The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-10-28

, VOC Cahp'' peiiefe iile Governor Will count
, or base his proclamation upon the return
of votes cast out Of the State, and made
to him by regimeutal officers and not by
Judges OF Eecion. If, however, they
should learn that in this reasonable cxpec
tation they are likely to be disappointed,
they hold it duty to resort to the legal
tribunals of tue State. if redress can there
be had, to save the people from 80 griev-
Gus wrong.
But while we congratulate the Demo
cratic aud conservative voters of the State
upon fine result of the recent election, We
canuot omit to make this an occasion of
national greeting and encouragement to
the friends Of iaw and order, Of republican
liberty aud of the Constitution US it is aud
The Union as it was, now sought to be re.
stored through peace and The exhaustion
OF all the arts OF craftsmanship.
Maryland, by her will, has shown her
uuwilinsusss to embrace any false theo-
ries Of government; she has discarded
Abohiionisn,, aud still ciugs to aud pre-
serves her old status IN the Coutederaey,
as believing she will thereby best advance
the great cause Of constitutional govern.
ment.
Mcclellan and Pendleton Lave hocu en-
dorsed by the Democratic and conserva.
tive parties Of the country, and should
be supported by every conservative man
who is friend Of constitutional lib.
erty, and is in flavor Of abandoning the
policy of the administration, and thus rem
dering peace and reunion possible; who
IS in favor of free speech, free suffrage, a
free press, the habcos corpus, with trial by
jury; of maintaining the Constitution be-
queathed to US by Washington and the
fathers Of the republic who is ready to
contend mautully for the rights IF free
men, and is determined to abide by the
will of the majority in the several States,
as fairly expressed through the ballot
| box"
The recent elc ction assures US that a
Jorge majority Of the people of the State
are in favor of those cardinal principles
which are the basis Of free government,
and that if the people Of Maryland vii.
only exercise their iuaIienable rights as
freemeu of Maryland, at the balloi-box on
the 9Th Of Nsvember, the State is certain
TO cast her electoral vote for the nominees
of the Chicago Convention. In the recent
vote on the Constitution, its opponents
had to contend with spirit which had
taken deep root in tie popular mind, that
at is no use to vote or make any exer-
ton. To the existence Of this spirit We
attribute the fact that the majority against
the Constitution did not number thou
sands. We trust experience has proved the
folly, not to say want Of manliness of such
course of inaction. Should the Governor
count the soldiers vote, and the courts
furnish no redress, those who ti.nidly ad-
vised their fellow-citizens that it was useless
to make any exertion and those who coun-
sclled their friends that it was sacrifice
of their independence to recognize the le-
gality of any election by rendering vote,
will be held responsible as the passive in
struments by whose policy Of non action
the adoption Of the Consultation was Sc
cured.
Shall the 9Th of November witness a
repetition Of this inaction and lethargy in
the face of the recent election, demonstra.
ting an amount of political strength and
power sufficient to overwhelm all opposi-
ton, if energy, vigilence and resolution
characterize your action. Arouse, Mary
landers, from your lukewarmness You
have now shown that you have the politi.
cal power to redeem the State from it's
present rule, and place its State govern.
lnent under the control of more conserva-
tive influences. Through the ballot box
aid the great conservative body IF your
cuuntrymen to achieve victory.
We therefore call upon our friends
throughout the State aud especially do we
urge the voters of Baltimore city, who seem
to have almost forgotten tina, they have
rightsa the ballot box, to organize. Mary
land is sure for Mcclellan if the voters Of
the State do their duty and IN effort is
made to secure the votes of "the timid,
the doubtful aud the intirm." The results
of the election in several of the large
States indicate that the contest may be a
close one and even the vote of Maryland
may decide it. Hence the urgency which
i'll this crisis of our country fate demands
our labors to secure tie success of
the Democratic candidates. Should the
new Constitution not be declared in
force, Of course no cath will be required
Of the voters by authority of law. We
cannot believe that the military authorities
in the State will interfere in violation of
both State and Federal laws, and require
test oatls unauthorized by any law
Should the freedom of The election be thus
destroyed. we advise that the voter should
take the oath and deposit his ballot rather
than be thus outrageously deprived of a
treeman's dearest birth right, leaving such
wrongs to be redressed in such manner as
the American people may determine.
If the new Constitution should be de-
clared to be in force your Committee deem
it wise that the people Of the State Should
not be misiuformed or deceived In refer