The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-17


felt by ninety mine hundredths of their constltu-
ents, and they earnestly besought the North to
make some concessions which were calculated to
reassure the people Of their section, or at least 70
manifest spirit of Cancellation and friendl;ross
Inc border States Joined in these efforts % earn
es'ly as any others. Never were com,,a;r,,
preferred and redress demanded by the neonlo of
any country with more unanimitv Than NV ,b..o
Vi 'le slave States. From the Ohio 10 the Cu1f
, was no uinerence of opinion regarding the ne
''ssiy OF coming to some new UNDERSTANDING
WIN Inc North upon the slavery question. Every
proposition of the South was. however. rejected
ny congress, and every appeal contemptuously
sl'gh'edi and one by one, angry and disappointed,
Tue remoter Southern States withdrew from the
Confederacy and established a separate and indie
pendent Government. Just at this juncture Mr..
LINCOLN assumed his high Office Seven States he
found claiming recognition as new nation. and
he knew that five or six more although they had
hesitated to leave the UNION, were as urpent DC
those which had seeded, in their demands for
some suihcient guarantees for their protection in
future. lie saw that he had to deal with n whole
people which was on the verge of revolution
ana winch was possessed of an immense terrtorr
ana magnificent resources. 1t might have hean
supposed that, under such circumstances tho ro,-,
PRESIDENT would have resorted to some coro;1;o
tory measures to bring about pacifeation-,bot
ne would have endeavored to disarm the anoar of
the southern people, to allay their fears and ,o
win their confidence. He might ut least bovo an
,ofaeu 10 'hem patient hearing; and he might
nave, IN some degree, quoted their spsni-
clons by calling into his counsels some of tho
able and moderate statesmen of the South. Rpt
none OF these courses does he appear TO have for
an instant contemplated. As if TO herald the nd
vent OF the irrepressible conflict he at once renu-
dated the claim of the South to a. bearnc He
uenied that there was any reasonable ground for
us complaints; he reiterated his determination TO
disregard the decision of the Supreme Court bv
which its rights had been explicitly defned ba
announced his purpose to maintain his au,borit,,
ouer IL oy force; he appointed to almost every
oNi'e vi trust ana honor in the Federal Govern
inent, men who had avowed the bitterest hostility
10 tne institutions of the South and who had er-
pressed their Willingness to subyert these in doa
ance OF the guarantees thrown around tber, h.,
the constitution; he refused to enter upon any NO
EQUATION with the Commissioners sent TO him NV
the Confederate States he declined to satisfy tbo
people OF Virginia otherwise than bv refarr;rc,
them to the address in which he had affirmed ,ho9
the Chicago platform was law to him and 70 HI,
party; and after having misled the country by de-
oep'ise assurances of peaceful solution of our
troubles, he suddenly and secretly dispatched q
powerful armament to inaugurate the contest in
ooutn carolina. Never before has the civilized
world behed ruler who really desired to avert
an impending war, pursue similar line of policv
'o0iuoh mas IL seen IN any age, government that
was lnau enough to treat a disaffeced nation as a
riotous mob, unless indeed that government
wished to destroy utterly its opponents. PHILIP
THE SECOND, the most vindictive monarch IF mod
ern times, even when his sway was acknowledged
over mali the globe, offered to treat and to COM
promise with his rebellious subjects of the Neither
lands. CHARLES THE FEST, the most impractical
Ole KING England has ever known received the
agents OF his lnsurgent people, and sent his own
commissioners to negotiate with them for peace.
GEORGE THE THIRD, the most obstinate of all the
BRUSH sovereigns, made overtures to his reyolu
uohary colonies, even after the blood of his SOL
diers had been shed in defending his prerogatiye
And at this moment the CAR of Russia dares not
urn ueat ear TO the murmurs of Poland; and
the EMPEROR of Austria is compelled, at least to lis
Ten 10 the complaints of Hungary and the Italian
provinces. Only Mr.. LINCOLN can refuse TO con-
slder the grievances for which millions of united
1reemen are demanding redress Only the PREs1-
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES can venture in these
oays 10 tell one-half of the nation that he has no
concessions to make, because he thinks none oupht
to be required.
we repeat, then, that the border slave States
nave the amplest cause 10 fear the designs of an
Administration so uncompromsing and extreme.
ana That the course of the latter since it has been
IN power would justify them, before the world.
Tor assuming the position which the Confederate
States have already taken. The Federal Co,err-
hent VIII not hear the South, because it is COM
United to principles which are subyersive of the
existence of Southern institutions and these nrir-
clp.es 1t neither wishes nor intends TO comnronso
away. 1t prefers to run the risk of LOSING if If
must tho e"-e= G'a!es which have seeded but it
will console itself with the reflection that it can then
deal more easily with the slave States which NAV
remain 1t looks forward to the day when, hay
ing thoroughly consolidated the border States
with the North. it will be able, if it so peases to
assai! the Gulf States with an overwhelming force
Let US look forward TO the future also; and let US
determine whether it will comport with our sense
OF right or with our interests, to suffer ourselves
to be used as the instruments by which the pur-
poses of fanatical faction are to be one dav ar
complished.