The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-13


The painful suspense in which the community
mas been kept Of late was, we presume, in some
degree, dssipated yesterday, by the comments of
lie F@rl9t upon the existing state of affairs The
cheerful lone IN which our contemporary discussed
lhe signs Of the times, and the profundity of its
observations, must have produced decided inn
preston upon the public mind. The sagacity and
preScence OF its speculations upon present and fu-
lure events will perhaps attract the attention of
Inc political world. Remembering its Republican
PFocLVite9 we should have thought its partisan
ieellngs and hopes had gotten the better of its
judgment, had not the known wisdom and discre-
'hat journal precuded US from ong entertain
50 olsparaglng an idea. We feel bound, there
ivy, u place before our readers the Patriot views
Vi Tie causes and probable results of the unhappy
qu"Ftel mat now divides the country, in the hope
.u"' 'he people may see how groundless are their
vols anu mus regain at once their usual equa-
n',h''y' Having been, says our contemporary,
cioSe observers of the transactions, and scrutiniz
'ug all the bulletins, we have come to the concu-
$40" mat we shall have no secession" ssThe
"nole excitement in the South has been insti
s"'eu oy tie defeat of Democracy" and as it is
.lieteI! an obstreperous and defeated party which
making the uproar, the Patriot, of course.
D''e'es that South Carolina is simpIv
I''ns "hen she threatens to leave the Union
s'Ne' NnlS, secession is so wicked and ifs conen-
quehces are SO fearful, that no State can no,s,1r-
intend to take such serious stem ~, I,,,e.
view IS enforced by an argument 50 1or;ooI ~
1"e'U anu so convincing, that We cannot refrain
from reproducing it. Assuming that secession is
PfemedItated suicide" which we infer is sn;cido
slngularIy heinous character, the Patriot tb,,,
proceeds: '''' 'iu'
IS no better than fratricide and how can son+b
than if b LIN mat act without any criminaiity
enc H sue were 10 destroy the sovereignty and ndepend
ence OF one of the other States The crime IL the @
Tue punishment that will be melted out will be the
daa.I secede IS deathdeath in its worst foru-tbe
VIA OF the suicide We therefore conclude that tbere
tvin no secesson-no dissolution of the Union-no nm
Ing or cutting of that golden band that binds ne t
III veal or for woe-forever and ever.
a neater demonstration of a proposition than t+o
ABOVE, we have seldom or never noticed In fact
We hno~ Oh but single instance in which any
conclusion has been reached by a 81 milar process
VI =. i''ioclnaoon; and that was when the grave
''sser IN HAMLET thus spoke to his comrade.
the me leave There lies the water good here stands
bimaaIt sooo- II the man to this drown
bnt IS II IS, will he, mill he, he goes mark you that?
M, ne water come to him. and drown him. he downs
argal, he that is guilty of his own death
ol'ehs not his own life" '
out, as II reasoning like the above was insnf1.
Gent to satisfy the world of the bvnoor;,r, 40
South Carolina, the Patriot threw in a nostiooi
view o. the question, than which nothing conld
be more tender and touching. 1t says
ave do not believe South Carolina is in earnest in
side of her many aeconae sisters whose morning and
evening calculations, like lovely wreath entwine the
whole group"
What our 'ejaculatons'' were when we read
this sentence, only the most susceptible hearts can
know. We cordially commend these luminous
and comprehensive views of the secession question
10 thoughtful men everywhere, though we are
compelled to confess that they have not exactly
carried conviction to our own minds On
the contrary, we are not ONLY satisfied that
out 'oh'e"poTHry has altogether inexperienced
Tue character and extent of the revolutionary
movement IN the South, but that its counsels
would, IT followed, involve US in manifold dam
gers. For this reason, then we regret to 600 that
it has been permitted to speak, as if nv an,bort,
for the Governor of this State. Il os,,,oa =,
readers yesterday afternoon, that the Governor
had no intention of calling the Legislature TO-
gether, and it spoke so positively, and assumed to
be so well posted, that we are at liberty to pre.
sume from the known connection between the
Patriot Office and the Executive Chamber, that the
information thus youchsafed US, is tolerably cor.