New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-14

era TO crawl up IN tneir tfncS ana snOot tncH
pickets. II is very difficult to induce them to
regard such matters from purely literary stand
point; SO we will not attempt IL. Suffice it that
their las. organ has just been suppressedby Gen.
WALLACE, because it was found necessarily and
in ,idiously stimulating the spirit OF disloyalty
and treason; whereat the Mcclellan National
Executive Committee arc greatly exercised and
endeavor to wax wroth, to nobody surprise nor
disptasure
For the simple, fundamental truth with re-
gard t. Maryland politics Is this' The State Is
unequally hut thoroughly divided between two
parries. known to each other as 'Abolit!omsts.
and .Rebels.' Every hearty Maryland Unioh'
list is Gas is charged by his adversaries) an ADO
lifionist -not always because he greatly
yeprobates Slavery in the abstract, but tor
the more proSuic and tangible reason that ne
don't want his throat cut. The decaylng aris'
tocracy of Maryland are Rebels pure and SIMPLE
only not in arms because they have no
chance, or because they have prejudice againSt
saltpeter; and there are not in oil Maryland
thousand men who will vote for Mcclellan who
would not rather vote directly for jeff. Davis.
Mr.. Reverdy Johnson, if he seriously under.
takes 10 halt between the Abolition and
the Rebel camp. will belong to the smallest
crowd that ever 80 veteran politician blundered
into. Gen. waiace's suppression OF The Eres
ing Pot can only DO fairly Judged in iuli vie"
Of the fundamental truth that be who in Mary
lard opposes aud denounces Abolition is
lcompatriot of Hon. Ben. Harris, and concurs
heart and soul. in his hate Of everything calcu
lated to uphold and strengthen the Unior
cause.
i Tile Constitutional Election just held il
MARYLAND was not shaped to the satisfaction
the Democratic party as may safely be inferred
from the following Test Oath, imposed ~ thu
Convention, and good deal more denounced
than copied by the Opposition journals;
Il do swear Tor rml that am citizen ofhe United
Sfntrs; Dai kars gfrea any aid. conafeTdHee
sppporf arsasd koriy ole Csii,d Sfas tat
hare prsssd dssiye for Tia 'H'5pt % ssia ss,n'e
over the rr,ns the United States and that VIII beo
trne atn and allegiance to the Csted States, and srp
port the Constuton and laws thereof NJ the supreme Law
~ the nnd any law ~ ordinance Of state 10 the con
rrniy notwithstanding; that will 10 all respects dc
ue M, s. lnyul citizen u the Unitrd States on
make this oath or affirmation without any iesersat
or rvasion. and believe IL To BE- binding On mo"
II Now, the Rebels have largo and well-Oiled
swallow for oaths, but this one rather choket
them. Although that eminent cssuist, Reverdl
Johnson, couuseled them to take this oath with
out hesitation, disregarding 1t as uncousttu
tional, it is clear that many if not most OF then
fought shy OF II. not choosing u swear TO G no
torious untru;h. even with such encourage
mcut. Dir. William Schlcy advised the sympa
thzers to prcsen, aheir votes and demand thu
they be polled. but refuse the oath, and have
; record preserved Of their proher. ~ Us to have
the result contested il II should appear that th'
votes thus nulifed would have changed th
result. This was better advice; but NC do NO
learn thai it WAS extensively followed. Bu
Mr.. schlcy's fundamental assumption that th'
Constitutional Convention bad DO power d
chauge the pIeestablished qualifications for th'
exercise Of the Right OF Suffrage, Ia not in nc
cordance with American precedent, and cannot
we think, be- sustained.