may
differ, is a matter which probably interests the
public quite as little as ourselves, Neither do we
think it worth while to waste comment upon the
semi-authoritative tone in which both journals
speak Of the personal views and wishes of the
MAYOR, betraying thereby the secret inspiration
under which the articles in question were written
and by which they were doubtless prompted
Their evident design is to pave the way and pre-
pare the public mind for the denomination, and.
if possible, the reelection Of Mr.. SWAMI. That
Candidate for the PRESIDENCY in 1867" a gen.
tleman who has been photographed ''with his
'hand upon the Constitution, and who was only
moved to take the MAYoRALTY in the first instance,
! by 'National considerations" should even covet
reelection is of itself sufficiently surprising; but
that which astonishes us more, is the elrontery
which can venture TO solicit from the citizens of
Baltimore so unmerted a distinction, and impu-
IDENTIFY construe the public anxiety upon the sub
| ject of the MAYoRALTY and the necessity admitted
by all good men, of finding an honest and capable
man for the discharge of its duties, into "a pract-
Zeal, substantial acknowledgment of the dignity
(Which has been conferred upon the Office by its
| ''present incumbent" and compliment on the
part of ''the opponents Of Mr.. SWAMI to his pri-
''vate worth and official ability" That Mr. SWAMI
has always sought to unduly ''magnify his office"
even to the extent of arraying himself in insolent
and unlawful opposition to the highest authority
in the State, and of stretching the bounds of his
supposed constitutional sphere" until he has alb
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own person, and converted himself into a sort of
Turkish Cadi, TO sit in judgment upon all matters
requiring his executive interpostion, we have long
been aware; that he has conferred any 'dig-
nifty" upon the office, we now for the first time
learn. &c. with respect to the reasons assigned in
favor of his reelection we must confess that while
we can both understand and appreciate the
political arguments used by the Patriot, the
| reasoning ofthe american is to us quite as unin-
| telliglble as most of the English in which it is
meant to be conveyed. That journal eulogises
extravaganty Mr.. SwANN's administration, ''put-
ting aside for the moment all questions as to
''the police organization and the results said to be
dependent upon its non-efficiency" and with this
comfortable exception finds that ''in all the rami-
''fcatons of the municipal government there is.
''oHside Of the police department., confessedly no
''cause of complaint" Denying, as we do most
emphatcally, that the general administration Of
municipal affairs has been pure and efficient as
the american pretends, we yet cannot fail to ad-
| mlre the GOODNESS with which our neighbor
puts aside" ''the police department." and con-
| soeS US for the utter absence of all security
for either person, or property, or political rights
|
''taxes now collected with more regularity.
land the arrearages with far greater closeness."
1t is some consolation, certainly for the possession
| OF bad government, to know that we are made to
contribute punctually to its support. Yet this
''police Department. and the abuses which notori-
ously disgrace it. furnish no mean or inappropriate
test of "the eminent administrative ability
claimed for Mr.. SWAMI by his apologst and fiat
terer. Instead Of sixty policemen, Mr. SWAMI has
! had at his disposal force of nearly five hundred
armed and uniformed men, organized in ac-
cordance with his own recommendations and to
suit his own views. We moreover have his own
word for it, that this force of his own choosing, is
composed entirely of picked men, and will compare
favorably with any similar body of men in the
world Yet what has Mr. SWAMI accomplished
towards the preservation of public peace and order
or how will his administration compare in this re-
spect with that of the worst of his predecessors
Elected by fraud and violence to Office fraud and
violence have characterized and controlled every
election which has taken place during his admins
tration; borne into office over the dead bodies of
| citizens, bloodshed and murder have been the
commonest incidents of his official rule, until we
have no hesitation in adopting as our own, the
severe but strictly just verdict of The Sun in its
editorial of yesterday:
that if party influences eliminated from our
municipal system with such record against them the
mayor, with every responsible officer the adminstra
tion and the whole police force of the city would be hur
Ell from their position by indignant people Such
dton OF things would be esteemed very mockery of
government an abuse ofpubic confidence utterly
sable and the administration stained by such deeds
would be scorned for its worthlessness and incompe-
tency.'
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| LoRD LYNDHURsT FIFrY-FIvE Baron Rotbs-
child, hear did homage to the Justice of these
gastrOnomic aspirations by splendid banquet last
week at which most of the men in both Hnnses w ho