The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-07
BALTIMORE.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1860

We are again called upon TO congratulate our
readers upon the character and the result of one of
the most important elections that have been held
in our city for many years. We do so in all hear
tiness, for nothing occurred during the day, so far
at least as the city is concerned, to mar the funess
of the triumph which has been won. 1t has been
again demonstrated to the satisfaction, we trust
of the most obstinate defender of the expiring mu-
nicipal administration that it is, as it always was
in the power of the authorities in this city TO Sc
cure to every citizen the free and unmolesed eXer-
else ofall his rights and privileges Thanks to the
Police Commissioners the Marshal and Deputy
Marshal, and the efficient officers and men under
their command, quiet and good order again pre-
vailed throughout every section of the town, and
we can safely assert that no fairer election than
that of yesterday, in Baltimore, was held within
the limits of the Union. Nor is the verdict which
has been rendered less subject of congratulation
than the manner in which the issues before the
people were tried. Whatever may have been Mr..
BELLS claims to the support Of conservative men
elsewhere, he was identified here with a party that
was entitled to no consideration at the hands OF
our citizens and while intent upon settling graver
questions, many voters Of Baltimore were not I'M
mindful of the in;quitcs of the American party
during the past four years. They desired to strike
a final blow at that organization--they have done
it, for this the second crushing defeat that has
been inflicted on ii within the space Of a few
weeks, has annihilated it forever.
But these side issues are scarcely worth dwelling
on in view of the nobler and more comprehensive
results Of the victory which has been achieved
The city Of Baltimore has protested against the IA
natica spirit and the manifold aggressions of the
Republican party, and has manifested her cordial
sympathy with her wrongcd and ovcrmatched sis
tiers of the South, and she stands to-day in Tie
position which il was her bounden duty to take
and she will be now enabled, solely by virtue OF
the attitude she has assumed, to render signal ser
vice to the country. Having expressed her deter
minatOn to make common cause with the States
which are struggling to maintain the constitu-
tional rights to which the Supreme Court has
said they are entitled, she has strengthened their
hands, and has also uttered her word of warning tc
our brethren in the North who have manifested, of
late, so reckless II determination to interfere with
the domestic affairs of the South. Whatever
therefore, Maryland may do, the South may res
assured that Baltimore will unite with her in al
lawful efforts to check any further agitation of thu
slavery question, and to compel the Republican
party to respect the Constitutional guarantee
which protect the institutions of the slave States
We say that Baltimore will unite in all lawful eff
forts to secure these ends, and it is but frank t.
say that in our judgment, she will only be tn
ally of the South, SO long rs the latter seeks Il
right herself through the laws and under the Con.
stitution. Though we in common with the
South have just reason to feel aggrieyed al
the treatment we have received from the
North, we do unhesiatngly assert that we hav
not yet been driven to the point at which revolution
alone can remedy the wrongs Of a people. We Dc
aver, therefore, that Baltimore has not by her vot
Of yesterday sanctioned any disnniou scheme OF
sentiment whatsoever, and it is our earnest hop
that she may never feel herself impelled to seek
for justice through secession. We still trust that
Mr.. LINCOLN, if he is, as we presume he is, elected
will hearken 10 the conservative counsels of tn
better men of his party; and Shat the patriotic de
sire to leave the Republic stronger and more pros
porous than he found it, will lead him to abandon
the narrow views and tortuous policy toward
which we fear he too naturally inclines, and t.
enter upon wider and better path. At all events
we would trust to the guidance of worse men than
Mr.. LINCOLN rather than sanction at this juncture
any step that would imperil the bonds of thu
Union, Or shake the stability of the Republic