The mountain Democrat., 1865-01-21
How . Republican Majority is being
GanufaotuRed In the Maryland
gEeRislnfure,

How = RspubIieaA Majority is being
Manufactured In the Maryland
.LeGiSlature. i
Fair Maryland, says the n 7. World,
has been more brutatly outraged by the
Republican party, its leaderA and its min
ions, than any other. state. After swim
ding her out Of her full vote by military
intimidation; after suppressing all her
Democratic presses; after carrying the
new constitution by soldiers votes. which
hardly one lawyer in Baltimore will say
were constitutionalIy cast, the admins
tration is not yet stated. Maryland must
be subjected to one more outrage, and
General Wallace is the appropriate in
strument for the work.
The state election OfMarylpn1 occurred
on the day Of the presidential election, as
it does in New York. OF her Legislature
the administration, by the methods which
all the country knows and the party
founded on great moral ideas defends, car
ried majority of the House Of Delegates.
But to the Senate they only elected eleven
members, while the Democrats elected
thirteen, thus giving the latter majority
of two in that body.
The Republican party, habitually guilty
Of more braZen and unmitigated political
villanics than all the parties which have
lived or died on this continent, devised
new one foe wipipg out this Democratic
majority in the Maryland Senate. When
it became known that the Democratic
senator, Mr.. Holland, from Dorchester
(IIick'S) county, had been returned elect
ed by some eight hundred majority, Gen.
Wallace caused him to be informed that
unless he resigned he would imprson HIM
and send him beyond the lines; alleging,
as prctcXt, that he had been a member
Of the Legislature of 1861, which had at
tempted to carry the state out of the Tn.
ion. 1t is notorious as the records prove,
that this allegation is utterly unfnunled.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Holland, fearful Of the
effects on nervous and delicate wife,
rendered his resignation to the governor
Of the state, who issued his warrant fnr
an election on the 23d of December to iii
the vacancy. The calculation is, to de-
feat another Democratic candidate in Dor
chester by direct military interference. as
was done in Caroline and Talbot counties
at the late election. In Somerset county,
Mr.. Lewis Waters, the Democra attic candl-
date for the-Senate, hal been also return.
cd elected by large majority. General
Walace wrote hin that some time early
in 1861 he had caused secession flag to
be exhibited from his office, and therefore
he was unfit to be senator, and, unless
he resigned, he would inprison him and
send him beyond the lines. Waters an.
swercd that the charge against him vas
an unqualified fliSehood; that he challens-
Ell proof, aul declined To resign, inaSmuch
as he had been elected by majority Of
more than twelve hundred of his consttu.
cntS. Whcreupou General Wallace sent
down to his residence guard with
lieutenant, seized Waters, separating him
from his distressed wife and children, and
dra Gcd him to Baltimore, where he is
now in prison, il indeed, he has not b,en
already rXi}cd.
The citizens Of Maryland are a law
abiding people patient, offering no re.
sistance-none, not even 10 the enamel.
patton scheme Of the new constitution,
which deprivcs them Of their property
without one dollar Of compensation, or
even the hope Of any. They have acquj,
eSced, suhmittcd-nay, more, in spirit
Of humanity, they are showing every dis
position to protect their domcstics from
want ard exposure. Why, then, should
a petty despot be suffered further to
tramplc on their dearest ri -htS, and that,
too. without the shadow Of n necessity?
Of course we are not 50 foolish as u
protest against these outra-eS. Mr.. Lin.
coin has received the permission Of his
party TO continue them. The Tribune
will enjoy them, scrcoch about Free
Maryland" and the everlasting negroes
whom It's bastard philanthropy has sent
to death by the hundred thousand. But,
though not protesting at the outrage Itself,
we do profess against its ncedleSsnesS and
srpcriluiy. Why could not General
Wallace wait till this Democratic MAORI.
ty hindered some Of the Republican
schemes before he took measures to re,
ducc the senate to a tie which the vote Of
the acknowledgements elect will deter
mine in favor Of the Republicans? Why
should not General Wallace suffer the
scm5lancr, the mockery and the pretense
Of representative government to seem to
.inger? VIII not President Lincoln re-
store General Butler to Baltimore: But
Ter and Wallace are both tyrants, but
Batter is not bungler at the business.
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