The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-13

"e'"et II 10 10 Tue interest OF Baltimore that
the country should be at peace or should be reck-
lessly, wantonly, and lawessly, plunged into a
civil war OF indefinite duration, let the merchants
the mechanics, aud the workingmen of all CLASSES
answer Their experiences Tins far-sharp. and
bitter as we ali kuow them to be-are as no,hino
when compared to what they are destined ia he if
this war now commencing is permit d 10 continue
Inc iuln That s'ares them in the face will be
consummated beyond redemption before the close
of the year. Tuey well know what the con dtion
OF trade is now. They know too that the pros.
perty OF our city is almost wholly dependent upon
is maintaining free and unrestricted business re-
iaiions with the South and South West, and that
from the very beginning of these troubles
the plain design Of the government has been
to destroy the commercial and industrial interests
OF b"'lmore by forcing the agricultural pro-
ducts OF the interior into Northern channels
by breaking up our Inland traffic and by nIacipu
lnsurmountabie distractions in the way of our
coaStng trade. Our afh,ntion with the South
our sympathy for the South, our common rriey-
ances, our Jast adherence Of sectional domina-
ton, and our advocacy of such measures of con-
UNION intact, aud would certainly have prevented
the SEPARATION Of the border slave States have
been treated as crimes and have subjected us to a
long series of vindicive acts in plaring violation
OF our constitutional rights, and in defiance Of the
protests OF our civil authorizes and the laws Of
The land. Maryland is, at this day, 10 all intent:
ana purposes suhugated State and her people
suiJugaed people. Yet our merchants and me-
chanics are now invited to send representatives TO
Congress who daringy sustain the Adminisra-
ton In its tyranuicdl exercise of power and
VINO demand, even now, that it shall make
Itself still more severely felt by placing
our city under martial law. But mill
tary despoism is not sufficient to satisfy the phi
lanlhrorlc designs of Mr.. DAVIS We must also
be subjected 10 a renewal of that old reion ot
terror, whose annals are written in the blood of
our citZ'n ms. Mr.. DAVIS now asks that arms shall
he p.ard III the hands Of those exemplary Union
men, the Plugs, and Tigers, and Eubots, the Red
Necks and tie Blood Tubs and their patriotic
associates. 1t was no idle boast in Mr.. DAVIS
when he declared in Congress. and suhseouenllv
III sun stronger language to individual citizens.
that hordes of Pennsylvauians should he let loose
upon Maryland, TO bind her hand and foot to the
chariot wheels Of the Northern Juggernaut. The
''pacihcaorS" are here in obedience to his wishes
and in accordance with his predictions. They
s"agger through our streets; they insult our
people; they invade the privacy of our dwellings.
they lnfesi our highways; they encamp upon our
heights; and however lawless their doinos NAV
be, they find in Mr.. DAVIS a cordial friend, and a
jealous defender. We ask every honest and in
'ei'eent man to reflect upon the present condition
OF BALTIMORE, and what it is likely to become in
future, under the vndctive policy of hostile
Administration, sustained by the "pet lambs Of
the Hon. HENRY WINTER DAVIS. We bave mo
trade beyond the meagre DEALINGS that arc
TO meet local demand which is daily becoming
less from thegeneral mpoverishment of orr c,izane
our sui'pil es from the interior are cut off. and
wanting them, our foreign commerce has utterly
died out Many OF our merchants are bankrnnt
vast number Of others are on the verge of ruin.
ana all have suffered grevous losses. Hundreds
VI stores are closed; hundreds of DWELLING
houses are untenanled; building operations are
suspended, and in every branch of trade and man
fracture the stagnation is complete and absolute
the ctlef sufferers by the war Peace and tho
pouh''"i harvest which is even now maturing
wouiH do much towards restoring shattered credit.
creating new dem tnds for labor, and rebuilding
the commercial f,brc which the mere preparations
for the war have SO rudely shakea. If war
should come in earnest-war in all its hate and
bitterness, AMI passion, and ferocity-the depre-
citation of values in stocks in real estate. in prep
erty OF every description, will be euormous,-
"eailh VIII melt away like the fairy gold in the
l'ish legend, and rags and hunger aud beggarv
VIII ne the sad lot o. thousands of families of in
dus'rlous mechanics and workinpmen who even
now can barely manage to find, from day IA dav
'he means OF sns'enance. This is no iancy sketch
we "oulo 10 GOD that it were. IF this war which
Is now upon u.s. and from which we have already
suffered so much, be permitted to con,inpe all
that we have foreshadowed, and more Than
all, will assaredly come to pass 1t is
then, for the people of this city, whose interests
are so deeply involved in the settlement of tI,i
question, to say, by their votes this day. whether
they are in favor of peace or war. If they believe
that peace is but another synonym for commercia
ana industrial activity, and that happiness and
prosperity follow in its train, let them assert that
belief ny casting their votes for the Hon. HWY
nAf' - on the contrary, they believe that war
Wv" an lis attendant horrors, is bles. ing, and
'i''' sn'ps ro'nng at the wharves for want of en-
p'os'ne"'' closed stores, empty dwellings, silent
WORKSHOPS and factories, aud commercial and in
dus'rlal dependency and ruin are but the Incl
dents of pleasant comedy, let them vot, tor H.
war candidate the Hon. HENRY WINTER DAVIS