New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-20
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Attbe municipal election in Baltimore, which took
place ID wednesday, 18th inst. the American party
achieved stapendons an unparalleled victory the
Hon. Thomas Swami, for two years past the able
efficient and lust chief magistrate of that great
netropoIis being reelected by the tremendous ma
iorty Of nineteen thousand one hundred and forty.
nine votes Such triumph, and such q vindicaton
I HI PARTY and man was never before known.
There is no precedent in politics and elections for it,
and the astonishing result only be accounted for
on the principle that the intelligent masses of Bati-
more, almost with one accord, revolted at and
reheIed against system Of diabolcal persecution,
unprincipled detraction and malignant caumny, set
on foot by the ianis=ares (euuuchs would probably
be better term) of party to crush ruin aud defame
one of their BEST truest and most reliable citizens
simply because he occupied prominent antagonistc
position towards them.
A slight reference to events may be necessary to
enable our readers to understand this matter thor
oughly, wish them to do. There was no regular
Democratic opposition in the feld-at least no can.
didates were put forward by convention by pr-
mary meetings-but it ives understood fully that the
opponents Of Swami to rally around the stand
ard Of one A. P. Shut, quasi independent candi-
date For ten or twelve days previous to the cleo
ton, the opposition journals fairly overiowed with
venomous abuse of Swami and intense laudation of
Shut, whom scarcely any body had ever heard of
before On the day Of election, about noon, Shut,
finding he was defeated beyond redemption, issued
contemplate card withdrawing as candidate, en-
ploying the old and infamous rse that intimidation
was resorted to, when there was no intimidation or
violence except at the Eighth Ward polls, where he
received ,482 votes and Swami III votes The Bal
timore Patriot stigmatzes the card in just terms.
But, whether the Patriot Clipper and other papers
we're right or wrong in branding the dirty publica-
ton-and we think they were right-one important
fact is clear and incontroyertble The vote of the
city wss larger than ever before cast! Admitting
the violence and intimidation part Of the business for
the sake of argument, Baltimore cost some two thou
sand more votes than she ever cast BEFORE Conse-
qnently voters were kept away from the polls by
fear or any other reason. In 1854 Baltimore cast
d, 1886 votes in 1856 20 242 in l858-at the cleo
ton alluded to-2S 1857. or these Is 867 votes Thos
Swami received u zoos votes-giying him the unpre-
cedented majority of 10 ,149 votes.
OF course there is no such political majority in
Baltimore for any man or party and the majority
given to Mayor Swami only shows what decent peo-
pie, having permanent interests in any community,
will do, when aroused by wanton, false and remorse-
less attacks upon the man and party Of an ire
proaehable citizen. There is a moral in this Lesson
which mere politicians, ohiceholders and place
hunters would do well to ponder not only in
Baltimore, but il New Orleans aud all other great
cities of the Confederacy. The masses will not sub.
nit to too much, despotism on the part Of partisan
leaders.