• .• . 1 1 tar-;X:.,%tutmti,. • WiednepdLay. -June 12. 1867 ILLRYLAWS POLITIIIi.. ; • Last week We 'gave the.membeFs of the Maxyla,miConstitutlonal Contention to. Much credit. We said that, after debate, they had voted into their Constitution a clause recognizing . -tolored persons as competent, to appear as witnesses in Court. This was true ; hut they after wards grew affright at iheir boldness, • I. reconsidered , their action . ; and `referred the whole subject' to the - legislature of the State. The last Legi s lature, a few weeks agirdefeated a bill for this very purpose, mainly-upon the ground that the Consti tutional Convention, soon to meet, could more properly effect it. Thus these em bittered, defeated, rebellious men, whose souls are full of poison and hate, contin ue their petty otchemings to thwart na tional legislation, assert the explixied follies of the Slave era, and check the inevitable growth of liberty. Several circumstances have illustrated the true character of these men. they. refused, on. meeting,._to take the Oath of Office prescribed for them by the existing Constitution, because some of them could not hohestly swear they had not aided the rebellion ;:and they substituted a new oath which conveniently,onaittitl all refer ence to the past, and only required prom-. ises for the future—gladly taking this for office and power's sake, as they.had often done before, mentally reserving the sigh to breikit wheieyer expediency required They have insulted.khe nation by a pre, tentious re-assertion, of the worst dogmas haye incorporated into the de-nationalizing an, ries so prevalent beft which have been generally conceded to have been settled by the war, adversely to the theories. They have connived at the denial of the Constitutionality of the Emancipation decreed by the people of the United States ; and have encouraged the hope that Slavery might beore-eStab lished, or, that failing, that the; Govern ment would tax the resources of the Na tion for the payment of those , %vtio snf fered bObe overthrow of the "domestic institutionvhich had become literally a nursery for Traitors. They are opening the elective franchise to every Traitor who left the. State, joined the armies of Jen' Davis, and bathed his hands in the blood of{ men who were faithful to the flag, the Constitution, and the Nation ; and e meanly denying it to thousands of colored persons_who either served in the armies of the Union, or gave "aid and comfort" thereto. And this, for the char acteristic reason, as given= by one of their number, that "they could'inot enfranchise the negro in Maryland, as to do so would be to give control of UP. State to the Rad icals.", They have missed no oppoctu ; nity to try to wipe out the record of Ma ryland's loyalty throughout the war, and to flaunt their sympathy witn that "Lost Cause," Which embodied the most hate ful purposes for which men ever 4ought, and his gone to its grave beating the Ai tempt of every liberal spirit who treads the earth. These are the men whom Gov. y 5 wan n's .unparilleled baseness has thrown, for the moment, into the control of public affairs in Maryland. We observe that, in def. erence to- Gov. Swann, they have con cluded not to. I.4!urb his tenure of office. This is meet. Let Aim count his thirty pieces of silver, till lils-..kmr years have expired. Afterwards, he willhave time to hang himself. This despicable Convention cc>ii among its membership scarcely one per-, son known during the war as a Union man. All .were sympathizers with the Ind many of them so pub licly, that they were seized by the Gov ernment and confined that they :might be harmless. To-day, they are the gov erning power in the State of Maryland. Hut their power will be :temporary. Already, the Baltimore corre'spondent of the Charleston .114curg sees the signs of the coming of the day of wrath. Wire it shall come, - Treason shall no longer be respectable in Maryland ; Traitors shall no longer rule it ; and Maryland, a "republican form of government,"*ill resume her olden and honored place among her sisters. tfiii - The•Republkans of Beaver county have nominated.one of the best men in the State—THoAtAi4 Nicit oLS()).1 Esq., for Assembly. It, Is gratifying Co see a disposition manifested by the people to improve the character of our State Le_ gislature by' the nomination of upright and able men, who have been TESTED and PROVED to be beyondot he corrupting influences which have sadly demoralized legislation. Purity in the legislator is as indispen- s sable as intelligence. in the elector; and uo goverament can be considered stable in which unprincipled men are permit ted to wield the vast powers which are lodged In the hands of law-makers. The Bathe COnv,ention passed resolu tions in favor of the - enstettnent of a Free Railroad Law ; and in fa' of Gen. W. W. IRWIN as the next Statet. ,E szer.— tittn Inwiri will he long rememb ed as the efficient Comraiisary-peneral of "the State, during the war. file is likely to wove a fort idable caudiAte. HON. JAMES K. MOORHEAD, who has for several Congresses represented one of the Allegheny districts, has formally an nounced his purpose not to be a candi 'date for re-election. General Moorhead has devoted hintself to his public duties with a zeal and assiduity whiciiihave.von the respect of all his colleagues ; and he has serve:this constituents intelligently, -faithfully,-and well. His term of-service covers the,most interesting period of our history ; and his record is one of which be and his children may well be proud. The respect of the citizens of the State, as well as the hike of his immediate con 'stituency, will follow the General in his voluntary retirement from the cares and trials , of public life. THE Raleigh Standard says that the effect of .F!reaidont k JOHNSON'S visit to Nprth Carolina has been to encourage the spirit of Itebelliim ; and that the enemies of our Cloverntrient are more exultant and defiant t h an they have heretofore been. In other wordsi the President has in fused into his North Carolina friends, somewhat •of 44 bitterness 'which in flames his oilieheart. The Country last year survived his trip to' Chicago. It will this yeai complete reconstruction, notwithstanding his trip to Raleigh. SEITTIre demand for' a Free It d law, drawn in good faith and practical) in execution, appears ito be rising over the State. The Blair County Republican conreng?il last Week