The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-11-08

4. By delegating to the Marshal and
officers under him the power to appoint
special policemen without themselves
into the qualifications or NOR
al standing Of said officers, thus attempt
ing TO show the responsibility Of bad
which they we're ready 10
accept. upon their subordinetcs.
o By suffering the judges of election
70 throw aside the boxes for rejected
ballots, and giving them no advice rs to
their obligation under the law 10 use
them, and refusing toremove them from
Office for 50 manifest yiolationof duty.
Every phase Of this Investigation
shows bow utterly regardless the Police
Commissioner have been Of their plain
line Of duiy. They knew that the po.
licc system was based upou the siric.
test neutrality IN all party contests. II
IS not sufficient Cor the Police Commits
siOucfs TO plead ignorant Of She sets Of
their saborAnNies They appoint the
Judges Of election a. well as the police.
both regular ahd special, aud it they
choose 20 delegate this power Of sppoin.
tmcnt to uthCra they make Themselves
rcspou 3iLlc 20 soulc extent for the acts
Of their sgcnts, They were bound by
the Law o see that party interference
was carefully cxclndcdfrou their organ
izai.0n Docs not the evidence prove,
that ucvor at auy former pcriod Of the
hi.i8ry er Baltimore haze the police
.becp so mixed MP Wish the oScltiag
political issues o. tlc day The judge
Of election, the clerks, ihc members 81
,lig police corps recently appointed, with
very few exceptions, It any, have bcon
.rletts3irnn The Radical party hemo.
Gratis whether war % peace. aud all
ellsses Of Conservative mee. were irca
ie'l a. disloyal anj unworthy Of eou6
deHoe -,
The Governor Of the State caanal
.hriuk from has lluly 90 the pruplr
The threats Of armod combination ~
home. uf iuy sous from other States tp
oterturn our laws. could hardly b. *.
pcs,el 20 deter him i9r single moment
40 tho puGufhiug czcfeisc Of al the
functions witli which hp has bccu cloth
Cd The people Of the state of Mary.
lanl have been registered by Union
mru- mot the Ices ~ because coucfya-
tjga iu their srulmrnis-aul ihrso SO.
teu iuIy passed upon by the proper of
Gesrs. ailrf lul examination into their
the Constitutional osth
70 one aui all and their
otu,e rutefei upon the oIhciai regis
as III, lcaal ,oirr. They arc adJuit.
cl % lhg 70 IS onr highest Judicial iri
haull They AK AZ the hands Of the
Executive that they may not be cyelu.
del by powerful partisan combination.
iTadcr the control Of the Police tuinmis-
sioucTs~-uos powerful iu numbers but
because Of the authority ahieh they
have heretofore exercised under tlclr
commissions from the State claiming
that there Is no loyalty bat in the cX.
trsmc Radical party aud turning q deal
ear 20 the demands Of any other elas- Of
ciiiscns In the discharge OF my official
duiics. ~ this case can know no paf.
Is 1 must see that the authority 81 the
State is maintained IN the interest Of
the whole people, j the laws are Oh.
jccsiouable, the Legislature, Who made
them. aud not the Governor, Is rcspou-
siblc He Is the Executive. and not
the law making power lie would bring
diseredit upou the State II be- should do
Injustice 10 tho humblcst citiEcu The
appeal 10 the returned veterans, by
weak sud lhouehtlczs men, Go rai=e The
standard oi rebellion against the constI-
,utcl authorities Of the State, cannot
fail TO meet the condemnation which it
deserves amuus all order loving citizens
,fwhltcycr poliiicalplrty, They would
have been doug here. ii they needed
such adyicc-wbich / am sure they will
not just what thcy haze bceu lighting
io robuko in the rcbullious States. The
Ga shot fired upon the American nag
in the hands Of the recognized authori.
ties OF this State. besides subjcctug
them to the seyerest penaltics Of the
Laws, would cause tlie hurcls which they
have won ia the struggles Of the past to
fade aud withcc IN their hands They
viii not, | am sure, permit themselves
10 be lured from their path of duty as
citizens, by impulsivc aud
-cck loss leaders, when they have the
Courts always open to their grievances.
While to them speak in the language
IF friendly admonilion and the SINGER.
,St regard ! cannot characterize with
90 much Indignation the intrusion in
% Maryland to intervene in Der domes.
lie affairs, of well known reyolutionist
md agitalor from an adjoining State,
who, rcpudiated already by the leading
journals Of the party with whom he Is
20 operating for this wicked attempt to
excite bloodshed aud provoke another
,ivil war, has already retired from the
ield of his reasonable machinations 70
icrcen himself from the contempt which
ais conduct has everywhere provoked
He must not forget that the strong arm
If the law is impending over him, and
hat the State OF Maryland will know
low to protect herself ut the proper time
Igainst all such disturbers Of the peace
nd safety Of her people.
Impressed, as / am, with the utter
of the police organization