Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-11-10
THE BALTIMORE Rule OF VOTING.

At meeting of tho Judges Of Election, held In the
Criminal Court room on Thursday evening last the follow.
ing resolutions were adopted. They to be- designed
a. far possible the right Of voting that city
TO the members,of their own political party:
Let Rssotpea, That the oath prescribed in the new
that they also be sworn to truly all suc questions
a. may be propounded 10 them. = - ~ =
That tho simple taking OF the oath will not be con.
sdsred by the Judges conclusva evidence of loyalty
3D. That the Judges be instructed to put such other
questions to voters outside of the oath prescribed by hs
to vote as .ha! satisfy them that the party offering
"snI is not rebel ora rebel sympath:xer.
tn That the judges be requested to commit any per.
oasring to vote who, in their opinion has sworn
|csr BY order OF the Judges Of Election ..c.,
DAVID w. GRAY, Secretary = s''''N' 0'' ~'~A'
The Hon. REyERDY JOHNSON having been requested
to give legal opinion the subject Of these resolutions
he replied as follows:
To the Chairman of Democratic and Conservative Civ
r.., ~. ..l ,,.l,s, Convention. i,,.,. s. ..
DEAR SIR: II have received your note of the 4th in
sant in which you call nay attention to the rssolutona
said to have been adopted at the meeting Of come about
thrd) Of tina Judges of the Election on the Sd
instant and especially to the fourth of said resolutions
of the judges to pursue course stated 10 the rat
and second OF the resolutions the legal inter
ton TO ba given to the Consultation in references t. the
OF e 70 assume the authority staed in the
third resolution. ,r 4.,..,
content myself with saying that it any legal voter offers
TO- vote and takes the oath which the judges propose to
administer apd then committed to prison or to the Gus
tody of the pocs for imprisonment upon tho ground that
10 the opinion of the judges of election he has
falsely the said Judges will be answerabe at his suit in
action for false imprisonment and the Veter could demand
his Immediate discourage from custody under habeas corpus
Of this have M, doubt. 4,, is Gae.t us,- +, ..
The present state of things cannot long continue. The
voter wrOnged who sues, he shall think he cannot OBJ
tain fair trial a this city. bis to
other locality And wherever the trial may be had if il
be fairly conducted the judges of election will bs made to
answer exemplary damages. Let not therefore any voter
Of the city b. deferred from exercising attempting to
exercise privilege dear TO- every American. Counsel
will be found wiDg and able, without the usual profess
sional compensation to zee that justice ia done him
trust therefore, that dlends will p l or offer to
poll, every legal vote. We this not ony to
friends the counties of this State and in other States,
but to country firmly behave that all that 10 dear
to us involved in the present capsstthst if MI Linz
coin il the country in all probability will be lost
that if Mcclellan s elected in all probability it will be
entertaining it every motive which should huence pa
rotc man calls upon to leave nothipg uudoue to
the nation we by electng to the Presidency George
Mcclellan. And for his election every thing promises
we'll The soldiers vote is known to have been cast largely
10 hsfavor, Companies and regiments and corps of The
Army of the Potomac-the army he organised, and by
whom be is loved as much as Napoleon by his Old
Guard-haye almost TO . man votei for him. u
/, ! remain with regard, your obsdisnt servant
=, lii ~ ,s.s, REVERDY JOHNSON,