The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-04-11
BALTIMORE.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL II, 1860

When we last had the pleasure of paying our
RESPECTS 10 Major General GEORGE Buckley, he
,ros stin the ascendant" AT least so said the
New York Tribune, in whose columns we found
him figuring as the JOSHUA who was to lead a
new Exodus, military and agricultural, of the ad-
yeuturous spirits of the South and West into the
possession of the promised land, flowing with
milk and honey, of Mexico. lie is ''in the as
''cendant" no more. His star has declined-has
SETS no longer visible among the luminaries of
the Filibustering horizon. When We last had the
pleasure of hearing from Major General Buckley
his letter to us--a copy Of which we were proud
TO lay before our readers, on the Goth of August
last--the original we keep carefully slowed away
among our most valued treasures-locks of hair,
black and auburn--odd gloves, ladies' 6's and
ayowals of affection from female correspondents
was subscribed GEORGE Buckley, COMMANDMENT
"Chicf Of the American Legion of Knights of the
Golden Circle" and duty sealed and authentica-
ted with the Great Seal of the Order n Star |
upon a Maltese Cross-an effugent Sun in the
middle--thc proud name of Buckley, and the |
talismanc -Union-Legon- Strength
inscribed around the periphery. But Buckley is
Commander-in-Chicf no more-the Great Seal of
the Order has passed into other hands.
telegram from New Orleans, which we published
yesterday, informs US that Major General Buckley
has been expelled from the Order, and that the va
cant command has been bestowed upon COL GREEN
OUCH. We do not profess to be at all curious in
the matter of names, but we cannot help
wondering whether the telegraph, which generally
makes sad work with proper names, whether of
of men Or places has not dropped letter or two
from the patronymc of General BICKLEY's sue
"oes"r Shonld 1t not he GREEN( EN- loUGH? But
whether GREENoUGH-pronOunced GREEN-oh-or
GREENENOUGH-the melancholy fact remains, that
our friend and quondam correspondent GEORGE
BICKLEY-Major General and COMMANDMENT Chief
no longer--has come TO grief We sorry for
it, Last summer Buckley was at the White Sui
phur. There, according 10 the correspondents of
the Northern journals he shone, 'the observed
''of all observers" Then, his bearing was
''erect and proud'-his weight $50 lbs Then
he wore in his head Gan eye like MARS 10 threaten
s'and command'--and at his heels he drew Il
train of ''noble fcllows''-every one of them q
Colonel or Captain mt the least-and among them
the correspondents of the journals in question.
Whether he will revisit the county of Greenbrier
the coming season, we are not advised-but most
probably not. The contrast suggested by the
memory of his former greatness would be too
painful. Therefore, we need hardly say, we con-
dole with General Buckley. We extend to him
the assurances of our heartfelt sympathy--of our
most distinguished consideration We made
merry with him and his schemes once-but we
have not the heart to do so again. Our souls
cd with f,l
and we forbcar There is another reason why we
do not care TO Jest further upon this subject 1t
is because that which was once n joke has ceased
TO be one Within the past few days, we have re-
cevcd ourselves and have seen published in papers
throughout the country, disseminated through the
agency of the Associated Press, several dispatches
relating to the movements of the knights of the
Golden Circle. In addition to the telegram from
New Orleans, already referred to- containing the
important ntelli gencc Of General BIcKLEY's ex-
pulsion from the Order, we have had other des-
patches from different points of the South and
West, respecting the organization of bodies of
men and their anticipated departure for named
points in Mexico. Now, we believe, and we
think we have heretofore shown the purposes of
the Knights of the Golden Circle to be altogether
illegal and iagitous. The organization itself we
believe to be simply puerle. This consideration,
however, does not detract from the unlawfulness
of the enterprise, which is in contraventon Of the
laws of the UNITED STATES and the obligations of
good faith towards neighboring country We
regret therefore, to the Associated Press lend
ing its powerful agency to give prominence and
responsibility to an association which is not de-
serving OF the one or possessed Of the other.
While we do not imagine that it has one-half or a
1.-THE, even, Of the strength which it boasts, we
have no doubt that many young men have been
ent'ood i"tu its ri'uhs ny the lruIr or profit and
plumber and the prospect of military service
which it holds out. We do not suppose
that the class of persons who have been thus i'm
posed upon, are the most valuable or industrious
members of society but that any portion of our
population should be thus gulled into a waste OF
time ana money, and that the taste for iilibuserng
enterprises should be in any way kept alive is
matter of regret Neither have we any idea that
the amount oil money raised for the purposes OF
the Order has been at all considerable, or that the
funds subscribed by enthusiastic Southerners, al
the White Sulphur, last summer, and which were
magnfcd by the correspondents ofNorhern papers
into thousands OF dollars, were more than enough
to pay the hoard-bills Of General Buckley and his
staff of ''fne-looking fellows" and keep them
in liquor-but so much the worse. If the
whole thing is Il humbug, we regret that the press
should treat it as a reality. fit is morally and
legally wrong, into the bargain, it is still more
nndeserVing olnotice. We think the agents of the
Associated Press at New Orleans and elsewhere,
might find something better to do than putting
into notorieiy an association whose merits and
Importance are equally below the cost of tele-
graphing.