The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-11

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he seeks, amid the applause of the galleries, to
concentrate the whole policy Of the Government of
this Union in the single proposition?
that the Constitution of the United States the
laws made pursuance thereof must be enforced and
those who stand the path of that enforcement must
either destroy the power Of the United States it will
destroy them"
And this too at a moment when every man of
thought and patriotism is straining his resources
and animating his efforts TO tie utmost-and ev-
cry warm, true heart is agonized in prayer 10 God
TO avert the misery and shame Of fraternal
bloodshedl Let us turn to different picture
Let US see how Northern man-whose position
is so high and so well known that he has nothing
to bid for-is able TO deal with the questions dealt
with, as We have seen, by citizen Of Maryland.
Let us see what the intelligence and manhood of
Boston can say in regard to the difficulties, the
dangers and the remedy, of which Baltimore has
been made to speak in the terms and the spirit we
have shown. We quote from the speech Of Judge
CURTIS, late of the Supreme Court of the United
States-the author of the able dissenting opinion
in the DRIED SCoTT case which has been the con-
sttutional text of the Republican party on that
question. The italics are the speakers own:
But, before proceed further Idesre toprevent all pos
ssibe misconcepon concerning my own opinion, to
what is termed the right of secession. consider the Con-
suon of the United States to have been ordained by the
people of the United States acting through their
State organizations. believe it to be what the Const-
tuition asserts of itself in many words e supreme
law of the land''' (Applause Not a league but a
law like all other laws binding when obeyed, not the
less binding because disobeyed by those subject 10 its
authority. (Great appause
And consequently, secession, whether successful or
unsuccessful, is successful unsuccessful revolution
(Applausel
At the same time, two things are indisputabe. The
one is that the right Of revolving against unjust and
oppressive government is of the inaenable attr
bues of every people And the other is that union of
organized and powerful States necessarily contains with
in itself organized and powerful instruments of revou
ton.
The events of the last fifty days have afforded the
striking evidence of this For by the mere fiat of Con-
ventions have the laws of the United States
lenced their property SEIZED and their power for the
time annihated throughout great tract country ex
tending from the Atlantic ocean to the Mississippi
| river.
| olution, that we have to deal.
We bear in mind also, that the question is not
what s think of their grievances or apprehensions of
danger to their peace and security but what they think
They will act on their own views of their own necess
ties, not ours. And therefore, if we would form
estimate of what their conduct is likely to be-
must not content ourselves with denying that they have
occasions for complaint but must at least listen what
| they assert them to be. (Applause.)
Now, looking at what has actually occurred in the
action already made in some of the border States, at
the common interest OF all the slavehodng States in the
subject of slavery, at the unanimy of feeling which
springs from it, at the conviction which, however i'll.
founded undoubtedly exists that the President elect
will he placed in power by party confined to the North
ern States hostile to slavery, and dangerous to their
peace that the secession of six States has left the ega
tive power in the hands of that party that in the
nature important changes may expected in the I-
dcal department of the during the next
years; and that their sincere and argent dpprehenSons
Of injustice are met only by irresponsible indiriduat
RANGES that there is occasion for dlIr aUile nothing
is done to regGtH their Confidence considering all this
should We have any rational ground of confidence that
tha horde StaF TT,;n
| should continue to do nothing?
Undoubtedly there exists in each of those States
powerful party friendly to the Union. But how long
could it stand, how long would it attempt desire to
stand against settled conviction in the minds Of their
people that the North is Indifferent to their complaints
Union but military force? Sir the Union party will dis
solve and disappear under the influence Of popular
passion excited by that conviction, like Northern
under Southern
this party to be made poweress through our mac
ton Will you stand still and those who would
store peace and Union swept into the gulf secession
and war; for want of encouraging acts and helping
hands? (Cries of mo, no.') Ifnot, let have action
No matter what becomes of party platforms We will
the panks of all Of them to make bonfire wherewith to
celebrate returning peace great cheering and think
THAT is the best they put to- daughter
and cries of "Goodl Let have action just, wise,
concatory action. Let hold out the hand of friend
ship to every who has comprehensive patriotism
enough to propose plan for it. appause) whether his
name be Seward or Douglas, Etheridge, Adams or Crit
enden. (Great applause, and cries of "Good.'l
We can make no severer comment upon the
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and we leave our readers to draw their deductions
for themselves as to the speakers.
1t was no doubt noticed by every one, that the
report which we copied gave the details of the in
terruption of Mr.. DAVIS by Mr.. KUNKEL, in which
the right of the former to speak for Maryland was
decidedly and properly challenged by his col
league. AS is his wont, Mr.. DAVIS bravely re-
piled, that he represented the Fourth Congressional
District Of Maryland, and spoke what he knew to
be the sentiment of the State. If there be any
point upon which Mr.. DAVIS ought to be chary of
speaking, it surely is that of the extent to which
he represents any portion Of the people Of this
Commonwealth. No one knows better than he
| the circumstances of the election under which he
occupies the seat from this District, and certainly
no one ought to take less pride in it OR claim less
under it. But we live in strange times; and mas
much as Governor Hicks, who was elected after
the same fashion, has protested, quite as vigor-
ousy as Mr.. DAVIS, that he knows and represents
the sentiments of the people better than any one
else can possibly d. it is quite fair to presume that
there is q stock Of knowledge and representation
held in common by these distinguished function
aries, and that at all events, they represent each
other. Nhen, therefore, MT DAVIS declares that lie
willhead minority and call on the Federal Govern
ment to aid him, in fighting the majority Of the
people of this State, in they should be forced
by the failure of compromise and the unhappy dis
rupton of the Union, TO remodel their federal re-
lations presume that he and the Governor are to
be together in that enterprise, and that the, first
''mitary officer of the age" is to have some hand
| in IT, We think that this must satisfactorily ey-
plain to the commonest understanding the pur-
pose of those military preparations in Washington
which have been made upon Governor HICKS
information, and under color Of protecting the
Federal Capital. Unless we are greatly mistaken,
the disclosure of this fact will tend immensely to
illustrate, hereafter, the extent to which the Gov
ernor and Mr.. DAVIS represent the people of Mary
| land