The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-26
BALTIMORE.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER &c, 1860.

We took occasion TO remark some time since |
that the people of the North had altogether failed
to trace to lis true source the present excitement
in the South; and notwithstanding all that has
been sad it is plain that they DO not even yet un
derstand the real causes which have driven the lat
ter section to the verge of revolution. All their
arguments are addressed to what may be termed
the technical points in the controversy. Author
ty upon authority is cited to confute those who
maintain the right of secession; and all sorts of rea
CONS are adduccd to show that the election of Mr.
LINCOLN affords no Just ground for the threatened
action of the Southern States. We again insist
that these objections do not touch the vital and
substantial issues before us. The North asserts
that the election of any man in the mode provided
by the Constitution cannot of itself serve
cuse for the disruption of the Union, even though
he is known personally TO entertain extreme
and dangerous views, and though he has been
supported by purely sectional party. If the
case as thus put to us, covered the whole ques-
ton which now divides the country, we would
be bound TO admit, without hesitation, the conclu
sion to which the people of the North have come.
Bat we cannot concede that this dispute hinges
upon any proposition which ignores the past, and
takes account only of present and isolated fact.
We therefore, strenuously deny the suficiency. or
fairness of the statement which segregates Mr. LIN
COLIN from the organization which nominated and
elected him, and which separates the browning
triumph of the Republican party from the continu-
ing series of wrongs for which it is responsible.
He is to be judged together with his party, and
he must share the odium of its deeds and tenets
a. e IL
which he has now assumed the leading part, the
public has the fullest right TO cricise, for though
he has mounted to power, he cannot bid the world
forget the agencies through which he has achev-
ed success, nor can he repudiate the partsans
to whose aid or counsel he owes his elevation
The South has considered the subject solely from
this point of view, and it is about Mr. LIN
coin and the Republican party together that
it has chiefly concerned itself. The pro-
ceedings and principles of that party are
matters of history which admit of no dispute, and
it is impossible for the South to read that record
without feeling of Indignation and alarm. 1t is
equally impossible, we think, for any candid man
to study it, and still deny that the Slave States
have grave cause TO distrust and dread the North.
The complaint of the former may be briefly
stated. They have watched with anxiety the
growth of the anti-sayery party for years, and
have seen it steadily increasing in violence as it
gained in numbers. 1t is unnecessary to specify
the many aggressions which have served to con-
vince the South that its position was daily becom-
ing weaker and more dangerous. It's people have
heard and remembered the taunts the abuse and
the threats, which for a long time past have been
Al, .l,o;,
by the press, the pulpit and the politicians of the
North. They have seen their friends murdered
and imprisoned for seeking to maintain their
rights. They have seen the officers of the Federal
Government meet with forcble resistance while
endeavoring to enforce the process of the Courts in
behalf of Southern citizens. They have seen the
Legislatures Of various States enact laws for the
purpose of multiplying an Act Of Congress passed
to protect the South They have seen how the
tide of fanatcism has approached nearer and near
er, gathering in volume as it came Within the
last twelve months it has risen higher than ever,
and has beat upon US with greater fury. Though
the Republican party has Of late attempted
to evade the responsibility it has incurred, by
repudatng the acts and words Of all its leading
members, the effort is too shallow and dishonest to
deceive US. III lle House OF representatives the
infamous LoyEJoY said;
ethan robbery, than piracy, than polygamy, slave
holding is worse, more criminal, more injurious to man
and consequently offensive to God. Slaveholdng in
Virginia under the control or guarantee of the
Constitution, than slavery in Cuba Brazil. = q
would not hesitate to fill up aud bridge the chasm
that yawns between the Hell of Slavery and the Heaven
of Freedom, with the carcasses of the slain"
Did the Republican party on that occasion, drive
from its ranks this earnest advocate Of its cause
In the Senate, SUMNER delivered an Grafton filled
with more foul and vituperative epithets, than had
ever before disgraced speech in that chamber,
and after Congress had adjourned, he travelled
through the country repeating his miserable threat;
and ISLANDERS. he said in New York, in July last
that the institutions of the South should be de-
stroyed, and that
'The Northern States joining hands together will be
belt of fire grit about the Slave States in whic
Slavery must die"
Is not Mr.. SUMNER still one of the most popular
champions of the Republican party? Mr.. SEwARI
only three months ago harangued an audience il
Boston, and speaking of Mr.. LINcoLN's election t.
the Presidency, he said:
'Hs claim to that seat is that he the obga
ton of that higher laW which the sage Of Quincy pre-
claimed, and that he himself for veal woe, 70
life DEATH soldier the side of freedom in the ire
pressble conflict between freedom and slavery. Thi:
gentlemen is my simple confession. desire ow, onl
you that you have arrived at the last stage
this conflict before you reach the triumph 1Cich IN
dgdte this great policy into the government Of the Unite
States"
Has the Republican party denied tina
Mr.. SEWARD is one of its most honore,
representatives? The Tribune, all through
the Summer, has been filed with the mos
offensive libels on the people of the South
and has scattered the most ncendiary diatrbe
h,o Al,
million copies of LoyEJoY's speech should b
printed for distribution during the Presidential
canvass. Has the Republican party ever init
mated that the Tribune is not its trusted organ
Mr.. LINCOLN, in one of his replies to Mr.. DOUGLAS
has said:
81 believe this Government cannot endure, perma
nenty half slave and half free do expect the Unto
to be dssolved-I do not expect the house to fallbut
do expect it will to be divided. It will all becom
one thing or all the other.'
Does not Mr.. LINCOLN stand higher than al
other men in the esteem and confidence of the Re
publican party2 But we abstain from multiplying
extracts, though we could furnish them by thu
column, to prove that the South has ample caus
for alarm in the elevation of Mr.. LINCOLN and hi
supporters to power. Whether they have beef
elected by constitutional means or not, does no
much affect the question we are now considering
They are about to WELD all the enormous influenc
of the Federal Government, and as they have Away
manifested determination to assail the South whe
they were weak, ithesates to rely their forbeal
ance now. They have manifested, more than once
their contempt for the constitutional guarantee
which the Courts and Congress have acknowl
edged the South is entitled to claim, and it cal
scarcely believe they will respect these in future
Long before the election of Mr.. LINCOLN the Soutl
had felt that it could not safely suffer the North t.
continue its aggressions. So long, however, a
the Federal Government could be relied on t
exert its power, for the protection of the slav
States they were disposed to confne themselves t
complaints and remonstrances, in the hope tina
the conservative people of the North would rail-
to their rescue. They have appealed frankly an
earnestly TO the North, within the pastfew months
and were not without some confidence in the re
suit. They did not oppose Mr. LINCOLN sim
ply because he was Northern man, or because hi
own individual views were antagonistic to theirs
but they resisted the Republican party and tn
election of the candidate who sympathzed wit
it, and who was bound, if he was honest, to carr
outfits policy. They did not stand upon the DIRE
SCOTT decision because they expected il would eve
De productive of anv nrsNt;c.l odvoptaop tn them