The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-11-09
Maryland.

MAXI LAND.
The diRiculiy between the Police Commits.
Eioaers Of Baltimore, and Governor Swami,
Of Maryland, is e~licitiug more earnest atsen.
lion Snd inquiry thaa any political event
ainee the war. Although Of q purely local
nature, itS pOrtsats indicate a general Agiia-
tlon aad turmoil. The circling wave pro.
dueed By drOpping a stone In the midst Of a
quiet lake, win produce a succession Of inn
liar connections TO the shores, so this diff
Guilty, II pushed to a contest Of arms, will
give rise to others, and this consequent sue
cession Of conflicts will soon enrelop the
whole Union In the red flames Of another
civil war. In this aspect s~n:irely warranted
by the pFSSsn; attitude Of affairs, the Mary
land trouble presents an alarming phasiS,
Somebody win have to yield, or blood will
follow. Both parties seem equally p~ertina.
cious-equall5 determined upon having their
will. II there is n resort to arms the Strug-
gle will De obstinate in spirit, fearful in
slaughter, but yet decisive in result.
The case is this. The law of Maryland
empowers the Governor during the recess
Of the Legislature to remove the Police Com
missioners of Baltimore for Official mis- Goa
duct. It is alleged BY Governor Swami, al
Andy Johnson parasite, tia; the Police Com
miSSionsrS IN tha. city hare fl!ez within the
ban Of the law, By IabssrVing the interests
and purposes Of the Radical Party. The secret
10 this: The Commissioners are Radicals,
and Gov. Swami, al the bidding of his master
Andy, ia sndeivoring 10 remove them, for
they are out OF reach Of the Presidents,
guillOtine. The Radical Party OF Baltimore
and Maryland cannot fail to sustain the Com
m~issiOBSrS without 4 criminal disregard Of
their duties s. citizens and patriots. They
INST successfully resist the usurPatiOus Of
Swami, "psseea5ly Il they can, Gorei6Iy # they
mast" who, il iS evident, is stimulated to his
course BY the DalignitisS A. Washington, or
there will be no alternative but an ignomin-
ioHs surrender Of their State into the hands
&C the COpperhsadS snd returned rebels. If
The violence threatened by the peace-disiurb-
ing Governor should really occur and be
"Vsraalehsd or bid likely to be oVerma,ched
J., the Radicals, Andy will come 10 the res
cue with bis army Of Rebel BuSh6hRcksrs,
pATdoned eolp:erfsiters, murderer, cut
thToAts, and n5saSsina. The loyal men Of the
East and West, in response 10 the crisI for
sacea' from their struggling brethren, will
come down from the granite hills anj
aSroSS from the P~rairies, and With their
hearts Of dauatlesS courage and their Arms
Of t%irslsss strength, 10 the cause Of Jul;ioe,
Freedom ard Humanity, will bias, the 0p-
greSsor and bis u!aionS By a complete and
irretrievabls overthrow.
II the President. and hiI party wish to
make Of Maryland what they have made Of
many portion, OF the South, one wide and
cherries dsso'Ation, and Of the beautiful
city Of Baltimore another Atlanta or Rich
ioond, they have oaiy TO at,smp. to hasten the
shaekleS Of despotiSm upon their loyal Peo-
pie, and their wishes will Soon be grAti6ed.
Although the isrVor o. the martial spirit Of
the great North has died away in a great de-
gree, il would require but a slight manifesto
tloR on the part Of Andrew Johnson OF a de.
sign to overthrow the loyal people Of Mary
land BY "tbe regular troops" 10 rskindle =
to is Old intensity. He has but to commit
one over, act Of hostility 70 them, and Ny
Maryland will be a vast camping ground Of
armies gathered from the rAllisI and rock.
ribbed noGnlaias Of the BASt asd the plains
tia. lie bsnssih the setting sun the ocean
like roar Of The Chesapeake, will miBgls with
the Ioul-6ring strains Of martial music, aad
the brightness Of the SuA win DO thrown
ba'k to b1 burning disc By half a million Of
right-dsfsnding bayonstI EirdlinE its shores.
No diSasirous sPathy, no unPairiotie tOrpor
has taken hold upoa the Libvrty-loVinE and
Liosrt y-Ihislding people Of the Union to
such 80 sE,sui a. to suEer aoy part Of ,hsiE
noble league against treason and traitors TO
be TanquiShsd.