The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-30
lfrom the London Tins Mgy ISL

tes u Tue preparations made bv the Union tor
campaign In Virginia, and for the blockade nf
the Southern ports. The latter was to begin ut
once that is rhe greater ports-such as Charles
ton, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans-wonld ha
at at once closed. The direct trade of the Southern
States with Europe may therefore he considarad ~
an end for the present By this time vessels baor
Ing our own flag have probably been warned awav
from the bockaded ports, and our mspuIactur ers
nave reason to rejoice that the cotton crop has
"efh' LOT the most part, already shipped.
IL IL, however, even now doubtful whether the
object OF the Northerners has been gained Tho
We" 1ork and Boston merchants, in their call for
strict blockade, have been less influenced by a de-
sire to reduce the South by stopping its trade than
10 prevent the egress of the privateers which Mr.
DAVIS mas authorized to prey on Northern COM
me'ce. But 1t Is no easy thing to stop privateers
or hiibusters of any kidd. Few bIockades in the
annals OF war have been stricter than that which
the BRITISH fleets kept up at the ports of France
curing the wars of the Revolution and the EN-
plre, aud yet the swalmed with French nriva-
teers eii'"
The losses, TOO, of British merchantmen were
greatest In the last years of the war after the navy
OF France had been destroyed by the victories Of
Nekon and his comrades. We may well doubt
then, whether 1t is in the power of the Union even
WIN the ana OF steam, to keep up an effectual
oLoeGade OF the whole Atlantic and Gulf coast from
the chesapeake to the Rio Grande. The Southern
eTs, though not as maritime as their ad versariss
are quite capable oi fitting out and sailing priva
teers In numbers dangerous to Northern commerce
auu II Is possible that the Spaniards both north and
south OF the lsthmus may be tempted TO min in tho
lucrative trade of capturing g0ld-ships and silk
ships But the necessity of doing all in their mower
to check this maraudirg has been plain to tha ira
oers OF the Northern cities, and accounts in some
measure tor their energy in assisting the Govern
ment to take up and arm vessels of all kinds
=, This uprising of
the North has, doubt startled the seceders. bnt
as Iar as we can learn, it has only been to rouse
them to extraordinary exertiops Indeed. it is
pretty clear that the leading men of the South have
never LOT moment doubted of war; They NAV
ma 1t a hotter aud more arduous struggle than
my expected; the intensity or the duration of the
nShtng may exceed their expectations; but at anv
rate, Tor the fact that there was to be fighrinG
ney were iuily prepared; they never expected that
MT. Lincoln would give in without a contest So
now there is no reason to believe that the mere fear
OF Northern invasion will induce the N to return
to their allegiance.
we cannot, therefore, anticipate that the federal
preparations will terrrify the Confederates into
SUBMISSION. Ii the new republic be crushed it
must be ~ conquest and not bv mensces The
position OF the wavering States had not been
changed. Kentucky still declared for neutrslitv
a0d tennessee had not, it appears, definitely Joined
the seceders. North Carolina, however, was arm
ing and in of an invasion of Virpinia vnuId no
doubt be at once in the field. The North has Ger
talnly undertaken a difficult task that of connper
ing vast territory inhabited BY men of the same
race as Its own citizens, and even more accustomed
to the use of arms.
q
the war can be carried on by either side with suc
ioose leVies as are now under arms. If this con
test ls continued, the young professionals and sbon
Keepers will probably soon fall off and return fo
@ @theiF iormer ana more congenial pursuits; while
lower class, men of vagrant and irregular habits
the "roughs of the larger towns will be subjected
10 sterner discipline and formed into reeul9r ar
nles' IL Is only with such these that war of
any iength can be carried on A campaign in so
extensive country calls for even more than Fnro-
pean discipline and appliances of war Unless the
iederai government contents itself with merely
harassing the seacoast of the seceders it must be
reaay to carry on war which win be beyoud the
pauthee even OF the most patriotic militia.
From the same, Nay Isl
INTERPRETATION OF THE PROCLAMATION
The North in the Southern states rebas
against its lawful authority, and will probably at
first at least, decline TO recognize the veJidif4y or
letters OF marque issued urder the authority of
President Jefferson Davis. The South will not he
slow to retaiate, and it may easily be anticipatad
that there will be a disposition on both sides to
treat those crews OF privateers who may fall into
their bands as pirates to whom the license thew
bear gives no protection. What would be the con-
Duct OF the British government under such circum-
stances! Suppose an Englishman taken on board
Southern privateer to be hanged under sentence
OF Court of Admiralty at New York-what would
De the conduct of the government Of this country?
Inc answer ot the Proclamation to the question is
oy no means encouraging. Persons enlistinr in
such service will do 80 at their peril and of their
p"h ionR, anu VIII IN no wise obtain
ton from us against any Liabilities or penal conse
quences 1t will be observed that in this place the
word "such" is omitted. The liabilities and nenaI
consequences are not confined to those under the
act or under the law of nations but are left wide
and indefinite, as ii on purpose to embrace the very
case we are surprising.
We have not the presumption to 'suppose tha T
any hing which we could add would give additional
Iorce TO the solemn admOntiOn contained in the
Proclamation of Queen " no never speaks to her
SUBJECTS in vain. We have done our duty if we
distinctly point out that those Englishmen who in
@ Memthce OF he laws ot their country and the solemn
wa nihAo Ut th'ir Sovereign, rush into this exc
cradle conflict will do with direct notice that if
they meet with enemies as reckless and merress nc
themselves, they must bear the fate that awaits
them, without any hope that the copntrv rbnsa
laws they have broken will stretch forth her arm m
shled them from the consequences of their own
folly and wickedness. In this respect America ha 9
set US an example in the Of the expedition of
Lopez, as well in the piratical enternrisss of
HaiKer. Inc United States, otherwise go Jealous
OF their treatment by foreign nations have in these
cases looked on with stoical indifference at the
wholesale massacre of their citizens. The warning
mas oeen given In time; we hope and believe that
IL VIII prove efectual, and that the horrors of a
civil war between brethren will not be aggravated
by the uncaed-lor Intervention Of the subjects of
the parent State.
THE ST. DOMINGO QUEsTIoE-sPAIN DOES NOT IN
TEND TO ESTABLISH SLAVERY
In the House of Lords, on the l4th inst Lord
WOO ehouse, in reply to Lord Brougham. was nm
de- iood to say that the Spanish Government had
not yet taken any denitive resolution with REGARD
=" " ~ lhe ces1,"h OF San Domingo to the Spanish
CroWn. There Was reason, however to baiave
that ii the offered cessiOG met with The cnncnr0
renee generally of the population the Spanish gov
ernment would accept the annexation OF that mart
OF the island Whether that would be for the ad-
vantage or spain or not was entirely a matter for
the Spanish government to decide: but the House
would naturally feel great interest in the question
which had been put by his noble and learned friend
that slavery should not be reintruduced into the
ceded territory. He was glad therefore To inform
their lordships that the Spanish government had
assured her Majesty's government that it was not
their intention to allow slavery to be introduced
INTO San Domingo. He might add that even if
slavery to be introduced into the eastern n.rt
OF the island of San Domingo it would be exceed
lngly difficult to maintain it as long as the west
ern part was free.
LORD BRoUGHAM ON ABoLITIoNIsn
noteworthy sign of the times is the upceremo-
nious manner in which Lord Brougham snubs the
aoolltienists who have been proposing meetings in
London, with view to give an anti-slavery cast
to the war. His Lordship remarked that:
Sixty years since he had proclaimed his opinion
mat mere was very great difference between
aooilshlng the slave traffic and giving freedom to
the slave lie laid it down then that, although
their hrst sympathg due to the slave their nex
teiow-feeng was due to his master, Who was nns
sessed OF slaves by crimes not of his own commit
ting, they having descended to him from otber
hands lie repeated the same doctrine now There
were meetings being held in this country which he
entirely eprecated-meetings which ougbt not 10
be held-meetiDgs at one of which, six or seven
weeks ago, he had himself promised to preside hut
when he found after what had taken place in the
United States, that it was call d meeting On Anne
rlcau slavery, he said on account, by no means
whatever, would he have anything to do with hold
ing, presiding, or attending meeting of that das
criptlon. He strongly recommended all whom his
voice might reach TO abstain from holding such
meetings
DEATH OF Mrs AGNEs BATLIE, AT THE AGg OF
ONE HUNDRED.-ln Once Week it is sta ted that
Mrs Agnes Baiie, the sister of Joanna and DR.
Balle, is dead, at the age of 100. letter of Mrs
Barbauid, dated in lS00 tells of the outburst of
J"annas tame, year or two after the anouy nous
publication OF her "Plays the passions:''-nA
young lady of Hampstead, who came to Mrs. Bar
bauds meeting with as innocent face as If
she had never written line" At the time of the
Treaty of Client, Mr.. Clay, the American Commis
sioner, was advised to call in Dr. Baillie ss q nhv
slcian OF long established fame. quarter of A
century since, Joanna and A Agnes had settled their
affairs precisely alike, and arranged everything
each for the other, wondering how the surviyor
could live alone. They lived on together until
long past 50, yet Agnes has been the solitary sur
vivor of her family for so many wears that il was
reilei-thOugh a reluctant One-to hear that she
was gone. With those women, simple sensible
amaole and gay IN temper, and of admirable Gull
'i'"t.on' apai i'"h Jodhhas i genius-a period OF
our literature seems to close; and are all weak
enough to sigh at times over what is inevitable.
DEATH OF President BALLoU, OF TUFTS COLLEGE
1t was stated yesterday that the Rev Hosea Bal
lou, President of Tufts College, died at Somerville
Mass, on Mo nday. The Boston Herald of FRIDAY
says:
The deceased was one of the best ecclesiastical
scholars In the country, well as one of the sbi
ming lights of Universalism. He has been presi
dent of TUFTS College since it was established anC