The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-09-10
Rirtmunh Qispatfb.
SATURDAY MORNING. SEPT. 10, 1850

SATURDAY MORNING.. . SEPT. 10, 1850
The Reform Movement in Baltimore. Fur.
ther Particulars.
The reform meeting called by the respect table
citizens Of Baltimore. "of all parties" TO take
the political rule of the city out of the hands
Of the rowdy clubs, was held Thursday after
noon in Monument Square, the number of
persons present being estimated at Io,ooo.--
VIM. Woodward, ESD, was chosen Chairman
OF the meeting, and sixty Vice Presidents
chosen from the ranks OF the business men OF
the city to aid him in presiding over its deliber-
atoms. A preamble was adopted, setting forth
| the horrors of ruffianism under which Balti-
more has labored, in plain terms, and repudi-
| ating party predictions in the present effort
| to secure protection from their repetition
| The plan of the meeting de>aiied in their
| resolutions, is as follows:
! kssolred That there shall be appointed by
| the President and Vice Presidents OF this
meeting. OF majority OF them, committee
! OF twenty men, consisting OF one from each
| ward, aud that these twenty men, together
! with the Presideat OF this meeting shall con-
| stitute Central Committee" who shall be
| authorized and direc ted TO nominate at as early
| a day as may be expedient and practicable,
candidates without regard TO party, and TO be
selected from the best, most reliable aud most
competent men in this community, for the fol-
lowing offices, namely:
For the senate OF the state of Maryland /
| For the House OF Delegates OF the State OF Ma
For Attorney for the State for the city Of Balti-
For Snerld of the city of Baltimore. ........
For Clerk of the Circuit Court OF the city of Bal
For Judge OF the Orphans Court Of baltimore
or the First Branch OF the City Council 2U
For Justices OF the Peace. ....................R .R
For Constabies- ..~.................4t
And thai IN selecting candidates for the City
Council, Justices OF the Peace, and Constabies
IN the respective wards the said committee OF
TWEEN nty-one shall call to their aid and counsel
4 subcommittee, which they may appoint, of
not than five members from each ward
they to be residents OF the respective wards in
which they shall be appointed; said sub-c COM
mittee 10 confer and consult with the said
Central Committee OF twenty-one, and that
| the ward nominations be made for each ward
| by the said Central Committee of twenty -one
| and the subcommittee for each ward. or a ma
| jorty of both.
| Resolued, That the said Central Committee
| shall prepare and present in person to his
Honor the Mayor OF the city OF Baltimore, q
| respectful address, claiming at his hands the
appointment of Judges OF Election i'll every
| ward in the city, and particularly for the en-
suing elections IN October and November, of
| unimpeachabie character, uuflinching firm
| ness, undoubted courage, and the purest hon
esty. Also, that he will enroll aud commission
| Two hundred special constables or police Of
| hcers In each ward, or SO many for each ward
| as in the opinion - the Mayor and the COM
| mittee may be sufficient or necessary; said
| special constabies TO be order-1oving, resoIute
| conservative men, " no shall Cooperate with
| the regular police force in preserving the
peace. arresting Offenders and especially any
person or persons who may interfere with or
| maitreat, or attempt to in terfere with or NAL
! treat, any legal voter or who may endeavor to
| prevent any legal voter from exercising his
| elective rights that he will clothe the entire
police force, regular and special, with the full
.ft ..,rr .xt
| IN tue daily papers of the city. such perempto-
ry and plain orders and direc tions as will au-
! horize them to meet promptly and effectively
any and every emergency, and justify them in
| using their authority, with such vigor as oc-
| casion may require; Also that he will, if the
! power to do 80 vests i'll him. cause all drinking
| houses to be closed on said election DAYS, and
| that he viii take all other measures to secure
| u peaceful and fair election, and guaran tee to
| every legal voter his sacred rights as a free
| citizen OF this Commonwealth.
ReSolred, That his Horror, the Mayor be re-
spectfully requested by said Central Com
| mittes to reply in writing to the address pre-
| sented to him by them, and that they cause
| both the address and the answer to it to be
printed in all the daily papers of the city, in
| order that the citizens OF Baltimore whose
| deep solictude on the subject is apparent to
| every observer, may have the fullest urance
| Of protection and security.
Resukred, That the said Central Committee
| shall also respectfully tender their co-opera-
| tion and assistance to his Honor, the Mayor
in selecting the Judges of Election and the
| special police of each ward.
| ReSolced, That while this meeting trusts that
the measures they propose will produce the
desired result, and that the authorities OF this
city will act efficiently in the spirit of these
resolutions in preserving order and in secur-
ing 10 all citizens their Undoubted rights, vet
as these Just expectations may be disappoint-
ed therefore the said Central Committee be-
and they are hereby, also authorized and re-
uuested in The event that from any cause they
| ma ya hpllpTp "a ar,y
and proper steps have not been taken.
and will not be taken, 10 secure q fair
election and to sustain each citizen in the
enjoyment OF his legal rights, TO convene an j.
other Town Meeting TO determine what course
| of action shall then be pursued.
R.S0tcsd, That the movement which we are
now making is designed for the benefit of our
| city and the good of the whole people, and
| that we will permit no man, nor combination
of men, to use il or direct it for any private.
individual or party purpose. That we ear
neStly invoke the countenance and aid of
every good man, every true lover of this city.
That we unite in calling upon the people of
Baltimore by every tie, by every considera-
ton, by every honorable motive, to awake,
arouse and shake of the lethargy which has
hitherto prevailed. That we urge them as
they value their peace and fair fame to come
in their might TO the rescue whilst the oppor-
tunity invites. That we entreat them rs
brothers, having with us common interests to
make with us common cause in this great
work. That we claim their time their
: thoughts. their influence; that they combine
their energies TO arrest their city in its pres
ent tendency TO degradation and ruin That
they will, with the spirit OF freemen determine
to rule by the voice of the whole people and
act on that determination. That they will
restore the ballot box and the government to
| their proper purity, and make il known to ali
| men that they are under the protection of iiy.
ing and honored, not dead and dishonored
Whilst the resolutions were being read
many in the crowd applauded, especially al
the reading of the resolutions concerning the
purity OF the ballot-box, ana the appoint.
ment of faithful officers and judges of elec.
tion.
Addresses were delivered by Geo. William
Brown, among others, and from his remarks
we take the following picture of club rule:
If the clubs were content to bring forward
their candidates with fraud and violence, and
then leave the people to vote for them or not
ae they thought proper, 1T would matter bu,
little; but this is not the case. The law OF
the clubs is vote for our candidates or not at
ali. Their mode of proceeding, as exhibited
ut the elections of the last few years, is very
simple but very sffectual. The polls, on the
day OF election, are surrounded by rude
gang, holding in their hands striped or mark.
ed tickets. Those holding tickets OF differ.
! ent description are intimidated or driven OF
No challenge OF a striped ticket is allowed
| however false or fraudulent the vote. If a
| foreigner approaches the polls, il is taken for
| granted that he is an opponent, and he is un-
| tremendously knocked down or driven Of
that is 3 matter of no conseQuence-he is only
| an Irashman or Dutchman, and, citizen or
of the United States protects, with its whole
| power, the rights of its naturalized citizens,
| wherever they may go-in every part OF the
| world, even in the land of their birth; but the
4 United States is wholly incapable of pro-
| tecting those same citizens from wrong and
| autva 90 IN the cifv of Baltimore If an Amer.