The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-10-27
Baltimore.

Ffior 10 tue iate inunlCipal eleCtiou ID DNltt~
more city, it was question SIS to who were enti-
tied to vote at that election. Some contended that
,nly those registered last year were entitled 10
suffrage as the present lists were iu The hands Of
he new registers, and would not be completed
until the 3lst of this month others thought the
aewly-registered had right TO vote, and on
this question the opinions Of many eminen, law
vers was asked and given Atlast, the Cover
DOR of Maryland solicited the opinion of the
proper officer to decide the matter, the Attorney
General of Maryland. BE decided that only
those registered in 1865 could vote at the Mayor
atty election, and it was conducted in accord
ance with that decision, by the Police Commits
sioners and the loyal gentlemen they had select
circulated, asking the Governor to Gust the
Commissioners from their positions. The law
creating the Board gives the Governor the power,
in the recess Of the Legislature, to remove its
members for official misconduct The petit
ton was signed by about a, 600 of the rebels OF
Baltimore and presented 10 Governor Swami on
Friday of last week, by Committee of rebels,
the spokesman on the occasion being George w
Herring who took occasion to inform the Gov
ernor, in his address, that be had been sympa-
thizer with the South. Mr.. Swami summoned
the Police Commissioners to appear before him
on Monday last, but they refused TO recognize
his right TO act in the matter, contending that he
had no jurisdiction over them and that he could
not Judge of their conduct Their counsel stated
the determination OF the Commissioners TO the
Governor, and then withdrew, but Governor
Swami decided to take upon himself the respon.
siblity of deciding the matter, and postponed
the case until yesterday, Friday, } when be was
to determine upon the matter. The affair has
created an intense excitement in the city, the
whole loyal population maintaining the Com
missioners in thier determination. Meetings
have been held all over the city, at which reso-
lutions have been adopted evincing determine
ton on the part Of the citizens TO resist the ag-
gressions of Governor Swami at all hazards
The ;ssBoys in Blue = have formed associations
in every ward, and, headed by Gems Henley,
Dennison and Woolley, have offered their servi-
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duty in this emergency. 1t remains to be seen
what will come of all this Governor Swami
has the power Of quieting all this alarm, or Of
creating an outbreak that will prove no child s
play. lie has issued a proclamation dicounte-
nancing these military organizations and order
ing that they cease, but the people so terribly
in earnest that they will scarcely heed his "or-
ders' They see the rebel element of the State
straining every nerve, adopting every MEANS
honorable and dishonorable, to gain control Of
the State, and they see faitbless Governor, a
man elected by their votes, coming to The aid Of
this rebel element, and even going % far as to
attempt to overthrow the government of the city,
in order that the schemes ofrebel politicians may
be successful and himself elected to the United
States Senate. The people wiU not submit to THE.
If one man, placed in q position to execute the
laws. is allowed to trample them beneath his feet
with impunty, and substitute bis own arbitrary
will in their stead, then, indeed our boosted lib
critics have passed from our hands aud we have
become the subjects ola petty tyrant. Governor
Swami should pause and reflect. His action in
this matter can quiet all this excitement, or it
can arouse the iercest passions of the people, and
cause the bursting forth Of political volcano
most fearful in its. character and which may be
most disastrous in its results. The Union men
Of Maryland ask but justice nothing moro they
insist that all our laws shall be executed, and
that no one man shall attempt to usurp the au-
thority belonging to Others. The people will
await the further developments Of this attempted
outrage with painful anxiety. ~ ~ ssees.a