, 1866-10-27
TnL E..I,TIEUKi. DIFFI-ULTY.

t.oycFrGF Swami net + quail to thc 1Echet
;st Effect Of tho Stand
Taken f,r The l1EtDtiptn-Thc Real
tln'stlGI, ut l>>,ir-T:tltct OF Carrying
our tile Rebel Iru:rnn,n,c-Tllc Ensr
araial:t the C"n,n ,nIix*Ioncrs Called
The Erriy The Governors Jnrl~dsctLon
unu I:rfnho tu Approximations
character Of the ChnrCca.
From Our Own CORRESPONDENT
Baltimore, October sith, 1865.
Gorcrnor Swami pauscs In the work laid
nut for him by tic Baltimore Conservatives
End eeccsstouists. They demanded that tho
scheme far removing the Police Commission
crs and breaking down the Union party
should be consummntcd at once. They
wanted everything done day befnre ycstcr
1ay, but would be content IL it were done
yesterday. As IL Is, the Governor will not
cnteF upon the investigation of the chnrEcs
ueaiust these of|lcIa!s till day after to-mor-
row, and is not likely to take any action be-
fore next week. The determined stand made
by the Unfon!st has produced o great re-
suit, and the city Is muc. less excited than
when Wroic yon four days ngo-tll0ugh 1t
wonld not be correct to say that all
danger Of au outbreak is pa>t.
The removal Of the Commissioners Is the
technical question before the Governor: the
real question before the people is the rcstou-
tion Of the Stntc to rebel or scmircbrl cnu.
t,o1. ESan,inc the matter never so closely,
and ono cannot resist the conclusion TINT the
only "oflicial misconduct" Of which the
Board is guilty consists In tho flct that toto-
rious rcGcls and di.loyalists were no. allowed
to vote at the recent charter election. Yet
In spite Of tllfs the removal Of these gentle
mcls would nut In itself cause an outbreak
would not even cause any unusual excite.
mcnt. Everybody understands, however.
that this act;would be but the begin1in, Of
the cnd-and thut end the supremacy uf The
rebc'.sy ymluthlzing party In the city and
State.
With this Beard iu office, and with cleo
tlons conducted by their Judges, u,.lcr the
OF the State, the city will elect two Repnbli
can Congressman md n full Union dclcya
lion III the cyislaturc-wAorcby will bc u.s.
sured the reelection Of Senator Crcswcl1,
and the defcAt Of all efforts to repeal the
registry law and modify the Constitution
the Interests Of the rebels. Remove
the Doatd. and the Governor will appoint
Conservatives or open ympathizcrs-wlleucc
will folio" cn election sn conducted that
large numbers Of former rebels and disluyai-
ists can yUte. the defeat Of Union Congress
men, The choice OF Governor Swami Or Mont
somery Blair to the se"ate. repeal Of tue
registry law. change In tho Constitution,
tue immediate supremacy Of The Conserva-
tive and Coppcrhcad party in four Of the tiye
Congressional districts, the overthrow of the
Republican party in tho city at the mex. elcc.
tion, rcigu Of ex-rebcls and their syn,psl.
sh'zefs, and long fight with the spirit Of
The Police Commissioners are two
Messrs. Hines and Wood. They hAvc held
office tor nearly four years, md are elective
by the Legislature. They are buth gentle
lnen oi high social and business standing,
50 far bark as the wcak-kuccd winter OF
lsC1tl. That they have dene their lsty as con-
servntors Of peace aud soad order Is proven
hy the :act that rebellion was able to .,c: no
hotio!a in the city during the war and after
heir accssslon to Office; l personally know
his 81 nse ofgrntcful obligation to them for
stern aid faithful performance Of duty.
The case against the Commissioners was
called bctcre the Governor day bgE,!c yes
tcrtay, uuder tlnt clause Of the act Vi lsG.a
declaring that = for official misconduct amy
"A concurrent vote oG the two Houses Of he
General Assembly, or By tLe Governor
darins the recess tl,creof.S The Co,nnis-
sioncrs declined to appear, but were repre-
secntcd by three very eminent lawyers of this
city, The counsel presented paper which
was in the nature Of 4 communication to the
Governor 4 single paragraph therclrom
will show the position takct, by the Conn
missiuners. They say:
,.Ihts power Of ,emoyal for official mi*sondnc:
o y e. csP
no. to pronounce ue guilty thereof. Official mis-
coldnct Is criminal otrnsc, known To mud de-
ntd BY 1le laws Of the land By that title, and, as
verdict OF Jury When convicted Of oIlc.al mis-
corduct by shc proper tribunal Of the s:ate We
admit the power pT the General Assembly, or The
Governor, In the recc,s thereof, 10 remove MS OF
either Of wllu ehall have been previously con-
vscicd. Without such indictmeht and con,ic:ion
We admit no right in your ESccllency o. General
Assembly to remove ns, nor can wc e,nseat 10
prevent evidence 10 contradict the aailavts 10
which you refer, for tho reason thai VIC cannot
Executive officer who, We believe and are
aax8sm fhs lin 's of II shs sasffy of this to says tay u.s.
powers Of Government ought 10 hr forever sc2a-
rate and distinct from Each other, and no person
exercising tse 1a1c1io9s e ono q sa.d Depart.
other. II ofHeia4 misconduct be an fndict2blc Of
fence, over which The Judicial Department Of tue
state has Jurisdiction, aud to prevent which Is The
sumiEg TO try us Tor that offence, will be, In tho
very teeth uf the fundamental law, assuming aad
@des9sn @ tue dnes Of Of anetss n et
c1coF power Of removal. q contingency which
Gun only aii;e nom Mcrlous conviction. The
ndc;aele 5isnc a"a o. yonr ' own ve1dit a1 u
EIlt9, 10 c3ert1sc The Executive poWe: al Ec1nhc-
~: tie convicted person and appointing his sue.
Tue case Of the Commissioners .csts on
this argument, SO far us the Governor is con
cclned. The Executive, having determined
to try them, decided that hc lad juri slic
ton, Of course. Th.ir counsel then with
drew; and the Governor and the counsel n
the rebel sympat!izcfs arranged that the in
restlgatian should tc proceeded with on Fri
day-day after to.snorrow. The Commission.
| crs do net intend taking any further notice
| of the matter; and, in the event Of removal
~ the Governor, will decline to yacatc of
iice, and will resist interference with ti.eil
duties BY any outside persons.
The tirst nf The charges against the Board
is that all the judges and clcrss at tic clar
I ter election two weeks aSo were tukcu from
the Republican party. Tie character Vi tht
movement in lie rebel bcl,a!1 il evidenced
ty tie fact that this is put forward as tlle
leading. charge: Canld anything b.
''shan eclcct discreet persons, being quail
fled vuters.' Not II word, OF course, us tt
the political status ri the persons selected
| helicSe IL Is usual In most States to TAXI
two Of the judges from the majority and Ont
from the minority; but, however il may b'
elsewhere, here il is not a question Of Law
but merely of comfy. In this case tlIcr
was At least Il good reason for the conrs
| pursued by tue Commissioners. The regis
tEa1s, nan:ed BY tho Governor, were, almos
! 10 q nlatl, conservatives ana u1a!OyAilstS, ant
had enrolled hundreds and hundreds Of mel
notoris,s!sly disqualified to vote; nu.l ther
was, therefore. t!c more urgent need tlla
great discrimination should be used BY tn
Judges,
| The other specific charges arc that boxc
Ge:vrc not provided for rejected ballots
The Police Justices were ordered to hold a
persons committed on election day Till alte
the close Of the polls. that political prafel
ence has been shown in removing and aI
pointing policemen. These charges III
Board 1lncqnivoeally deny. II Is also charge
that the judges refused to receive ut all III
ballots Of persons not:registcrcd In 1SG,-t
which the Commissioners reply that even
this be true II Is causc for complaint nj
against them but against The judges, VIII
acted on their own Interpretation Of til
law pertaining to the disposition Of sue
ballots. And this is all-thoush there is
great deal OF loose defamation about IL
rights ut the citizen, meaning ex-rebels, a,l
the manuer in which those rights have hec,
or may te denied. ISRAEL,
THE CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT.