The Portland daily press., 1866-11-02

sne romeo Commissioners have violated the
aw anu rendered themselves liable to the
on"lse vi misconduct in Office by creating or
pGtiiittlng per-, to grow up under their eyes, and
ization S,ieif completely, violent partizan organ
anSt, ndnmt treating all as disloyal who do not
adopt the views of the radical party. by deny
ing tne right of the Governor tc entertain ju-
rlsulcton OF charges of official misconduct.
prepared against the Commissioners, by ap-
poiiin.lng 70 office Judges of election, special
p,I, pumoomen @ and clerks, exclusively from their
oMn o p1rty and in many instances incompe-
s,,h sen1 ahd IN some of principles of most dis
IePutapie character, and denying appointments
10 any otner class of our citizens, by delegating
20 tne Marshal and officers under him the
power 70 appoint special policemen, without
themselves lnquiring into the qualifications
ana Standing of said officers, thus attempting
20 throw the responsibility of bad appoint
rents winch they were ready to accept upon
tnelr suDordlnates by suffering the Judges of
eieGtioh 70 throw aside the boxes for registered
psai!:ots si! ana giving them no advice as to their
oDllgatlon under law to use them, and refusing
70 remove them from office for so manifest a
violation of duty
Inc Governor concludes as follows:
Inc Governor of the State cannot shrink
from MS duty to the people. The threats of
armed combinations at home. of invasions
from other States to overturn, our laws could
hardly be expected to deter him for a single
moment from the unflinching exercise of all
ii mnctlons with which he had been clothed
The people of the State of MARYLAND have been
registered by Union men, not the less SO be-
cause conservative in their sentiments and
tnese voters duly passed upon by the proper
Omcers, after full examination into their
quanncatlons, the constitutional oath admins
tered 10 one and all, and their names entered
upon the official registry as legal voters. They
are adJudged to be SO by our highest tribunals.
They ask at the hands of the Executive that
they may not be excluded by a powerful parti-
zan combination under the control, of the po-
lice Commissioners, not powerful in numbers
but because of authority which thew have
heretofore exercised under their commissions
from the State, claiming there is no loyalty but
IN the extreme radical party, and turning
deaf ear to the demands of any other class of
our citizens. Asti 7l4 49, =
In the discharge of my official duties in this
case, L can know no party must see that
the authority of the State is maintained in the
interests OF the whole people. If the laws are
Objectionable, the Legislature which made
them, and not the Governor, is responsible
he Is the Executive, and not the law making
power He would bring disgrace upon the
State If he should do injustice to the humblest
eltzen. Their appeals to the returned yeter-
ans by weak and thoughtles men to raise the
standard OF rebellion against the constituted
authorities of the State, cannot fail to meet
the condemnation which it deserves among all
iaw-aDlding citizens of whatever political par
ty. Ihey would be doing here If they need
advice, which l am sure they will not, Just
what they have been lighting to rebuke in the
rebellious States The first shot fred upon the
American flag in the hands of the recognized
authorities of this State, besides subiecting
them to the severest penalties of the law, would
cause the laurels which they have won in the
struggles OF the past to fade and wither on
their hands. They will not, 1 am sure, permit
themselves to be lured from their path of duty
as law abiding citizens by impulsive and reck-
less leaders, when they have the courts always
open to their grievances. While to them ]
speak in language of friendly admonition and
sincerest regard, / cannot characterize, with
too much indignation, the intrusion into Mary
land to intervene in her domestic affairs of a
well known revolutionist and agitator from an
adjoining State, who repudiated already by the
leading journals of the party with whom he is
cooperating for this wicked attempt to excite
bloodshed and provoke another civil war, has
already retired from the field of his reasonable
Vaccinations to secure himself from the con-
tempt which his conduct has everywhere pro-
voked He must not forget that the strong
arm of the law is simpending over him, and the
State OF Maryland will know how to protect
herself at the proper time against all such dis
turbers of the peace and safety.