The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-13


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And in reference to the failure OF the Board to
remove Marshal KANE, the american remarks
Had they impartally discharged their duty by re.
moving Marshal Kane after the deve opments of the
18th of April the Government would have cause
for the exercise of power of which the Mayor
plains"
To so shameless and cowardly an assault upon
any individuals, whether in private or official
stations, the annals of journalism in this city will,
we venture TO say, scarcely furnish parallel We
will not multiply words in order to demonstrate
the miserable tergiversations of the American, or
by way of comment on its dsreputable course
We will merely remind our readers of a few facts
in this connection, and leave the american to be
dealt with by the public, if, indeed, it has not
fallen below that level where even the
contempt of the community would reach
it. The american complains that Mar
shall KANE was retained in office after he had, in
Esq., summoned the men of Allegheny to the de-
fence of Baltimore. This the american saws was
no less than high treason and rebellion, and its
honest and patriotic soul is shocked at the very
hesitation of the Police Board to dismiss Marshal
KANE from his place. Now, what are the circum-
stances of the case? The riot, about which the
american has been so indignant, occurred on the
10Th of April, and on the afternoon of that day
this loyal and consistent journal thus addressed
the people of Baltimore. We italicize portion of
its editorial:
"LET Us UNITE.
THE results Of this morning must determine the position
o. all men ne must agree as one man. first: to secure
the re establishment of harmony among ourselves and
all then Joan IN aohoteper measures may be determined
upon. Whatever difference may have do yet exist,
the blood of citizens shed in is rresst
BILE appeal to all to unite Maryianders to meet
firmly and together the responsibilities clustering hcky
about us ,.r
Mayor the police authorities from together concsrting
those measures 1ohich necessary the public Safety
Let first seek unity among ourselves and then act
such crisis as this all other considerations must give
way duty towards another and State and
| ciy."
The evening edition Of the american containing
this earnest appeal was Immediately sent to Fred
erick where some of the "Nlarylanders' 10 whom
it was addressed saw it, and were stirred to ac-
ton. Mr. BRADLEY 7. JOHNSON was one of the in
dividuals who read this invitation TO the people
of the State to unite with us, and in a card from
him which we published on the 18th ult., he tells
US how it affected him. He says:
1.-THE facts that late the afternoon of Friday pri
9I saw by the evening american bulletin board
in Frederick, that the people of Baltimore had
risen upon their invaders Later l telegraphed to Col
| me- Offering 20 aid him with men. About O'Clock an
express brought me Col. Kane's reply.'
1t thus appears that the despatch for which Mar
| shall KANE is now denounced, was simply reply
to one which Mr. JOHNSON had transmitted to
Baltimore just after he had finished reading in the
American the urgent appeal of the latter to the
| people of the State to ''unite as Marylanders.'
The account of the riot, and the editorial article
which appeared in the afternoon edition of that
Journal instgated Mr.. JOHNSON to tender aid to
the authorities of Baltimore and to this offer
Marshal KANE, animated, it may be- by the en-
thnsiasm of our contemporary, replied promptly,
| accepting the proffered assistance Nor can it be
alleged that either Mr.. JOHNSON or Marshal KANE
misunderstood the purport of the American's call;
for its subsequent course, for the following day or
two have precuded it from settling up any such
| preence. On the morning of the Goth, the City
Council voted half million of dollars for the de-
fence of the city; and shortly after its adjourn
| ment, Messrs. COLUMBUS O'DoNNELL, JOHNS Hop
KINs and JOHN CLARK waited on the Mayor, and
| offered on the part of the banks, to advance the
whole of this sum to the city for the pur-
pose designated by the Council. The american,
therefore, fully comprehended the character
of the uprising in this city; and that it regarded
it in the same light as Messrs JOHNSON and KANE
did, is evident from the article which appeared in
its afternoon edition of April GOTH 1t then made
another patriotic appeal to the people of Baltimore
| in these words. We here also talicize few SEN
| fences. 1t said
| PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION.
sit is longer time to discuss, but to act as to
direct them. We hare through constituted authorities
declared that the Northern troops shall not be passed
through city, and that declaration must be sap
ported aviM determination, energy and nGinity There
must be preparation, organization and good counsel
To precen the passage Of these troops they should be met
beyond the limits of the city By such organized force
to make the prohibition efectal We must keep the
aroay from homes if POSSIBLE. The facts stated else
where show what have already been taken to
secure these ends"
Such was the american view at the tins of the
occurrences of the 10Th of Aprii--such were its
ezhor taons to lis readers. Now it is denouncing
every individual in the city who then pursued the
course which it advised, and it is stgmatizing as
traitors the Mayor and the Police Commissioners
whom it then praised for doing 'their whole
| 'duty." We invite the attention of the public TO
these undeniable facts. 1t would be reflection
on the honesty and good sense of the community
for us to act as if such case needed comment at
our hands. We leave our readers, therefore, to
| find the terms which alone can be properly ap-
piled to conduct as Infamous as that of which the
| american stands convicted