The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-02-29
BALTIMORE.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1860.

their Moorish war; They have had enough of it.
They have beaten the Moors in every engagement;
they have taken the town of Tetuan; and they are
just as near conquering the country as they were
when they began. 1t is plain TO see and not in the
least bit wonderful, that under such circumstances
they are more than half disposed to cry
Quits! and rest content with what they have got
1t is curious to note the evidences of this DISPOSE
ton, in the very hour of victory, and in tht
midst of the taes ard rejoicings with which III,
Court and people of Madrid have been celebrating
the fall of Tetuan. Thus, IEpoca, paper pub
lished at Madrid, says that since the taking of TIE
tuan there is probability that the English ofle
of mediation will be renewed and with greater
likelihood Of success. Nor, as we endeavored t
show in a previous article would there be any
thing inconsistent with the avowed object fol
which the war was undertaken by Spain, in an
acceptance of that offer. Marshal ODoNNELL had
the prudence to announce, before hostities began,
that chastisement not conquest was the object o.
the war-that the acquisition of territory formed
no part of the design of HER MAJESTY Ministers;
and although there is little likelihood, if the con.
quest of Morocco had proved an easier job, that
the pledge would ever have been remembered OF
redeemed-as matters stand, it affords a convenient
loop-hole of escape, without risking the imputa.
ton of a back-down. That Spain will retain what
she has acquired-Tetuan and the coast-line be-
tween Tetuan and Ceuta, we have no doubt
That much Spain must keep in order to have
anything to show for the expenditure of life and
treasure to which she has been put 1t is, in fact,
the very indemnity for the past and security for
the future, to obtain which she went to war
That she does mean to retain it, is shown by the
fact that among the other rewards he has received
for his late victory-in addition to being made
Duke of Tetuan and Grandee of Spain-Marshal
ODoNNELL has been presented by bis Sovereign
with the ground on which the battle was fought
The difficulties which the Spaniards would have
to encounter should they attempt to push their
successes further, and penetrate the Interior will
be better understood upon brief consideration of
the character and resources of the country. The
obstacle which the valor of the inhabitants
would oppose to the progress of an invader has re-
ceived sufficient illustration in the desperate con-
fics which have taken place. The Empire-as it
is Morocco embraces nearly one-half of the
northern coast Of Africa extending from Algeria
on the east to the Atlantic on the west-an aver
age width of 200 miles, and depth of at least,
500. 1t is divided by the Atlas mountains into
two regions, the one sopinc northwardly and
westwardy towards the sea, and the other stretch
ing into the desert. 1t is this northern slope
the scene of the late military operations. Upon
this coast, the Spaniards have long possessed sew
eral penal settlements presidios the principal of
which is Ceuta. Teuan is also on the Riff coast !;
it is or rather was, before it knocked to pieces
by the S aniards, town of about 10, 900 inhabi-
tants, without a harbor ofany importance, and with
little no trade to speak of Tangi is the resi-
dence of the foreign consuls, Saee is the decayed
station of the Moorish navy, and Mogadore is the
only. port of consequence on the Atlantic coast.
In the interior, however, are several large and
populous cities-Morocco the residence of the She
reef or EMPERoR-Fez the seat of the University,
and the religious capital of the empire, and Mequi-
nez, the military capital where the Imperial treasure
is deposited. This treasure which is kept in vaults
and is said to amount to more than $50, 200, 900
in money, would be splendid loot for the Span
iards. 1t would more than pay the expenses of
the war, but whether the Spaniards will be able to
lay hands upon it is very doubtful. 1t is guarded
by the regular army of the EMPEROR, sxty-thous
and strong, and which, according to the last ac-
counts has yet been in the ield-never having
stirred from its postal Mequnez. The troops whom
the Spani4rds have been fighting are the wild Arabs
and Berbers of the Riff coast, who constitute the
IF II,
most part under the leadership of their own sheiks
or chiefs. The way in which the EMPEROR has ac-
qured this enormous amount of treasure the ac-
emulation of which is said to have been the one
object of his life, is characteristic of the people
and the government. The EMPEROR permits the
Governors of the towns and provinces, not only
TO collect the taxes, but to exact from the people
whatever sums of money they please, subject to
the single condition of honoring the EMPERoR's
draft for whatever amount, and at whatever time,
he may please to draw. In q word, says an
English writer, the Governors are the Shereef's
sponges, and are squeezed as often as they become
full. Leeches, as is well known, are an important
article of export from Morocco. There are human
leecheS there, it would seem, as ell as other
The people Of the country are fierce and fanati-
cal, The Spanards have found them brave to the
degree Of DESPERATION and what with the increased
difficulties Of transportation in a mountainous and
roadless country, and the ohstinacy of the inhab-
itants, there can be no doubt that any advance
into the interior would be attended with immense
hazard, and could only be effected at an immense
sacrifice of life. Whether even the prospect of
rifing the EMPERoR's stronghold, and relieving
him of his superfuous cash, would justify such
an undertaking, is question which the Spanish
Cabinet are doubtless fullycompeent to solve, and
which present indications would lead us to infer,
they have already decided in the negative. 1t
has been more than thousand years since Mo-
rocco has been lie prize of a conqueror. thin
that time the Moors have overrun Spain, and after
many centuries of power, have been driven out
again. Before that time, Morocco had been success
sively conquered by the Phenicians the Romans,
the Vandals and the Arabs These last still hold
sway, after a lapse of eleven centuries. The pop
ulaton is mixed one, composed of all these ee-
ments engrafted upon the native Berber stock.
Whether the Spaniards, setting aside all difficult
ties in the way of the accomplishment of the
fact, are qualified for the task of introduce
ing new government, new civilization, and
new religion among such people may we'll be
doubted. The genius of the Spanish nation is not
sufficiently fcxiBe-is not plant and supple
enough. The Spaniard does not know how to
humor the prejudices of conquered race-how to
assimilate himself to its ideas and customs-and,
by obeying, rule it. This the French understand
better than any other people-witness their con-
duct in the East, in Egypt, in Algeria Upon
the whole, therefore, it NAV be questioned whether
a Spanish occupation of Morocco, if such were
would result in anything more than a
of the war, prod uctive of no good TO
the Moors or TO the interests of humanity, and ex-
ceedingly burdensome TO the Spanish exchequer.
We are not surprised, therefore, that the present
inclination of Her MAJEsTY's councillors is
towards peace, and we should regard peace
concluded upon the basis of things as they
are-the Spaniards TO retain Tetuan and whatever
else they have got-as wise and fortunate termi-
nation of the war.
The STATE TOBACCO WAREHoUsEs.-From the re-
port of the joint committee of the two Houses of
the Legislature, We CLEAN the following information
in relation to the business of the State Tobacco
Warehouses
Number of dc ;nsnactad tn e.e