The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-23

What shall be done with Kentucky and Mis-
souri,? Treat them, exclaim the Northern Journal
lists, as we have already treated MARYLAND. In
Vade them at all points. Safe all the arms that
nave been collected together for purposes of local
defence. Take possession of private property.
whether the owners like it or not. Enter nrvata
houses at midnight, in quest of concealed weapons
or OF suspected persons. Arrest, without any
other warrant than the order of militia officer
every man who is charged with entertaining cpin-
ions obnoxious to the policy of the Federal Gov
eminent; and, if an effort be made to obtain his
release by haJeos corpus, spurn with an oath
the Sheriff who serves the writ and treat tho
writ Itself with contempt and dersiop. That
Is Tue way Maryland has been served, and
such are the measures that should be
taken against every other border State which
refuses to sustain the policy of q sectional Pres-
Gent and sectional party. Mark how quiet and
submissive Maryland has become under the insp-
F"uoh OF Northern bayonets. Even that pestilent
CITY, Baltimore, which we of the North once
counSeiIed should be shelled from Fort McHenrv.
and delivered up to rapine and slaughter. since
our legions have been encamped around it. has
Insult and contumely may be heaped upon its
people with impunity. BUTLER and his Massachu-
sets men have accomplished wonders in the way
OF relnVlgorating the weakened sentiment of loy-
ATTY IN Maryland, and CADwALLADER and his
Fennsylvanians are rapidly perfectng the work
winch their predecessors left unfinished Turn in
upon kentucky and Missouri the Republican
hordes from the North West. Emulate in the
streets OF Louisville the slaughter of citizens
women and children included-whch recently
'ooA place IN st. Louis, and, in the blessed name
o'4oN' uample upon every "inaeuable right
"n''' makes the UNION worth preserving, and the
VIII be that the people of those States
ike the people of Maryland will be thankful ,n
their protectors and-masters: will ackno,v,od,.o
IN terms expressive of the profoupdest ors,;trdo
that they have been Justly dealt with T.. +hot H.
idea OF their being entitled 10 the nriv;leoos of
heeinen was preposerous, and that it is their
oouhoen outy TO think as the North thinks. TO
speak as the North speaks and to become mere
hewers OF wood and drawers of water in the
service of the North, if the North so wills il
Arrogant as all this may sound, it reflects faith
fully, in substance, and not unfrequently in the
exact words, the language of the Northern Dregs
mat there are credulous fools, who believe
IN the overshadowing power of the North.
ana in the possibility OF coercing the Southern
States back into the UNION, We do not for
moment question. We take it, therefore for
granted, that all such perfectly convinced that
the suhjugalion of Maryland is compIete that
the UNION sentiment is predominant in the State
and that it needs but continuation of the sona
STRINGENT g,r
rpeh II INTO a passion. 1t would be scarcely
worth while TO attempt to dsabuse of their errors
the particular class which cherishes these delu-
sions; but to the men at the North who think for
themselves, and who really court enlightenment,
frank statement of the effect produced upon the
popular mind, by the presence on Maryland soil
OF an army of invasion, may be possibly be of
value At all events it will serve az n foreyvorn-
ing, which, if we not greatly mistaken, time
and the progress Of events will Justify and con
hrm. We assert then, without fear of contradic-
'ion oy any one who has honestly studied the tenn
per Oh our people, the principles involved in the
'on'es'' ana The commercial and industrial inter-
eSS vi 'he State, that strongly devoted as Mary
l"hu once was to the UYIoN, and wilino o. clio |
would still be, to continue steadfnst to bar ohIoo
uons under the Federal compact On Io,,, ., bor
constitutional rights were secured to her and the
UNION remained unbroken-her svmpath,as oro
iiiore strongly than ever with the South in
'ie sectional contest which ls about to punpa
'"e country ihto fratrcida war; and when
ever her voice finds free expression, she will
.I"A her fortunes with those of the Southern
0oh'eaeracy. The Government at WASHINGTON
-, ,n"y iondly imagine that people whose arms
II mas seized; whose soil it has OCCUPIED: whose |
business II has ruined; whose freedom of sneecb |
and movement it has tyranucally restricted and
whose rights it has trampled upon mnet necps-
sarily be docile and obedent. It has vet to learn
from down-trodden and insulted MARYLAND . |
lesson that may dissipate alike its confidence il
the saving virtue of the policy which it has in
augurated and the hopes of its Northern supnort-
ers.. Maryland can never be held by the North
never will be held by the North. She is q
sovereign State, and the time is not far
distant when she will assert-ayel and |
sovereignty. By force and treach-
cry combined she has been rendered tenn.
porariiy powerless-but it is only temporarily.