The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-24
BALTIMORE.
SATURDAY, AUGUST "a, 1861

The enforcement Of the laws' is getting on
famously The seed sOwn by Mr.. EVERETT has
fallen in fertile places, and has sprung up to its
natural fruit The overthrow of the law, by the
constituted authorities Of the Government, has
been followed, naturally enough. by similar patri-
otto demonstrations on the part Of the Northern
people. In Pennsylvania they are ha wing de-
Iightful time of it. Newspaper offices are ''guted"
AS the term is-with great success by '1oyal''
multitudes. Congressman are burnt in efligy, in
the most creditable and satisfactory wav. In
Maine and New Hampshire they are not behind
hand. In Massachusetts, where they always do
such things best and where the influence of Mr..
EvERETT's eloquent precepts is likely to be great
est, because Of his proximity, they add tarring
and gathering, and riding on a rail, to the list of
their efforts in behalf Of the Union and the Con-
stiution. Nothing surpass the noble and
generous patriotism with which the citizens of
Haverhill possessed themselves of the person of
''the editor of q secession Sheet (meaning an
unhappy man, who dared TO oppose aboltionsm
and war covered him with "a coat of tar and
feathers rode him on a rail through the town
and then compelled him to make recantaiion o.
his opinions, on his knees, in the midst Of bruta
and horrible imprecatons and indignities. ~ an
's0rry''--the wretched victim was made to say
"tbat l hare published srh0t I hore and proaiS
'Wa l grW recer again arrHe or pHbltSh Griicle
''agaast the North, or in Iaror Of secession p
What triumph of reason and free institutions
What glorious record for history! What Il Sc
ductiveapPea to our benighte ed Southern brethren
10 re-unte themselves with the freedom and civil,
zationi from which bad men have persuaded them
IN an evil hour, to tear themselves away! How
it reminds one of the joyous days of Massachu
sets Colony, described with so much junction b,
the reverend Minister of Ipswich, when they "dit
''burn and slay' the Pequods and Narragansett
IN Their WigWnms, 'by the goodness of Godp
How Il smacks Of the blessed times when old wo
were forced to sign confession that thew
were witches, and then were drowned or hanged
for their palms. when Quakers were whipped and
branded, and had their ears cut off as a merciful
preparation for the scaffod! How naturally
''pernlcious' editors assume the place of "Devil-
ridden" hays and ''notorious heretics!" How
the blood of the MATHERs and the WIHTHRops vim
dicates the purity gifts descent Upon the heads
OF such men as EVERETT and those who unite
with him In his crusade against freedom of opin-
ION and speech, is the sin and the shame of such
outragcs. Upon their heads must fall the retribu-
ton also. Who, that tells people 'the laws
"are silent amid arms" has any right tc
complain OF their taking him at his word
If the laws are silent, why shall the mob at Hav-
erhlII, Concord, Bangor or Easton hear them, any
more than the Cabinet at Washington? If the
laws sleep at all, they are awake to no man. Il
they are silent at all, they silent altogether
the PRESIDENT may suppress a public journal
without color Of law, because it does not sui
him, why shall the people, who are sovereign
not do the same thing? The question between
hayonets and bludgeons is one of detail, and moi
OF Prlnciple-so is it between tar and feathers and
Fort La Fayette. Nay, the mob have rather th,
advantage, if there be any, in the reasoning.
be patriotic to suspend the laws they are ant t.
De less selfish in their patriotism than their rulers
President or a Secretary may readily mistake
wound to his selflove, for wound inflicted O,
the country. mob, if more fnnatical and mad
IS moi likely to be so personal or so self-seeking
9h52 fTo 42Eas 3s RH tc Ea'G Of tie Eoribery
newspapers apon members Of tie Cd5inet, are re-
SdIueu lheTe as UtGcfS on The cOu3ltTu.'
"Lftat, c'est moit' said the Grand Monarch
"The State! it is myself" ATTACKS upon IFS
say the members of the Cabinet-are attacks upor
the country! We are the country! A mob might
be wicked enough to do any thing-it could moi
be so absurd or so regal as 10 say this Its efler-
Vescences are madnesss-the tyranny of Presi-
dents and Cabinets is system The sins of the
multitude are ignorance and passion-those OF
rulers are ambition and Inst of power The
leader OF mob which destroys printing office
and ynches an editor in its rage, is not half so
unprincipled or dangerous as the President or
the General who sences free speech with squad
OF soldiers, in armed and deliberate defiance Of
the Constitution Ten-fold worse than either is
the rhetorical, phrase-polish.ng demagogue who,
safe in his study without personal risk or official
responsibility prostitutes his talents to the over
throw OF public freedom and the corruption of
people who look up TO him as a patriot and a
counsellor.