The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-05
POLITICAL.
GOVERNOR WISE AND THE REPuBLI.

POLITICAL.
GOVERNOR WISE AND THE REPuBLI.
CAN PARTY.
Gov. Wise, in his recent speech at Princess Anne
Va, said
We need not to be informed what Black Repub
licanism is 1t is the very demon of National dis
cord 1t is death to the slave States or TO the Con
federacy of all the States.
1t obtained its own compromise in the Constitu
ton to continue the Importation of slaves and
sets up law higher than the Constitution to abol-
Ism property in slaves which it sold to its neigh
bors.
In lSl9-'2O it deprived US of equal settlement
IN more than half the territory acquired from
France.
1t seized upon Texas north of Sc deg 80 min,
and carved out of Texas 400 square miles of slave
territory south of So deg. 80 min.
1t seized upon all the territory acquired by COM
mon conquest from Mexico and deprived slave labor
OF the privilege of operating in the weahest mines
OF earth-the gold mines of California.
1t has brlbed slave State with ten millions of
common funds to sanction prohibition of slavery
in all New Mexico.
1t claims to abolish slavery in the Districts,
FORTS arsenas, dockyards and other places ceded
the United States. To abolish the interstate
slave trade, and thus cut off the Northern slave
States from their profits of production and the
Southern from their sources of supply of labor.
1t claims to forbid all equality and competition of
settlement in the common territories by the citi-
zens of slave States.
1t repels all further admission of new slave
States.
1t has nulled the Fugitive slave acts in IA States
OF the Union. 1t has denied extradition of mur-
derers and marauders, and other feons in several
Others
1t has caused and shielded the murder of masters
or owners in pursuit of fugitive slaves.
1t has refused to prevent punish by State au-
thorty the spoliation of slave property but on the
contrary, it has made it a criminal offence in the
citizens of several States to obey the laws of the
Union fOr the nrOtnctinn of Siava
1t has advocated negro equality, and made it the
ground of positive legislation hostile to the South
States.
1t opposes protection to slave property on the
high seas, and has justified piracy itself in the case
of the Creole
1t has kept in our midst emissaries of incendiar-
ism, to corrupt our slaves and induce them to run
Oil, or excite them to rebellion and insurrection.
1t has run off millions of slave property by
system of what is called underground railroads."
and has made its tenure precarious in the border
slave States nearly to have abolitonized two of
them-Maryland and Missouri; and 1t is making
and Kentucky.
1t is necessarily scattering fre-b brands of incen-
diary appeals in our midst.
1t has extended fanaticism into our own borders
1t has invaded Territory by arms furnished by
Emigrant Aid Societies, under State patronage and
by funds furnished by foreign enemies in Canada
and in Great Britain.
1t has invaded Virginia and shed the blood of her
citizens on her own soil.
1t has justified and exalted to the highest honors
of admiration and respect the horrid murders and
arsons and rapine of the raid of John Brown; and
has canonized the felons themselves as saints of
martyrdom.
1t has burnt the towns and poisoned the cattle,
and formed the midnight conspiracy of the depopu-
la ton of North Texas.
1t has proclaimed to the slaves the horrid motto:
"A arm to the sleep, fire to the dwellings, poison
to the food and water' of shareholders.
1t has published its plan for the abolition of
slavery everywhere. To ''rescue slaves at all haz-
ards-to form assocations-to establish presses-to
use the vote and ballot-to raise money and mill
tary equipments-to form and discipline armed
companes-to appeal to non-slaveholders and de-
tach them from shareholders in slave States-to
communicate with the slaves-to encourage anti
slavery emigrants to the South and West-to seize
other property of shaveholders-to compensate for
cost of running off their slaves-to force emanci-
patton by all means, and especially by limiting,
harrassing and frowning upon slavery in every
mode and form; and finally by the Executive, BY
Congress, by the postal service and in every way
to agitate without ceasing until the Southern
States shall be abandoned to their fate, and worn
down, shall be compelled to surrender and emanci
pate their slaves" 1t has repudiated the deci-
sioDs of the Supreme court.
1t assails us from the pulpit, the press, in the
school room. 1t divides all sects and religions as
we'll as parties 1t denounces slave holders as de-
graded by the lowest mmoralities insults them in
every form and holds them up to the scorn of man
kind.
1t has already majority of the State under its
domination; has infected the Federal as well as
State judiciary; has a large majority of the House
of Representatives of the Congress of the United
States, will soon have by the ma iori-
ty of the Senate; and before it obtains the Senate
certainly will obtain the Chief Executive power
of the United States.
1t has announced its purpose of total abolition
in the States and every where as well in Terri
tories, and Districts, and other places ceded. And
it has proclaimed ''irrepressible conflict of
higher law with the Federal Constitution itself!
How, then, is the elect on of its candidate for
that chief Executive power to be viewed by and
by a2 His and his rivals sentiments are both pro-
claimed-they are the same-"the Government can
not endure half slave and half free-itis an 'irre-
pressible conflict between opposing and enduring
forces-the United States must, and will, sooner
later, become n slave-holding nation, or entirely
free labor nation" These are the sentiments of
the coming Black Republican triumph triumph
by such means as we have seen. What then?
lst. The election of Abraham Lincoln to the Pres
idency will be open and official avowal by pop
uar majority of the North and of the nation that
the past aggressions of Black Republicansm are
right
I'd. That they are to be persisted in with great
aggravation, for the future.
Sd. That the slave States shall not govern them
selves in respect to their own property in their
own limits but that whilst Territories to be
allowed to prohibit slavery in their limits, the
States will not be permitted to protect it in peace
in theirs.
4th. That the slave States and their citizens are
to be coerced to submission. And such aggression
this amounts to actual 1t is proclaimed al
ready, and awaits only the election for the power
and the means to coerce submission. The election
will give it both. And it is the worse for coming
in all the panoply of mere form of right. The form
is the election-and the election will be constitu-
tional That is to be the pore out of which the
courage of resistance is to ooze. The form of the
election may be constitutional, but its intent and
oil Tnfro
the Constitution. No matter what may be the
form, the substance is aggression-the aggression
is to us-vitall
GOVERNOR WISE AT NoRFoLK-HE DEFENDS HIS COURSE
AND THE PRINCESS ANNE RESOLUTIONS.
NORFOLK, Nov. 3.-The Opera House was crowded
to oyerfowing last night, to hear Ex-Governor
Wise who was received with tumultuous enthusi-
asm, the people rising up in their seats as he en-
tered waving their hats and giving long continued
cheers. He made powerful speech, defending his
position and the Princess Anne resolutions. He
sustained the organization of Minute Men, and de-
nounced those rs traitors who would not stand by
the South.
After the Governor had concluded, the Princess
Anne resolutions we're adopted with much enthus-
asm. He speaks tonight at Portsmouth. There is
great excitement throughout the city in reference
to the action of the meeting and the near approach
of the Presidential contest
Mr.. DOUGLAS AT MoNTGoMERY-HIs NARROW ESCAPE
FROM SERIOUS INJURY.
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Nov. 3.-Last night as
Mr.. Douglas making his farewell address from
the upper deck of the steamer in which be was
about departing, the deck ave way and Mr.. Doug
las, with the crowd, were precipitated below. ALL
however, escaped unhurt Mrs. Douglas, who was
on the deck, escaped injury by clinging to the rail
ing. After the accident both returned to their
hotel.
ALABAMA PoLITICs-PoLITICAL COMPLEXION OF THE
NEW LEGISLATURE.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. 2.-The Senate of the
State comprises eighty-four Democrats and sixteen
opposition. Twenty-oDe Senators and seventy
representatives are known to be openly for seces-
sion in the event of Lincolns election to the Presi
dency. In the Senate there are two for Douglas,
two for Bell and twenty-nine for Breckenridge. In
the House, three for Bell, seven for Douglas and
ninety for Breckinridge.
The Legislature will not meet until next fall un.
less the Governor calls special session.
The convention will meet in December, and will
be for secession by large majority. Breckinridge
will get majority over Douglas and Bell of fifteen
thousand in the Presidential election.
IS PENNSYLVANIA SAFE?
To the Editor ". Y. Times:
The recent State election in Pennsylvania re-
suited as follows: Curtin 262, 900, Foster 100000
Curtin's majority 81 900. In consequence of this
result the Republican and Democratic papers alike
concede the State to Lincoln By a large majority.
But what grounds have they for so doing? The
vote in November will probably not be much larger
than that cast this month, and change of 10000
votes will be sufficient to defeat the Republicans
Now, such a change is not only possible, but likely.
Curtin was exceedingly popular, and the coalition
on Foster was by no means cordial.
1t is estimated that at least 25 900 Bell and Doug
las men voted the "Peoples ticket" But now the
fusion in the electoral ticket is complete, and none
but Republicans will vote for Lincoln The true
Republican strength in the Keystone State cannot
exceed 240, 900, while the anti-Repubicans proba-
by number at least 252 900. 1t appears to that
Lincoln is by no means certain of the twenty-seven