The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-17

squads drilling nightly and discpline-that dis
cipne which shall cause members to respect them
selves and to be respected-rigidly enforced. Our
officers duly commissioned by the Governor, and
deavor ito justify the confidence reposed in Them
Officers and labor, lcork with head and hands to
bring the organization to the highest point of excellence
That word militay is used simply to express the idea
Of war. military man is whose profession is the
art OF war military body is one organized and pre-
pared for warike purposes and that idea of prepa
ration and qualification for warike purposes enters into
all the uses of the word. We think it applies better to
us than to the Division and if the saving be true that
factions speak louder than words" certain
officers of the Division think so too This allega-
of the Light Division. We think they will be
able to remember accommodations at our hands which
would have been asked obtained from but mill
tary body The General commanding the First Brigade
paid but poor compliment to President Buchanan, last
summer, by asking and allowing pretended, quasi,
pseudo body to him through the city particularly
as that 'preended' quasi pseudo military body,
as well as the Light Division had been parade the day
before and this ordered early hourin the
morning. If the President not worthy escort by
the Division, the officer the head Of the First Brigade
might at least have called out his command We hardly
think he would insult the President and obliged to
him for the compliment paid Do the authors of these
resolutions remember that they left this pseudo body
to receive escort and entertain alone the Seventh Reg
men of New York We do not wish to multiply nstan-
ces-with a little exercise of memory they recall
them.
The language Of the memorial and resolutions, when
speaking of and charter is harsh and uncaed for
We have given no cause for such usage. If we were
wrong have shown you that be courteous, and
that any representations kindly made would be recev
ed. We claim to have ordinary intelligence, and will
lend willing to any who wishes to show
error But what has been the pursued2 We have
found falsehoods afoat in the community; misrepre
sentation and abuse resored to- and deceit practised
Some of the officers in the Division, know, do not
approve either the OPEN formal informal underground
proceedings against but have steadily refused to have
any connection with them. Others, however, to
love their work. and least has ceased to command
the respect of any member of our battalion.
If much had been taken foster the Light Di
vision, as to abuse and msrepresent and actions
the Light Division would have been in healthier condi
ton, and the City Guard would not have been indie
pendent organization. We do not desire to be "ndepen
dent for the sake of being independent We have hon
esty and fairly stated motives for becoming We
have honestly labored-emphatcally ld6ored-to effect
the object had in view when we obtained the charter
We believe that reliable effective military force is
in all large Cities and daily becoming
So 1t is needed in Baltimore and have taken those
measures, and those only which, according to best
judgment would secure it. When it appears that
presence in the Division will tend to accomplish the
object we work for our independence shall cease.
JOSEPH P. WARNER, Major,
Commanding Battalion Baltimore City Guards.
Portions of the above article written before the
companies of the Maryland Guard mustered into
the Fifty third Regiment and part of it is intended to
apply to them.