The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-02
The Cecil Wing.
ELKTON, FEBRUARY =, 1867.
swami,

all theSc. An outrage upon law ana the
Constitution. and yet seeming TO conform TO
those guides Of political action. Swami
public life is long chapter Of vllainies, n
close copy Of the usurpations of tyrants iii
the history OF nations. lie has ever been
proluse in professions, loud and earnest for
the right while with dark and subtle wies
he was perpctrating the wrong. His first
ascending steps to power We're on the theatre
those Of the tyrant and uSurper. Organizing
the slums of the city into clubs, he placed
himself at their head. To defeat the ma
iority. fraud was necessary to be used, yet
like the assas,in's dagger it must be con-
ccaled, and the hand hidden that struck the
blow, SO the injured party could not apply
10 the law to yindicate his rights. Those
clubs Of roughs were taught to deal, not by
open violence with ihcir foes--lor such the
peaceful and respectable citizen was held to
he-but. armed with avis, these bands Of
iufans were posted at every election poll in
the city. and as the ordcrloying citizen ap.
peared to deposit ha ballot, he was pierced
from behind with avis hy unseen hands, and
thus driven away without voting, to tell 9TH
ers how he bad been served and spread ter.
ror among the opponents Of the king 81
plugs. rs Swami was styled.
Succeeding in this, he ncXt aspircd 10 be
Governors but being void Of all moral prin
ciplc of course he was without political
principle. Thinking the pro. slavery side the
stronger in the great rebellion, Swami at first
espoused it, but as the fortunes of that power
speedily waned, and the star of emancipa
ton rose. his conversion was sudden and
violent after emancipation was accom-
plshcd by his political opponents, Swami
was found to be the greatest apostle Of free
dom! His ambition now coveted the guber-
material honors. and Judge Goldsborough,
Or whom the Union party had placed their
hopes for their next candidate--declinin in
favor of the quiet and more permanent po,
sition Of Circuit Judge, Swami, by his sys-
TEN Of wire pulling. succeeded in receiving
the nomination OF tic l'nion party for Coy
cnor. His hopes for success were placed
in Il great degree upon the registry law. and
his advice, while stumping the State in the
canvass which preceded his election, was, to
carry out that Lag to the exclusion of every
vote in opposition TO his election, that it
could be brought TO bear upon. While in
this county he said to a respectable, honest
farmer TO whom he was introduced at one OF
the mass meetings, Oar hopes rest with
the judges of election" lis new acquain-
lance, who was II genuine Radical, ic,licd
that lie thought . oar hopes were IN The pco.
pie = They mu,lall be excluded, mean.
ing the Coppcrhcads,l continued Swami,
not 4 d on" of them shall vote in Bal
tmere'
In the debate in tic Maryland Senate on
the repeal Of the Eastern SHORE law, Mr.,
Eiclicrs quoted from Swami message oil
January, 1866, aud remarked, as follows;
1T lnts been alleged that the dominant party who
now control the State represents mi"O,il of her az
stesate population. If 1t les su it is the To be
srctted that large number of "nr citizens shmhi
have identified themselves with the rebellion rs to suffer
the power whic! ths majority controlled TO pass into
other hands SNAIL how ever as III" minority may be,
cannot he denied tt II Is the ANA rg.It"
rrsGuAtiyc OF whatever there i of 10y atty among
people. They aIe the men to whom you indebted
for the safety Of you state and the property which yon
cioy, and without whose !ncuupromoing dcy utuu
to the Union, Maryland would have nc~g handed over
Ia indiscrimnatc de- sucom" Again: THE repeal of
tle Registration at. in my Judgment will not mate
rally benefit any class Of voters who may have been
heretofore DISTINGUISHED ,ndci its provisions The oath
of allegiance prescribe! by the Constitution makes it
iucnmhont upon the Judges Of Election TO do subs tan
aiiI what the Registers are required to do under Il
fair and proper Interpretation of their powers As the
Executive Of the Stale. do not feel authorized to
commend arcpuation by the Legislature OF tina or
ganic law of your State by any radical modification Of
the terms of the Registration act. lie then acting
with The Radicals. and declared that they the fair
and tedt'm0t" representatives NJ Thn'tr1 ht, Is 9i
inHiftg dHOhr .hF pCDpr'
Thus we find Swanp. one wear aqo. advo.
eating the provisions Of the registry law in
their most stringent form, and declaring that
the Judges Of election, in his Judgment, had
full power to correct any omissions of the
registers that might favor the disoyai class.
This fall we find thi, same Governor appoint
ing men rs registers who are disqualified by
their diSloyalty, and sending his secretary
through the counties to . instruct and in
iimidatr registers iut9 ertering on the list OF
loyal voters all that presented themselves for
that purpose. This he termed u "Iiberal
construction - of the law. An executive
has no authority to " literally" censtruc any
law. Those who understood the Governor $
language, tGew that . liberal construction =
meant disregard Of law.
But was this conversion Of Nj. @wGnn sud.
den as it seems? NoI AT all. His policy in
January last was to maintain the registry
law i, a.. II It's siringcncy, that he might
have il in ali o, ~ lower to drive the better
bargain with the secessloi, r.ity Of the State
Whrn that Legislature adjourned ihh Gov
ernur nj once set about the bargain and sale
which have Just been consummated. TO de
liver the State into Sac hands OF the rebel
party on the one part, and to sitGt Swami
United States Senator on the other part, were
the terms et this dark contract.
One Of the Democratic members of the
Legislature, just before the vote vas cast on
FRIDAY las, for Swami, remarked that many
II better man was IL The penitentiary, yet he
mast vote for him. Alter the deed was
done . that party expressed themselves Gs
much relieved by being through with the
dirty Job: and if the United States Senate
ref, sod ia let him uishouor their body by IL