The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-02

Most OF the adherents Of the Admin stration
IN this City and State at least, seem to forget
that there are such things in the world as COM
mon sense and common honesty. In their
desperate endeavor to cast some damaging STIGMA
upon their opponents, they are ready not only to
believe but 10 assert anything which is likely to
operate iniurously against the latter About the
truth of their allegations or the Justice of their
conclusions, they do not appear to concern them
selves; ana they unscrupulOusly promulgate and
reiterate from day 10 day accusations which every
man in the community knows TO be unsustained
by solitary fact The American is the mouth
piece of this party, and from week to week il has in
lieu OF arguments, been ringing the changes on the
same set of unfounded charges. Never were
sounding brass and tnkng cymbal more vio-
lently and persistently played upon The Ameri-
can deliberately asserts that those citizens of Mary
land who sympathze with the South and oppose
the policy Of the Administration, have been
striving, by secret conspiracies and open violence
to bring about a revolution in the State They
not only DESIRE it says to link their own fortunes
with those Of their Southern brethren, bat they
have been steadily trying to coerce those who
differ with them into acquescence in their projects
They have determined to drag the State into
the Southern Confederacy, in defiance of the will
OF the great majority of her people, and they have
therefore resorted to every sort OF intimidation
fraud and treason
Such are the charges which the american
has invented and is constantly repeating, aud in
tone OF mingled alarm and rage it calls on ttUnion
men 10 resist the oppressive proceedings of their
adversarles moments reflection will enable
any one TO recall facts enough to set the americans
falsehoods at rest forever. A recurrence to tha
history of the past six months will suffice to
satisfy every candid mind of the absurd and
shameless character of the accusations which have
so constantly appeared in our contemporaries
columns. Not one single circumstance can be adj
duced to show that those here who sympathize
with the South have ever endeavored to take the
slightest unfair advantage of the Union, party
The Legislature, in both branches of which thew
have large maiorties, have acted on all occasions
with perfect franlness and integrity. The Con-
ventions which they have called have done moth
ing more than present their views calmly and
appeal earnestly to the people. The riot which
occurred mere on the l9th of April was an ont
dream against the militia of New England only:
"au wheh our citizens few to arms on the ens,,ino,
ounuay II was 10 repel Pennsylvania and New
York soldiers who had sworn yo,,,oon,,, -, 49,.
city. Our authorities being under NO ,t,:.....
to accept punishment at the hands of Nontto.a
troops, bravely stood by our people; but wben -
few days, the danger passed away, the Police
Board at once disarmed the companies which had
enrolled themselves, and which would have pro-
tected the city as well against riots within as
against assaults from without. Not three citizens
among the whole two hundred and thirty thou
sand inhabitants of Baltimore were molested on
account of their sentiments; and when the few
extreme partisans who had fed in a causeless
panic, returned home, they found the peace of the
city SO thoroughly preserved that they, with the
American at their head, straightway set to work
to denounce and villify the authorities and all