The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-09-06
The Governor and the Reg
isfrars.

I
The Sentinel, last week, was again fu-
rious in regard to Executive interior
nnce with some Of our Carroll county
Registrars; but with all its extended
remarks, fails to make a serious case,
| or to sustain the foul charges its ar
ticle of the week before. No attempt is
made to show that the Secretary of
State used any threats; but it is said
that the gentleman who accompanied
him talked about more than twenty in
dictmcnts being found against one Of
the Registrars for alleged misconduct.
| If all we have heard about the course
| of some of them be true such remark
would not have been much out Of place
| and it would be very well to have all
such bear in mind that the law imposes
severe penalty for DISTINGUISHING quail
flied voters.
After what we said last week we do
not think there is much need for fur
| ther comment, since the case disclosed
really amounts to little or nothing
The Governor is fully authorised by the
| 18th Section, md Article Of the Con-
stitution, to remove, for "incompetcncy
or misconduct" all civil officers by him
appointed for term not exceeding two
years and it would be very strange if
he had not the right to inquire, person.
ally even ipto the alleged misconduct Of
these officials Instead of being Of
Tended, they should esteem it an act Of
great condesccnsion for 80 high an Of
| fetal to confer with them about the cor
rect discharge Of their duty. If any of
them, listening TO their radical advisers,
should feel themselves iusultcd by it,
We think they display a bad spirit, as
we'll as unftness for the station. Every
body will conccdc that they have a per-
feet right to decide on their owncourse !;
but it is not they alone who are inter
cstcd The people whose dcarcstrights
are entrusted to them, as well as the
Governor who is responsible for the acts
Of his appointees, have a deep interest
in the matter aud those registrars who
arc SO pulled up with sclf-imporlancc
or party zeal as to rcpcl advice, come
from what quarter it may, only show
that the peoples rights have been en-
trusted to bad hands aud that they
arc fit subjects for removal. OF course
the Governor was induced to rcposc
great confidence in them whom be ap.
pointed them, aud ii is little to the crcd-
it Of any one to spurn his advice with
contempt We have understood that
the radicals openly boast Of some one Of
the Registers, who threatened TO kick
Governor Swami out Of his house,
should he visit him We should not be
surprised if he was the one who declared
in our hearing at the Court House, ou
the day they were qualified, that thcrc
were certain mcu in his district to
| whom he would not administer the oath
| and should they oA5g themselves ior
registry, he would say 10 thcm go
away have nothing to Do with you.
! We thought that was queer speech
for an impartial judge. We think
where they prejudice cases in that way,
the Governor would be justified in max.
ing q removal instead Of sending mcs.
scueers to culightcn them. We advise
our radical friends not to be too eth
on the occasion, as they will fad it no
small matter to dslranchisc their fellow
citizens, and thatthc time may yet come,
aud that speedily whcn the oltagcs
committed under the Registry las may
meet with due punishment