The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-19
BALTIMORE.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1861.

Most of the Northern journals have altogether
,nisaprrehended the import of the late election in
This State, and are congratulating themselves upon
it rs an indication that the people of Maryland in
TEND TO adhere henceforth and under all circum-
stances, to the government of Mr.. LINCOLN. Much
as the "Union' men here have exposed themselves
10 demonstration, yet the majority of them have
certainly done nothing which warrants the North
ern press in treating them as cordial and faithful
allies. There are, it is true, some few individuals
whose sentiments thoroughly coincide with those
of the dominant faction in the North and who
would be content to witness the suhugation of the
South. There are some few who are willing
that this war shall be prosecuted until, in the Ian
guage of Governor THOMAS, the valleys of Virginia
shall be filed up with bones, or who, like Mr..
FIERY, would devote one-half of the Southern
States TO destruction if the remainder could be
Tins reduced to obedience to the Administration.
But the number of persons who approve these
views and sentiments is absolutely insignificant.
Nine-tenths of the people of Maryland are not
only anxious that this war should end, but in
order to secure that result they ready to ac-
knowledge the independence of the Confederate
States and we hazard nothing in saying that
the vast majority of them strongly sympathize
with the South and will insist that this State
shall share the fortunes of that section rs
they are satisfied that the Union is hopelessly dis
solved. The "Union party here has not as is
enormously supposed been fighting for the gov
eminent The great mass of those who compose
il have asserted nothing in the late can
vass which is inconsistent with determination
to identify themselves with the South if the dis
rupton of the old cOniederacy is an inevitable
event. They are merely in the position of men
who are unwilling to realize painful fact, who
hesitate 10 prepare for an unwelcome though ire
mediable change. They cannot bring themselves
to the belief that the Union is destroyed; they
cannot forego the hope of its reconstruction its
former basis They and their opponents merely
differ about the practicability of restoring har-
monous relations between the people of the dis
severed sections, and Of preserving in their
integrity the old political connections between the
States. They have no sympathy with the mo.
tives which prompt the North to carry on this
contest. They haze no feeling in common with
the anti-slavery faction, and they have no dispo-
siton to enter upon struggle for the maintenance
of the commercial or political supremacy of the
Northern States. They are only cinging desper-
ately to hopes which every one of their fellow
citizens also cherished little while ago, but
which a large proportion of the people Of the
State have been reluctantly compelled to abandon.
But when they do come to the conclusion that
a reconciliation between the North and South is
hopeless-that memorable fate has decreed the dis
ruption of this Republication the bulk of the
"UnOn party" will, we are satisfied declare for
the South. There will be upon that point, when
ever it shall come fairly before us an unparalleled
nnanimity of sentiment in Maryland. AT what
moment the "Union party" will recognize the
necessity Of accepting and settling that issue, is,
in our judgment, solely question of time. That
they must meet it sooner later cannot
doubt, and we are equally sure how they will de-
termine it, They, therefore, greatly mistake
Maryland VINO suppose that the late vote is indca-
tive Of a disposition the part of her people to
ally themselves with the North upon the final dis
solution Of the Union.