The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-25

Forty-four, or over two-thirds, of the dele
gates that met recently in Convention at Vicks-
burg, have solemnly resolved that it is not only
right but particularly desirable that the slave
trade should be re-opened; that Mexico should be
annexed; that Cuba should be Americanized; that
the Gulf Stream should be closed to all but American
commerce, and that the UNITED STATES should ex-
ercse supreme control and jurisdiction over all the
Isthmian routes 1t will be seen, from the perfect
funcss and comprehensiveness of these resolu.
tons, that the Southern ultras do not stick at
trihes and we have certainly reason to be grateful
that from the ''pent-up-Utica' of Vicksburg, the
immortal forty-four did not advocate the immedi-
diate annexation of ''the whole boundleSs CONT
''nent" and the islands ad acent thereto. Why
they should have stopped short of Terra del Fuego
and the Caribbean Archipelago, passes our COM
prehension. An old saw tells us that it
is only mincing matters TO make two
bites at cherry, and as these gentle
men have clearly fallen short of what
they might have DONE we trust that the members
of the next Convention, which is TO meet at At
lana, Georgia, in November, 1860, will finish the
work that their predecessors have done so negli-
gently, by resolving, that after the aforesaid
month of November, 1860, the territory of the
UNITED STATES shall be extended from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, throughout the whole length of the
Continent from Baffin's Bay on the North to the
Straits of Magellan on the South; and that the
Republic shall also seize and hold permanent pos
session Of all the Islands that lie within five days
Of thn Va Of
there are some trihing obstacles in the way of our
successfully asserting our jurisdiction over so
large an expanse of territory; and it is quite pos
sible that England, France Spain, Brazil, Hol-
land, Portugal, and the independent States of
South America, might object to our absorption of
their provinces in so summary fashion; but what
OF that? Have not Manifest Destiny on our
side, and isit possible for the whole of the Powers
OF the civilized world combined to make head
against Manifest Destiny? Have not grave Sena-
tors, and valorous Governors and ex-Goyernors
assured us that whatever we covet, and cannot
peaceably obtain assumes at once the character of
nuisance which we have perfect right to abate
whenever we think proper? Have we not also
been frequently told that we need room to ex-
pand; that shall soon become too much
crowded. 1t is true it is not little curious that
with an average population of ten to the square
mile, we should feel so much restricted for room,
while i'll England there are, on an average three
hundred and twenty-three persons to the square
mile, who yet manage to breathe quite comforta-
bly,. In the two sets of resolutions which were
adopted at the Vicksburg Convention, there is
moreover manifest contradiction. Those offered
by Mr.. SrRATT, are based upon the assumption
that there is in the South an abundance of land
suitable for cultivation, but that there is great
want of field hands, and hence the necessity for re-
opening the slave trade. The second set of resolu-
tons, which were offered by Ex-Governor McRAE,
advocate the acquisition of Cuba, Mexico, and the
lsthmian States, on the ground that we absolutely
require additional territory for the purpose of re-
Levlng us of our surplus population. If there is
surplus population at the South, there can he no
need of re-opening the slave trade IT, on the con-
rary, there is far more land than laborers TO cul-
tlvate it, there can he no occasion for annexing
Cuba, Mexico, and the Isthman States. These
gentlemen, moreover, appeared to take it for grant
ed that if we want any all of those countries or
if we choose 10 declare the Gulf Stream an Ameri-
can sea, and close it against all commerce but that
which is carried on by our own vessels none of
the other maritime Powers would venture to con-
test our right TO act according to our pleasure in
the matter. 1t would scarcely be prudent
IN us to put their condeScension to the test
But the Nicksburg gentlemen do not apprehend
any trouble on that score; their source of uneasi-
ness is nearer home. They doubt whether the
Federal Government will cooperate with them.
and they arc perfectly satisfied that the North will
vehemently oppose every one of the projects they
have preached, Mr.. WIN. H. McCARDLE, who act
ed as Secretary of the Convention, was especially
Impressed by these misgivings-he wanted the
slave trade opened He expected fight as a con-
sequence, and in that expectation his speech par
took of his martial ardor. 1t was grandiose.
bellicose, and 'top-loftical" Standing there in
Apollo Hall, he dared the issue. He de6ed
the Government and after this UNEMPLOYMENT
fashion, Mr.. McCARDLE, Secretary to the Vicksburg
Convention, and editor of the Vicksburg Whiq
threw down his gauntlet:
LET the struggle come-he was ready forit Wbenev
err the government desired to order its anssaries its CO.
horts to come down to the South trampIe upon their
rghts-le them come The first division that would come
would find the South deadly place for them They had
better come to stay for when thy did come they would
stay pplause After the first conflict, the stars would
shine on many stiff and CHASTITY corpse among those
who had left their homes in the North the bidding of
the Executive to trample upon people who had never
wronged them. He believed the collision would
lie believed it ought to come. Would to God it might
come in Lis day. He wanted il to come now while he
In possession of his faculties
We pause here to remark, in humane considera- |
ton for Mr.. McCARDLE, that if the foregoing re-
marks present fair average specimen of his 'fac-
'ulties" the loss would certainly not be very much
deplored by the world at large, if he were deprived
of them altogether. Again
she wished to bear his portion of the burbs, IL a.,
not want to leave it to his children He did not want m
leave them with badge Of degradation brow or
manaces on their limbs He wanted to hear no more of
this miserable talk of treason They had an av here in
the shape oyeow fever and in the no army could
conquer them He believed that the who precpated
conflict between the South and the Federal Government
would make for himself immortality of fame He would
be sow ng dragons teeth from which armed men would
spii ing up"
Badges of degradation, worn on the brow,
have been rather uncommon ornaments at all
times, and at this day they would certainly pos
sess an air of novelty. The reference to what the
sailors call ''Yellow Jack - is injudicous.
After such a threat no army would venture
to invade the South without being pre-
pared to encounter "our August ally" with
full supply Of physicians and calomel.
We have only fragment of exc overnor MCRAE's
speech, but | Ike MERcUno's wound though it is
neither as deep rs well, wide a
church door," yet it is enough. Hear how the
ex-GovERNoR talks. His language is comparable
10 nothing modern. 1t belongs only ''to the
large utterance of the early Gods'--
The voices from the mighty past and the echoes COM
ing back from the mighty future say to us in thunder
tones Why wait you9 Know you not that Cuba is
There is nothing in LIPPARD's Works, turgd and