The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-07

we dwet on yesterday when referred to its
articles of the evening of the 10Th and the morn
ing of the Goth. We were under the impression
that its remarkable fl of patriotism had been ex-
hausted by these two efforts We were. how
ever, mistaken. We had overlooked one other
little article which it published on the afternoon
OF the goth, just before it entered upon the lone
ana suspicious silence to which we referred YES
terday. Here it is in full as we have italicized IT,
PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION
ut is no longer time to discuss but IA act On m ;.
1lgct " mare through constituted authorities
na, me Northern troops shall not be passed
ursugh or city, and that declaration must nony bs ,
ported NTH determination eaerqy and aanir,j, TSera
mus pe preparation, organization and good counsel
h ~ 's passage Of these troops they should be met
Oyomu tne aas Of the city by such an organized force
Gs wtt maze me prohibition efectuaI We keep the
Wal away from our homes if possible. he facts stated
TO secure these ends
bridges on the Philadelphia and Northern Central
matToddS hare been destroyed Jy order Of Manor
This ciA prers the attempt Suddenly plecirqte ami
targe 0od1s Of troops pon as and gics time for prepa.
"Thsough committee of gentlemen carving letters
from Mayor Brown and Governor Hicks the Federal
authorities at Washington the state of affairs here has
been represented and the declaration made that the
Northern troops will not be pass withcut thew
the subject is given.
The CITY Council met this morning and promptly ap,
propated five hundred thousand dollars for the defnc
THE military are all under arms, and numbers Of pri
vate citizens are procuring and accoutremepts at
their own expense. az
The Mayor requests all persons having suitable
and willing to donate them the defence of the civ to
leave them at the office of the Marshal of Police,
SO spake, and so counseled the american on
the goth of April. If we did not know to
what depths the baseness Of some Journalists
will descend, it would appear incredible that
this same american, which had so empha,calIy
| endorsed the acts of our municipal authorities.
which had thus openly approved Of the destruc-
ton OF the bridges, and which had boldly de-
ciared that the Northern troops should be met
beyond the limits of the city by such an organized
force as should not merely oostruc the passage of
those troops through the city, but should make
the prohibition efectual, should within little
more than one brief week be found maligning the
authorities, denouncng the destruction of the
bridges and again becoming the ardent supporter
OF that Administration which it had opposed with
the declaration that call must unite in indignant
reproof of that policy which has exposed us, as
"one OF the unoffending border States, to such
''sanguinary results.'' For honest differences Of
| opinion men may and should have the HIGHEST
respect; but for journals and journalists which an
| plaud men to-day for acts for which thew libel
| them Tomorrow, which are pusillanirnous in the
hour OF danger, and insolent when the peril is
| past; and which are alike time-servino and nm
| scrupulous in their nature treacberous in tba;r
friendships, servile to the powerful and dominear
ing 10 the weak, no honorable man can have any
o'her leelng Than that OF the deepest adherence.