The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-26
BALTIMORE.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1860

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER - i0oo
Tho nominations of the Reform Committee for
,.,o,,bors Of tho CIV Council are, we have every
cocoon 20 believe as acceptable TO the community
100. -, selection of a candidate for the Mayor
oltr Taken as whole, better ticket has
,o,dom if ever, been brought out. Ami
,,o,od by Il desire to rescue Baltimore from
,be embarrassments in which an unscrupu-
,ons and partisan administration has plunged it,
and to redeem its furnished reputation, the men,
hers of the Committee bravely accepted the I'M
welcome duty imposed upon them, and they have
worthiy discharged it. Whoever reads the names
of the candidates that were yesterday submitted
10 the public, must be satisfied that the Commit
tee has kept faith with its constituents, and dis
carded mere party considerations: and that the
individuals whom it has recommended will dill
gently and honestly endeayor to promote the
interests Of our city If such ticket is support
ed by the people, the work Of Reform which has
been so happily begun will be then perfected, and
every citizen may rest in the assurance that for
the next two years TO come his rights will neither
be sold nor trampled on.
The issue is now made up between the advo-
Gates of Municipal Reform and their opponents.
The American party has chosen, as a party
organization, to support the latter, and rs it is
altogether responsible for the misrule of the
existing administration, it had, perhaps, no other
alternative; but all other parties, as such,
ought 10 stand aside in a contest like this, in
which no general political questions are involved.
There are many reasons why the Democratic
party, especially, should refrain from in
terfering as an organization between the cam
didates Of the Reformers and those who are
yet to be brought forward upon the other
side. That once powerful association is not only
Theoretically divided in every ward, but the ad-
herents of either wing are so embittered against
each other that any hearty cooperation of
either segment with the other is well
nigh impossible. II, under such circum-
stances, Democratic nominations should be
made throughout the city, the election OF the
anti-Reform candidates in very many Of the
wards must be regarded as more than probable.
But the apparent hopeessness of its position is not
the only reason which should lead the Democratic
party TO disregard the clamorous suggestions of the
interested politicians who desire to make little
capital in the canvass, even though they thereby
promote the ends of their adversaries If parties
like men, are ever moved by any higher consider.
aion than the selfish prospect of success the DEM
ocratlc party is now under an obligation to act
with magnanimitv towards the Reformers The
latter not constituting party, but representing all
parties, began the good work which they are now
so earnestly struggling to complete They have
not only borne the burthen and heat of the day.
but they maniully incurred no inconsderable por-
ton of risk and odium before they could OBJ
tlin even patient and impartial hearing They
stood prominently forward in defence of the rights
Of all parties and all classes, when most of the
p}rsans who now want preferment shrank from
the calls of duty; and many an intriguing politi-
clan, who now desires to thrust them aside,
would, but for their efforts, have petitioned in
vain for the privilege of voting at the next cleo
ton. They do not now claim the confidence and
cooperation Of all parties as reward for services
rendered, but they simply ask such assistance of
all good citizens as will enable them to carry out
to its furthest practicable limits, their scheme of
municipal reform. When they make this appeal
they point with just pride to what they have al
ready done, and who, that remembers the hideous
despotism under which this City lay PROSTATE a
year ago, fail to recognize the change which
has been wrought in our condition, and to APP
plaud those through whose energy and courage it
has been brought about? The remembrance of
the murders and the frauds that were perpetrated,
and the falsehoods that were published to conceal
them, has not yet passed away. The recollection
of the outrages 10 which they were subjected, and
tba 20.
lived, still abides with the sufferers Almost all
honest men admit now that our situation
was indeed deporable, though some of
them still undertake TO account for the
the fact in many different ways. But there are few
who can contrast the present with the past, and
venture to deny that the times have vastly altered
for the better and that to the Reformers, who re-
garded the public good paramount to party ties
something more than barren praise is due. The
reign Of violence is over, we trust, forever The
humbiest citizen has now some assurance that he
may dwell by his iresde in peace and exercise his
rights in safety. Are not the men who have made
many sacrifices solely to produce these results, en-
titled TO the confidence OF the community? If they
have effectuay subdued ruffiansm in the streets
have we any reason to doubt that they will
purge the Council chambers of corruption? It is
just as necessary at this time to insist upon
honest and economical administration of our finan-
cial affairs it formerly was to establish law and
justice in our midst. 1t is as important to redress
the wrongs Of plundered as of an oppressed peo-
pie. The prosperity of Baltimore and the welfare
of every individual citizen seriously involved
in the issues now before US. These latter touch no
party question, nor will their decision affect in any
way the political movements in which we will be
called on to participate more actively after the NUM-
cipal election. We hope, therefore, and we more
over believe that large majority of the people,
irrespective of all party considerations, will give
to the Reform ticket their cordial appreciation
and support