The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-11-14
Affairs in Baltimore.

Affairs in Baltimore.
We stated in our last that Judge Bond had
caused the new Police Commissioners ap-
pointed by Gov. Swami, to be arrested as
disturbers of the peace. This action by a
firm and upright Judge had the happy effect
of preventinga a conflict of arms, as the new
Commissioners were engaged in enrolling
and swearing in 2,O0o special policemen, for
the purpose Of taking possession of Balti-
more by force The Judge, in granting the
writs to arrest these persons, said:
GAS the State Attorney for Baltimore City
it is your duty to bring to the notice of the
Court the very grave facts you have just
mentioned. 1t is the only tribunal heres
charged with the punishment of crime and
the preservation of the peace Whatever
power it has for these purposes should be
Immediately invoked and exercised to pre-
vent violence, which you suggest is contein-
plated. 1t is not our duty to determine the
questions in dispute between those claiming
to the Office of Police Commissioners, but it
ought not to be truthfuly said that in Gov
ernment so long established as that of Mary
land the only way to obtain possession of an
office is by force of arms. The courts are
open. An appeal to them can be speedily
heard and all official rights determined
This course must be pursued. An array of
force for any purpose of this kind is an un-
lawful assembly. The parties engaged in it
are guilty of a breach of the peace, and must
be Immediately arrested. All the power of
this Court shall be exercised with vigor and
promptness to prevent such violation of
law, and the public peace shall be preserv-
ed at all hazards. The fact that persons
claiming rightfully or wrongfully to be Po-
lice Commissioners are about to place persons
on the streets as police officers charged with
the duty of preserving the public peace, is
calculated to alarm the public mind. The
| dread of collision between the two forces,
and of ultimate armed conflict, will fill the
minds of peaceable and order-loving citizens
with terror. 1t is impossible that this should
be allowed if the law Can prevent it, and the
warrant you ask shall ISSUE"
| The excitement in Baltimore was very
great A correspondent of the Tribune says :
To-day the excitement has greatly subsi-
dcd, and though thousands of citizens are
grathered in crowds near Holiday-st Thea
tire and the newspaper offices, the most per-
feet order prevails. Peace is preserved rath-
er than maintained. An Army officer of high
rank present in the city remarked that b..
never witnessed such deep and intense feel
ing as was manifested yesterday, and never
saw high excitement kept under such per-
feet control. For this very great credit is
due to the Mayor and Police Commissioners
and their excellent force. No city in Amer
lea has a better system than Baltimore, and
at the present timeit is blessed generally
with greater degree of public order. Dur
ing the administration of the present police,
who succeeded the force of the notorious
Kane, none of the violence of former years
has been seen, notwithstanding the large in
famatory elements constantly present. Yes
terday the excitement was at high pitch
nearly all day, and the peril was felt to be
imminent. All parties seem to have cooper
ated with the police to avert it. 1t was felt
that pistol shot fired with effect in the
most crowded neighborhoods might and
! probably would result in destructive Iiot.
and it is a remarkable fact, that with 10000
| constantly on the streets, consisting of exas-
/ perated soldiers from both the Rebel and
| Union armies. secessiOnists, emancipated
radicals, conservatives, police and ripraps
.jostling against each other all day, three
fourths of them armed to the teeth, filled
with the most opposite purposes and excited
/ by the most bitter passions, not single blow
was struck anywhere. All parties saw the
/ impending danger and each man put an ex-
ira moderation on his lips and an extra
guard upon his hand. Prudence seems te
have been combined with courage IN every
movement of the police They displayed
/ no weapons but were constant in vigilance
| A dozen or fifteen arrests were made, but fol
riotous threats and tendencies and not fo
| any violent demonstration. The boys in
blue, numbering some 1000 in the city. Of
fered their services to the Mayor, but they
were not accepted as an organization. Mos
( of them. however, were mustered in as spe
/ cial police, among them their commander
4 and President, Major Gen. Dennison, who
! commanded the loyal Maryland Brigade ant
/ lost his right arm at Spottsylvania Gen
] Wooley was also on duty as police officer
The boys in blue" were commanded II
avoid every unnecessary act or word tina
could possibly provoke collision"
! A writ of hubeas corpus was sued out fo
the imprisoned Commissioners. and tn
whole matter is to be judicially investigated
and settled We repeat, it is obvious tina
bloedshed thus far has been prevented b,
the prudence. firmness, and caution of til
existing loyal City government, and th
i prompt discharge of duty by Judge Bond
] The country also owes much to Gen. Gran
for his frequent visits to Baltimore to pre-
E serve the peace. He gave excellent advice
{ which was followed by the loyalists of Bal
/ tiTnore
/ Els stated that the Copperheads have cal
rsed Maryland. Thisreport may be true, bu
we doubt it.
1t is better, when In a strait, to take wha
yuu can get than to wait and take the wors
This maxim applies just now. with muc
fouce to the Southern States. Many of ou
people subscribe to this maxim, and majo
ity would. but for the hope that they will g
al they demand. The next Congress wi
dissipate this hope. But it is impossibl
to convince the majority of this fact
! @Ephraim is joined to his idols; let hil
alone"
aye scould be dupes and madmen, and yv are"
When the worst comes, as it certainly will
remember our warning. Do not hold US n
sponsible for what is in reserve for you. W
4 arded in vain tn save Won from the wrath [