The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-07
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FREDERICK, May GA caucus of all the members
of the Legislature was held in the Chamber of the
House of Delegates this afternoon, with closed
doors, in reference to our Federal relations. The
caucus was addressed for hour and half by
the Hon. II. NJ. McLane, in relation to the details
of the interview of the Commissioners to Washing
ton with the President and the Federal Cabinet.
He said he thought it the intention of the Cab
met to subjugate the seeding States BY gradual
approaches of troops, to sustain the Union IN n of
Virginia and Tennessee, especially; and by whose
aid the Cabinet expected that the Secessionsts of
those States would be overcome without bloodshed.
The District of Columbia and MARYLAND would be
necessarily occupied, to some extent as a rendez-
vCus for troops and depot for munitions of war.
Various inquiries were made OF the Commissioners
VIII ether a regiment could not be marched through
Baltimore with the assent of the State, to which the
Commissioners did not feel authorized to reply affr-
mativey. 1t was remarked incidentally by Mr..
McLane that the troops which were prevented from
reaching Baltimore by the destruction Of the bridges
left Philadelp ph without orders, and would have,
been therefore intruders, which the government
admitted gave a aspect to the position they
cuned with respect to the Maryland authorities.
The main point of MIR. McLane's appeal to the
Legislature, as l gather from outside reports, was
that members should unite without reference to
their partizan associations and devote themselves
exc!usivey to the preservation of the peace and
safety of Maryland in the present crisis He said
that men who desired to confederate with the
Southern States may readily in this crisis unite
with those who have insisted on maintaining the
istng Union, because, whilst the State is occupied
by the Federal troops, it would be physically i'm
possible to relieve her from political association
with the Federal Government.
Honorable and true hearted men he said, will
never consent to maintain the nion by shedding
the blood of the Southern people and subjugating
the Southern States. Therefore such men Can never
again support the administration of Mr.. Lincoln,
which has now abandoned the defensive policy of
maintaining the Federal Capital, heretofore de-
cIared in Mr.. Stewards letter to Governor Hicks.
Governor Hicks bimself might sustain the Govern
ment when it adhered to its defensive pol licy, but
now that it has avowed policy of subjugation, he
will be bound, in honor, to occupy himself exclu-
sivey with the protection of his people.
Mr.. McIane read Mr.. Stewards letter to Mr..
Dayton, Minister to France dated May 4, the
day of the Commissioners visit to Washington de-
clarng the policy of the Government and
acknowledging the radical change in it, and in
this connection he argued to show how widely Gov
ernor Hicks was now separated from the Admins.
tration, if he remained true to his professions
1t was, said Mr.. McLane great crisis in his life,
and the Governor ought to thank God that he had
lost the confidence of the lincoln Administration,
which he certainly had. Mr.. McLane said he was
quite responsible for the entire accuracy of this
opinion, and added that Governor Hicks could not
recover that confidence without the loss of his
own honor; and he trusted that the friends of Gov
ernor Hicks would ponder well upon this view of
the subj ject and encourage the Governor to stand
by the true interests and true OF the State
leaving the Administration only the rufan and
venal portion of our population.