New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-27
THE PALrIMoRE p1g r1cu1y

I The telegraphic dispatr hes alarming CON
only an inadequate idea. ofe, consequent on
diton of affairs in Bss.LSdicals to resist the
the preparations Of force rof arms. As we
/ State authoritiet there would be little to ap-
have before sBaltimore radicals alone We're
f prehend 5tfor these are represented by not
: coneeEm 5000 voters, out of a voting popu-
i mooY Of .35, 0oo A numerical disproportion
Q Y this kind would render hopeless any appeal
[ to force unless aidwere expected from abroad
But it seems to be agreed that the radicals of
Pennsylvania, who have been recently armed,
are to invade Maryland for the purpose of
supporting their friends. This would be the
commencement at least Of civil war.
In order to make this matter clearer, we
will briefly state the point at issue, The
police commissioners are elected by the
people. The present commissioners were
chosen under the restricted registry which
has, for some time, been IN force, and are, of
course, radicals. At the recent municipal
election they instructed the inspectors of cleo
ton, who are appointed BY them, not to per-
nit any one to vote who was registered this
year This was considered by the governor
| to be gross act Of "officia1 misconduct, and
| the law allows him, during the recess of the
| legislature, to remove the commissioners for
any official misconduct" He has, conse-
quently, summoned those officials to appear
before him toanswer charges preferred against
them by ten thousand citizens Of Baltimore.
The commissioners decline to appear on the
ground that he cannot remove them unless
they be convicted Of '',oficial misconduct :"
by a court of justice which, of course, is
absurd. The governor, it is stated, will re-
move them, and the commissioners declare
that they will resist force with force.
| IN order to show TIE state Of affairs in Bal
timore at our last accounts by mail, We take
the following from the telegraphic eorrespon-
dence of the n. Y. Tribune:
BALTIMORE, Oct. ia summons from Swami
was served on the board of police by the secre-
| tary of state at late hour on Thursday night
4 ordering them to appear before him at Annapolis
| on Monday next to answer charges against them
/ What their response will be is unknown. They
| were in consultation with their counsel to-day,
i but decline making public their determination.
One of the counsel has visited Annapolis for the
! purpose of examining the charges against them.
i The feeling of a majority Of the UniOnsts is
against the commissioners paying any attention to
swami s order. lley duElSe Lnen TO stay quietly
in their Office discharge their duties to act alto
gether on the defensive, and if Swami attempts
violence to meet force with force. Several eX-
military officers called today on Mayor Chapman
and the police commissioners and rendered their
services Tonight large meeting of veterans,
representing " the boys in bue,' was held, and
presided over by Brig. Gen. Woolley, who advised
them to stand shoulder to shoulder in this con-
test, as they had done in the field. Col Forthz
said that the meeting was called by the per1nis
sion of the commander of G the boys in blue, Y
Major Gen. Dennison, for the purpose Of taking
measures to support the regularly constituted
authorities of the city, and ofthwartng Swanns
effort to place the rebels in power. Committees
were appointed to canvass the city tomorrow,
and obtain the names of all who will support the
commissioners in any emergency, and to report to
| the 't boys in blue = at once. The following ad
dress was unanimously agreed upon:
1 Boys an Blue, Attention THE events now
transpring in this city make it incumbent upon US
once more to assemble in massed columns to
resist the attempts of traitors in our midst to de-
priye loyal men Of this city Of the control Of its
affairs and leave us to the tender mercies of our
| deadliest enemies You will at once report your
selves to your officers for assignment for duty and
/ hold yourselves ready at moments notice to de-
/ fend our chartered rights, now being menaced and
| endangered by the same despcable traitors whose
ready sympathy was always and ever for rebels
| in arms, and whose curses always followed US on
| every bloody field of the Maryland line. We
have fought and conquered the rebels, who
had the manliness to face US in the field. We
| nave to regulate those heroes who for the
last four years have stood with yardstick and
erockery ware in hand ready to furnish their dear
friends Of the South with their valuable sympathy
The Ioyal police board OF Baltimore must be sris
tanned at all hazar4s> and at every cost Be
en6 E1gh o RsI9 VA t PggGF 9
O'Clock, at the headquarters Of tie Unconstitu-
tional Union Central Committee.
~ - Z + q TAeR Colonel and d1ief Of STAFF
Meetings were held in several other places, and
IS acSo ps ~ ~ g e eft nF ote - ~ e
nonuoed as an attack upon the liberties Of the
Pe93plei There Bere B also meetings held Of the
counsel engaged by the Democrats ,'-t'-t7 '.''
The WASHINGTON correspondent of tbe Rich
nond Exafniner who is bv no means >. sem
sofion;st tbns writes .
0H IN Bm i 5s and IA he e sats sDg SY Te
moving the police commissioners. This act will
pc reslgtea @ @p$ 1oPce An sGrreeton f a,1 VIII t4ps M
governor Of the State for aid, cannot refuse to
put down The United States ! military force will
VIA Via @ the WlSa IT. Herban nge
be the opening scene Of the great drama which is