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er with the details by which they were to be
regulated, there would be what he deemed in his
judgment a force competent to insure to those
who might, be entitled to vote, the free and un-
trammeled exercise of their right of suffrage,
and that it was his belief that unless some un-
foreseen occurrence should take place or an un-
governable feeling should be excited by those
who were then engaged in the effort to break
down the city government, that the election
would proceed quietly and without interruption;"
And whereas, His Excellency declined or failed
to furnish to the Mayor any evidence (if any he
had) of a combination on the part of any citizens
to obstruct or violate the laws; but forthwith,
without further consideration or correspondence,
issued his orders to the military officers to en-
roll, equip, and hold a command of not less
than six regiments ready for immediate service
and thereupon made his proclamation to the
citizens of Baltimore, announcing among other
things that he had issued to this imposing mili-
tary force thus brought into the field full in-
structions to preserve the peace of the city, and
secure to the legal voters their rights against
the violence and intimidation of the lawless
ruffians who have disgraced the city, and out-
raged the elective rights in the recent elec-
tions;" And whereas, in said proclamation he
commanded, that no man should leave the pre-
cincts of his own ward unless ordered to do so
by competent authority; thus would he pro-
mote the fairness of the election, and avoid the
just retribution that would be dealt to those
vagrant emissaries of disorder who wander
from place to place for the purpose of illegal
voting; And whereas, His Excellency, in com-
municating to the Senate and House of Dele-
gates his proceedings in and about the matters
aforesaid, has declared that a decent respect for
the opinions of his fellow citizens, and due con-
cern for the dignity of his office, and regard for
his personal honor, induced him to employ that
occasion for a dispassionate review of the series
of events intimately connected with our domes-
tic policy, and entitled apart from any concern
he might entertain with regard to himself to
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