The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-16

what q terrible state of things existed here ana
then makes this wonderfully candid and reasona-
HE exclamation OF its course:
In view of the state of public feeling very siGnf
cantIy Indicated and under all the unusual circumstan
ces counseed that opposition should he made t"
the authorities: and recommended, moreover that they
should carry their fighting material beyond the limits of
the city for the sanguinarY work they contemplated
" We must KEEP the pr army from o homes, y foSs'bi,
the gist of appeal Of that date W. quite
tent to abide the weight Of it. What then
wrote wrote and published under the weight of a
spCnsibiity for the safety Of the innocent and
children in midst which leaves US nothing to re-
greet
Now it is evident that the American here under
takes TO deny fatty that it countenanced and
sustained" the Police Commissioners in the course
they pursued during what it calls 'that dark and
memorable week Of APRIL When, therefore. on
the evening of the 10Th of April ii said 'lhc blood
"of citizens, shed in our Streets is an irresis-
"ble appeal to us all to unite as Marylnnders." it
only meant that ono opposition should be made
''to the authorities of the city. When, on the
evening of the Goth of April, it said Eve have,
Through our constituted authorities, declared that
| ''the Northern troops shall not he passed through
'our city," and urged that to ''prcvent the passage
| stof these troops they should be met beyond Tx
'limits of the city by such an organized force a:
'fwill make the prohibition efiectual;" when i
proceeded to specify the destruction OF the bridges
the notification of tie Mayor and Governor TO th
Federal authorities at Washington that the troop
must not pass through Baltimore; the appropria
ton by the City Council of half a million dollar
for the defence of the city, and the mastering q
the military, as amorg the measures which hat
been taken TO ''render the prohibition elecusl-'
when it spoke thus we are to understand that
only meant to induce the Police Commissioners
do the reasonable and "sanguinary work the
contemplated outside Of the city limits. When
on the morning Of the Goth of April, it said 18th
''military of the city, with the Governor and th
CONSTITUTED authorities at their head - were dom
'their achole duty to protect the peace Of tli
''city, and to prevent any more hoops from tn
"North from passing our borders" we are
presume that ii was only DESTROYS on heha
of the 'innocent women and children in on
midst" to remove the of the conf1it
a little further off, Bat we are not for an instan
to infer, from these decided expressions of th
American, that it "countenanced or sustained" th
measures it recommended. On the contrary. W
are to assume that this honest and loyal iourns
was bitterly opposed to the action Of the author
ties and people, and only RETAINED from standin
up for the rights of the Government because of il
socitude about the 'women and children" "
give the -4H1rican's defence fairly, and submit
to our readers for what it is worth. If any ma
can believe that its explanation is an honest one
we will not dispute the matter with him. But fo
ourselves, we mnst, until further enlightened, IT
gard it as n wretched snbterfuge, which would /
discreditable TO any man in Maryland, except, pel
haps, Governor Hicks.