The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-27

1t is proper that the people should weigh well
the characters and antecedents of the candidates
who now solicit their suffrages. A crisis is Mt
hand IN which 1t behooves them to consider men
rather than measures. There are no party
principles necessarily involved in the present con-
test, nor will lis decision affect any purely polit-
cal issues. But the coming election is not there
fore. the less important. On the contrary. the
most vital interests of this community are staked
upon lis result.
Mere political questions sink into utter insicniG-
canoe, beside those which we are called upon to
determine on Wednesday next These latter are
the more momontous, because they ask us not to
assist in advancing material prosperity. but to
STAND forward and save the falling fabric of society
Itself longer liberation of the present condition
of things will complete the public demoraEzation-
few steps farther in the SAM course will brine us
to the brink OF ruin. There is one path
open: which may lead US to a brighter
future Ii is said, and many believe, that the
evils OF our present state are attributable solely to
the men who are entrusted with the execution of
the laws and the direction of municipal affairs.
1t has been repeatedly charged that they
ordination to gather strength in order to subserye
their own selfish purposes. We can now test the
truth of these averments. By the election of de-
cent and honorable men to office we can soon learn
whether l7wlessness is indeed beyond the reach of
the existing laws, or whether these can overbear IT
whenever they honestly directed against it.
s all events, this is The only experiment we can.
at this moment, attempt, and the opportunity TO try
it is fairly presented to US. 1t is proper then that
every man should examine the lists of candidates
and decide between them. Let the lives and char
acters of the various nominees be inquire into and
let the voters conscientiously support the ticket
which best commcnds itself to their honest judg-
ment. The Reform ticket, we are glad to say, will
stand the Weneed notspecify here
the names of the estimabe citizens who compose
it. for they are widely known, and wherever
known, they are respected. The candidates for
the various Offices in this city are above suspicion
or reproach and those who have been nominated
for the Senate and House Of Delegates can claim
that the people shall confde in their capacity and
integrity alike. They have neither solicited the
positions in which they have been placed nor have
they any special objects which success in this cleo
ton is necessary 10 accomplish. They are as dis
interested in this matter as any men in the
community, and rs they promise only to endeavor
to maintain the laws in purity and vigor, they
offer their past lives alone as guarantee of their
future action. Such ticket it becomes every
man to examine narrowly before he rejects
it. Let those who truly desire TO act with view
solely to the public interest not only consider its
unimpeachabe character, but let them remember
also the objections to that put forward by the OPP
ponenis Of reform. After such consideration and
fair comparison Of The tickets presented for their
choice, the decision between them may be safely left
to citizens who deem the public good of more i'm
portance than partisan success