St. Mary's gazette., 1864-10-27

Il is stated 10 lac: uerk's issue ef sbe
Annspoi:s Ga.nfe. cha, Gov. Bssdhri
has recs atty wri,,er letter. in which. hr
says. ..he sbossughly sapp"rts the New
Conssisu,ion, ADD the aoainsiinp a Ms
Lineoln for the PresideseJ This de-
clar.,ioa has crested NO surprise in this
recsion of the Sts,e. but is ID IN eouaies.
nevertheless. With eestsin rumoss that
have reached here fs,sn sk. city of B.i;i-
more. We hsv. been t"ld BY his p''lisicsl
friends. that his Exeelleocy did no, sppr"vs
the New Constitution. aud would not give
it bis support. II is true. be bad eus-
tanned vile u'urrstion "f the late Con-
s'itutional Convensiou; bst be bad simply
done 60 in the saPposed discharge Of bis
duty. sad fr.sn the construction hs had
put upon .he action o: q iesmer Csnven-
,iou ia Virginia b. for from being jus
tilted. however. by the preeedeas be has
quoted. he stands selfconvicsed BY The
record he has msde. The Virgisia Cbn-
vention he refers to dill no, rsxries. bu,
enlarsed the rights Of eisise".bip; aud
whilss it v.s clsincd BY Mr.. Madison
aud a.sr distinguished ueu Of that day.
that the eea'se Pursued vas perfectly
legitimate. it Vas universally conceded.
,hs. any rest ses;o~ of che right cf suffrage
Cy Ms Gyn~nsio~. would have been an
uuwarranssble usurpssi~ Of power. and
utterly iuconsisten, with the theory upon
which our Government is based. Iodeed.
this distinction is so we'll defined. that i,
presents itself to every citizen; and it
needs not the ssns,ioa Of Mr Madison to
6x it 10 the n,iuds OF she ordinarily intel
hgcnt. NJ sensible nan. We presame,
VII! COMPLAIN of an enlargement oi his
privileges. ba, to deprive hin Of shoss to
which he is legally en,i,led. a smother
matter Under the Constitution VI this
s,ssc-vhicb is the supreme Law Of the
State. until di.eard.-d By the people-no
sss'-o.,h IL prescrib.d asa prc-s"qui>ite
to voting; aud. when Gov. Br 'df,rd Er,-
clsi.ned. that he would count o" ballots.
but such as were Deposited in conformity
With the "rcsulasioue" adops-d BY the
late Convention. b. not only r<sf'lesed
the rights and privileges Of American
has he did 70 in violation OF
the Constitution aud laws it war hi.
.worn duty TO support. He had jsa the
ss,ne righ. to declare the ensir: New
Constitution adopted. and 70 make il the
law Of the State. without "a kui,ting il to
the vote Of the pe"ple. - b. had to Gull
this isolated clause from the rsoccediugs
OF shc Convention aud base biz o6sisI &C.
.ion upon it. We cannot. ,bcr.fors. view
bis late conduct, thsn - the endorsement
Of = gross and p.lpatls usarpa,ion. and rs
unworthy the Governor Of . sovereign
State. and man Of honor. The most
truculrpt Jacobin Of Massachusetts would
have hcsita.rd. ere be 80 gravely offended
ag.inss the majesty Of the Law, or 80 trsm-
pied upon the rights Of free people. Bu,
Gov. Bradford. We presume. had his own
purposes to sabeerve. and be has boldly
his political .dhsreuss. II they
hare preferred Mr. Thomas Swami 10 him.
self. ss their neI. candidate for Governor.
J. 10 not his fault. bat simply his nisfor-
tune. His ExceIlenoy, we can assure him.
will be none the loser by this disspDoiss.
mens. He has already acquired sulicien,
political ipfamy for one individual. and he
will pass in.o history BY tho side IT his
illus.rious predecessor. . Ct esnpetiior fos
the detesss'ioD and seorn Of posseri,y.
fhe Late Election.
Reports al frauds in she late slsessen in
shis ess,e are being freely publishrd in
1ur democratic exchanges. Ia one dis.
srie, in Caroline County it appears to Be
10 proof. that not half the ballots east
against she Constitution we're returned by
the Judges Of Election. In New Msrke,
District. Frederick county. il is stated BY
the Frederick U.;v~. "soldiers marched
to the polls. With 6xed bsyoness. and
voted" In Baltimore city. it is claimed
BY reliable parties. many more votes we're
pollsd against IT, Constitution than wer.
counted or Ee,uvncd. II these ssasenscn,s
Be srss. ~ even Dorti"l- efsbsm. it 10
quite evident that the late election vss
nsughs else than farce and . uockcry
The very small majority BY which il is