The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-02
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
The Freemen of Jersey.

Ine ffeemen Oh Jersey.
| Inc largest and most enthusiastic meeting ever
neld In Bergen county, convened at Schaalen berg
| ~. d., Tuesday afternoon, to express coDdenpa.
| t'on OF the usurpatlons of the Executive Depart.
heht. Loud threats had been made that the meet
| ing would be broken up, and to iuhame the pas
slons OF men, stories had been industriously crcu-
| lated that secession flag to be raised A band
| 9t halt-grown rutfans was brought in a sIooD from
a o@nkers @ 10 CIoster, and marched over But though
M "i attempt was made by certain parties to break
| up the meeting, and threats of taking the stand
| "eIe thrown out, their courage did not hold ont
| Isel tel eetnng little side meeting up, the ring
s .eauers and their followers skunk away The
meeting was great success and woS add-o.sS
| vigorously by Thomas W Lawrence Esq of RncL-
Rsraan "% cOuhtFs and Dr. Thomas Dunn English, of
bergen The speakers were entbus;o.,;o,II -
plauded, and their remarks fell it, sn aP-
people, arousng their patriotism and determina,inn
70 stand by all their rights under the Constitutin
The resolutions below were, among others equally
significant. adopted by the meeting:
ReSc'Csd, That charge the awful responsnilitv f,r
the pending CIVIL WAR for all its sacrifice m yaHohT
lives its lavish waste of treasure and the deadly blow if
has stricken at our prosperity people, upon the ag
ators in the Northern States who through the press and
popular assemhlages and most of all from prostuted
pulpit, have exerted themselves to educate generation
TO nate the SOUTH and who to-day gsatng over the
spectacle of Americans bounded on to slaughter bv the
very parties who are witnesses of the st but too
coWady to participate in it, That the aggressors among
e StaeS have been the tansgressors of the bonds of
he Union; and that upon the heads of the anslavery
fanatics and demagogues of the North who are pIayin
Hto t,e hahuS OF equally unS rupuOus in the South
resi- 'he crimes Of fratficde bloodshed and treason
States 0 N-''N Vi tAe
Rssorsd That the suppression of the writ Of bqbeas
corpus oy irresponsible sodIcry through the orders OF the
Executive; the seizure Of respectful petitions without
cocr OF law by the police of New York. the unlawful in
crease OF e standing army; the toppage newspaper
presses in Missouri the citizens without
warrant and the Systematic attempts made to renress
free speech by the tools of the President meet anr ~
eeSt condemnation and cannot be cured by the passage
OF laws winch are Themselves equally unconstitutional
ana therefore void and Of no effe,t
The Fruits of the Contest
The New York Erpress gives the following de-
scription of the hungry applicants for the war
charity in that city:
The R9tunda, in the Park, presented this morn
ing SAD scene. Surrounded hv the costly ed6caz
oil our merchant princes UNIV ards of aigbt bnrdraS
iemales from the girl scarcely in her teans to the
ualne OF iour score and ten, were hudded touether
IN the narrow lane between the Superior o.
buildings and the R0tunds, all anxious to Obtain
me relief promised them by the city authorities
Their faces mostly presented A look Of rnisarv
ma the traces OF tears were still visible on NOT
| lew OF them There were Irish, German, French
ma Italian women, seemingly of all classes in So
'iety' ana even an African occasionally made her
appearance.
The Post adds:
The Americans, who were but small propor-
,on' We're matronely in appearan ance and their INV
iognomy showed an expression indicating that
hsy were not accustomed to such erraads.
Relief for the Poor.
AT the meeting OF the wives of volunteers in
urner fall, Cincinnati. on Sunday afternoon, july
Q, the fouoWing resolution, together with others,
'as pass d
Rolc d, That every wife family Of volunteers de-
rived Of support of livelihood shall receive no
ss than $l5O weekly for their support