The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-07-06

w Hhether this change was brought about by thei
great approval OF the assault on Fort SUMTER ol
their great resentment at the Gnvarnm ants resist
ance 10 that assault, is not definitely known.
Although they submitted the ordinance for rati
icauon to vote OF the people, to be taken on
DAY then somewhat more than month distant, tn
Convention and the Legislature, which was also il
session at the same Jime and place, with leading ner
OF the state not members of either, Immediately
commenced acting as if the State were already GU
of the Union.
forward all over the State They seiz-d the Uni
TED states arm0ry at Ulrper's Ferry, and the Ma
Wy ard at Gosporr, Norfolk. They receiv-
co. perhaps invited, into their State, large bodies
oi troops, with their warike appointments from
the so-caed seeded States; they formally entered
into treaty of temporary alliance and Co opera
ton with the so-caIled Confederate States, and
sent members to their Congress at Montgomery:
and hnaily they permitted the Iusurrectonary
| Richmond.
The people of Virginia have thus allowed this
great lnsurrectlon to make its within her bor-
deFs, and this Government has no choice left but TO
Deal with 1T where it finds it And it has the less
regret, as the loyal citizens have in due form,
claimed Its protection. These loyal citizens this
government is bound to recognize and protect as
being Virginia
In the Border States, so-called-ip fact, the mid
die Statts-there are those who favor a policy
Which they call armed neuirality-that is, an
arming OF those States to prevent the Union forces
passing Une way, or the dISuuiOl the other. over
! their soil. This would be disunion completed -
tigurativey speaking, it would be the BUILDING of
an linpasSioe wall along the line OF separations; and
yet not quite au impossible one for under the guise
OF heutfsAty 1t would tie the hands OF the Union
men and freely pass supplies from among them to
the lnsurrectionists which it could not do AS an
open enemy
At stroke, it would take all the trouble off the
nahus OF secession, except only what proceeds
r"n tne external o!ocKadt: it would DO for the
'hat' WHICH "i an 'ulhgs theY most
;,h. e.ieea theni wen ahd give them dlsunion
stFugge ot toeir own. IL recognizes no
@ ~ ~ tne IONS tuinn-ho ooiigatlon to main
rS an sn1 '. H'"h; anu %hilG very many who have
~ are uouoteSs inYal citlzens, 1t Is never
po;s - ~. l'us @ IA! eneC''
~ " tic "o.''n vi the government, 1t
=! 400 o "teo lnaC at nrSL ca'l was made Tor
la anu raptoiy ioHo"lng this pTocla-
aS l"I cIos'h2 Tue ports OF the ln-
ulstr iCts ny proceedings IN the nature
VI oeN""e' 90 lar, all was belleVed to be strict
ieRai;
at thls point, the lnsurrectlonists announced
.ntl, tu poSo ~ eh'ei upon tue practice OF prl-
'ateetihS.
Other calls were made for volunteers to serve
Snree years, unless sooner discharged and also for
la ge additions to the regular army and navr
lhese measures, whether strictly legal not were
fIHsu t" upon uuueF Wnat appeared to be pOpu-
ar demand and pubic necessity, trusting as now
TnaI Eohgt ess would readily raiiy them 1t is be-
le'eu 'hat hothing mas been do1e beyond the con-
sltutl0nai competency of Congress.
soon alter the H. st call for militia il was consid-
cred a duty to authorize the COMMANDING general
in proper cases, according to his discretion to sus
pend the privilege of the writ Of habens corpvsor
in other words, to arrest and detain, without re-
sort to the ordinary processes and forms oF law
such individuals as he might deem danrsrons 70
the public safety.
This authority As prrrosaIv been exarcisod b,t
very sparingly
Nevertheless the legality and nronrietv of what
has baen dn,o nnJor - a. -. - s.;lI ,l '! W "u"'
t,; ~ INC u'"e. IL are p"esu4He,', ana the at
oitior tbat @ i nn' Drcn tsIeu 10 me prop
- l. .t,r 80 =, " Il" i e""'n W '"%s care that the
iI .a"S oe l"l'niu,y executed, should not, himself
in, '"eh' vi course some consideration was
sieu " ''e qo'sV'obs "i power and propriety be-
tnlG hal'et was acted upon: me whole ot the
80 "'iton we're required 10 De laith!uliy executed
- ICING resisted anu iallng OF execution in
1T h1 o'S tniIu oi tne states. Must they be al-
E =" n,aiiy a ni execution, even had 1t been
n ,bn tna., ~ Tue use o! the means neces
oi D. - tA9t"'lon' sone single law made IN
tbt ':HueiHess o the clt'zehs liberty,
r ~ r :, ''o'l, 1t eieEe eS n"re oi the gulIty than
b riolatadq ~ Snnului |" very limited extent,
sra al .ba , go .ne Question more dlreetiy;
~ ,.a VIC ,a"s nus "he 10 90 eheXFcuted, anc the
;i,in Ut i'seH u go |" Pieces lest that one be
~ eli "a sGcn case would not the Official oath be
49, :; tn' ,ams efhintnt should De "Verthro|n,
nen !, m"s og'.eVec that aSregarding the single
i;d III IIu - preserve II! bue 1t was NOT De-
- - n; 1uiC ms question was presented, 1t was
t, Inat an! IA" was V,o'ated: The pro-
WI. f bt may tue o' 'ne
yrba, in ,ss of bIl;n o' Nv ~ ti t1s
s.faty ,a,, roor;ra :. = .anrit ,' ~
80 - ~, - ''"'0'' :" P,o'iS'un
"s "s' i'it"Se ""l - Suspehue| wheu, in
49, W VI ~ sne p"olc sde'y
80 Of III. - S Li:a' we naye
noT,io +h@ oi;ir "a - -; ~ Po'o '"e'y We
y '| - > -. ~ 80 'sHri =" '.e ".lS HIto
Css ad t H. NV !. Ism - mus t 'uae M
powet Ras the Guns tis.eion Itself is silant os
20 which or who is to exercise the nower.
and as the provision was pIainIv msde
for dangerous emergency. il cannot
be believed the trainers of the instrument intended
that in every the danger should run its course
until Congress could be called opethpr the very
assembling of which might be prevented as was in
tended in this case by the rebellion. No more ex-
tended argument is no offered as an opinion at
some length will probably be presented by the At
tornev General Whether there shall he anv legis
lation upon the subject, and if anv. what il snb-
mtted entirely to the better Judgment of Congress-
Inc inToearahce OF TINS Government had been so
extraordinary and so long-continued as to lead
some foreign nations to shape their action If they
supposed the early destruction of our National
Union was probable
nile this one discovery gave the Executive some
concern ne nov happy to say that the sovereign
~ ana Ilghts OF the United States are now every
where PTacucaliy respected by foreign powers, and
a general sympathy with the country is manifested
throughout the world.
The reports of the Secretaries of the Treasury,
war and the Navy, will give the information
| IN detail deemed necessary and convenient for
your delioeratlon ana action, while the Executive
and all the Departments will stand ready to sup
ply omissions, or to communicate new facts con-
| sldered Important tor you to know
| II IS no" recon mnenueu that you give the legal
| means lot making thls contest short and decl-
siFe ohe that you place at the control OF Govern
| ment Ior the Work at least tour hundred thousand
| men, and tour hundred millions of dollars. That
number OF men Is about one-tenth OF those of pro-
| per age wltmn the regions where, apparently, all
are willing to engage; and the sum is less than the
| twenty-thrd part OF the money value owned BY
the men who seem ready to devote the whole A
debt ot SIX hundred millisns of dollars, now, is
l-ss per head than was the debt OF our revolution,
"neh we came out OF that struggle; and the money
'siue IN 'he country now pears even greater
proportion 10 What II was then, than does the
population. surely eacn mao mas as strong mo
1--WE now 70 preserve our hoert'es as each haa then
" es'ao'iSn 'ne"i'
| right result at this time will be worth more tC
| the word than ten times the men and ten times
the money. The evidence reaching US from the
country leaves no doubt that the material for tbs
work is abundant, and that it needs only the hand
OF egis lation To give 1T legal sanction and the hand
| OF the Executive TO give it practical shape and
efficiency. One of the greatest perpexities of the
Government is to avoid receiving troops faster than
it can provide for them. In word, the people
will save their Government if the Government it
self will do its part only indiferently we'll
| 1t might seem, at first thought. to be of little
difference whether the present movement at the
| South be called secession or rebellion. The
IN Cvers, however, will understand the difference
| At the beginning, they knew they could never
raise their treason to any respectable magnitude
By any name which implied violation of law
They knew their people possessed as much of moral
sense, and as much of devotion to law and order
and as much uride in. aud reverence for the hunt
ing and Government of their country, as any othe,
/ civilized and patriotic people. They knew they
| could make no advancement directly in the teeth
of the strong and noble sentiment accordingly they
commenced bv an insidious debauchipg of the pub.