The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-20
BALTIMORE.
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1861.

", al, The people of Maryland TO consult their
.-..r,crre thus tar, and then answer frankly what
d.. think of this war upon the South. The
IT., iouruals in the interest Of the govern
,obemently disclaim any intention of sub
;,.,,tin, the seeded States; but, in one and the
49,, breath declare that the suhjugation Of
u,rrIand is complete, and that the Same measures
--ri,., hare proved so successful here, must be
,,,da~rakcn against Kentucky and Missouri. If,
.lo, the Border Slave States are to be held in
,,,, ia,,iou by armed force who can doubt that
!, is the intention of the government to deal with
,ta States of the Southern Coniederacy quite as
ri,orou,ly? To say that Maryland is not at this
,i,rc rs much a conquered province Of the North
rs V.p.ril is Of the Austrian, Is an abuse of
terms. We are disarmed-our Capital is in pos
session of the thunderstorm dearest rights as free
mon are daily set at naught-the decisions of the
very highest judicial authority in the Republic
are treated with contempt, and if we have not
vet been deprived of the elective franchise, it is
because the North desires to have representatives
Of Mtryland in Congress, as an evidence that she
ia still in the UNION, and because it matters not
how their votes cast, nasmuch AS the most
uucompromising opposition could produce no
sensible effect upon an overwhelming North
crn majority in both branches Of the Ma
tionaI LEGISLATURE The sectional character
of the contest needs no stronger Illustration than
that which is afforded BY the fact that the Senate
and House Of Representatives are composed almost
exclusively of members from the free States, who,
whatever might have been their former party at-
fllations, are nOw almost 10 a man, supporters of
the Republican Administration in its war upon the
South. From a body so entirely sectional in all
its aspects We need expect nothing but sectional
legislation Tie extra session was not called for
the purpose Of settling, upon Just and equitable
basis. the icud that exists between the North and
the South; hut to exonerate the autccrat at Wash
ington from the consequences of his unconsttu-
ti0nal acts, and to rovide him with the men and
means TO carry out his hostile projects. The
North is clamoring for rigorous prosecution q
the war 1t must be sshort, sharp and bloody
"The laws must be enforced.n 'The Union mus
''be maintained Internationally and at all haz
"ards." These are the war cries. and the only
meaning that can be attached to them is, that the
far and fertile plains of The South are to be del
uged with human blood in pursuit OF
an Object which kindness ard concilia-
ton might have attained, but which moi
even the half a million of men that The
North now proposes to bring into the fe d
can, by any possibility, achieve. We warn
the people of Maryland that this is no struggle fol
the Union as its founders understood and defended
it, nor for the Constitution as expounded by The
wisest jurists and statesmen whose labors have
graced the annals Of the Republic. 1t is a wal
between the North and the South; waged by the
North upon the South; encouraged by Northern
men; sustained by Northern capital, and gotte1
up solely to subserve Northern purposes. 1t mai
tiers not how it commenced, or what was the Incl
ting cause. All former issues are merged. The ru
ling ide, oS The North is to assert its politic
and commercial supremacy. The South mus' be re
duced to condition of vassaage. The stapl
products of the South must pay tribute to tn
North. The institutions of the South must b.
MOULDED TO suit the Northern taste and in def,re
to Northern lr.juaice5. The equal rights of tht
South are TO be contemptuously disregarded, ant
nothing short of unconditional submission vii
Satisfy the Northern passion for Southerl
blood. VIII the South accept thes
terms? The answer may be found il
the enrolment Of two hundred thousand
men, animated with but one great thought-rht
expulsion of the Nor'h ern invaders. We honor
them for the spirit with which they have spurued
the Nor h-rn yoke and a serted the right to gov.
ern themselves. The: have embarked in new
war of Independence; and if CHATHAM the great
est Of English statesmen, could 'rtjoice' that, fo
a lesser cause, the thirteen Colonies had resisted
the power of Great Britain, surely we of Mary
land who are allied to them by kindred, and so
cal, and commercial ties, not less than by iden
THY of interests, may also rejoice that our South
brethren have so gallantly followed the exam
pie which was sci them by the patriots of Seventy
Six. aud heartily wish them an equally triumph
ant dererance.