The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-20

e, southern ConIederacv then ri, h,,o"eu on 10 u
Do any member OF Captain Moore's cnmnan ~ II,
ceSsi'h'sts. lie renewed the motion tn -. :, -
message. u r'Ject u
s. Mr.. Wallis said whatever political die,ro,o
III nhiGht exist between himself and Governor UinI
lie hau vet always endeavored to treat him with .
re proper respect, and with e-ery propriety of oii
y ana social intercourse. Only Yesterday. he sai
!, me Governor had been far forgetful of the mr.
h prieties oi his own position, and of the dignity
., .'lS mouse, as to send to it a communication e
1t TeueIv indecorous in language, but which, neve
the'esS, inns body had treated with marked forbea
= ahce- To-day the Executive, embOldened by tt
,nPul,'iF ne had been permitted to enjoy sends
q seonh9 message OF like tenor; one so plainly
= @ l,.a'ion 1i auty and OF propriety that no man
sense could tail to see it, He hoped the Hons
II """d not indulge in undionfed elimination or r,
t c'llh'hatlon, but would treat this messaUe with
proper eXnlo'tion of sefrespect. TO that end h
," hlS motion to return without comment tn
message pack to the Governor. The 0u.stion wa
put and decided afiirmatively bv tbs fnIInwin,
e party vote: '"' 'o'lo"ini
m spps-sessrs p Klbourn, Durant Morgan Ford Deni
of Pi Jones of Talbot Chaplain Bryan Jonn
AZ ''nce HeorgeS StarRey, Jacobs Goldsboronyb W.
neIn bpune Harrison, Wallis Sangson Norft St,
oDrhIng Griffith, Gordon, Barnard Mills and Tnr
6 MAY M9yS-Messrs Medders Burgess McIntire Maxw.u
'a'' "'aushh, wilson, Fiery, Roop and Gorsuch-IO
, ~, THE MILEAGE QUESTION
Inc senate Is apparently not inclined to viaId -
.ne views OF the House upon the question of mile
TSe "c'' ana 10 day requested a Committee ot
Conference to adjust the difference The commit ~
zee, as now Constituted, are Messrs. Goldsborouob
SS'ohe and Townsend of the Senate and Messrs
maxwell, Straughn and McCleary of the Houss
The report of the Committee on Federal Rea.
III reference to injuries committed by the Vir
glnlans against the interests of citizens Of Narr
l'tu" III IN 'he Chesapeake and O5io Canal was adont
eu. Inc report declares, in substance that Ma
ldnd VIII rely upon the honor of irpiaia for com
Pensauoh TOT such injuries NAV be infictad unnn
under authority, 'N'A"S
nv SPEECH Mr.. GORDON.
| :. Inc report o. the Committee en- Federal ReIa
m Mons vas called up as the order of the day. and
MT; GORDON addressed the House.
lie reviewed the history of the slavery AGITATION
o 'ue past thlry ears, cOntending that il had it's
origin IN the avarice and envy of the North. AL
| i,:ss 10 the popular error Of attributing to the
nui'lncatlnn efforts OF South CAROLINA in 1879 and
| the repeal OF the Missouri Compromise he said of
tue iormer that South Carolina practicable fri
umPhed' that she forced the Government into
| Cp, C,pr"nise, tne Jus'lce ot which was endorsed by
Eongress; and though the North now clamors over
Tue repeal OF the Missouri Compromise vet at tho
PERIOD OF the adoption of that memorable measure
tney nad expressly declared that they did NOT re-
+ tbl as partl to it; and odious was
~ ~ tlen regarded in that section, that not one of
those VINO advocated it and voted for il in Conrros
| was ever returned to that BODY Hi'''
ne charged the States of the North with had
lai,n IN the observance of the fugitive slsva Law
OF 1893 and of 1850 and quoted from tb lo, ia"S
era! message" "f Governor Hicks in support Of his
POSITIONS They had disreparded the otinI 40.
Jaw Oh comfy, and by so doing bad broken up the
IT, To- Ut tne country. Disloyal citizens of the
Union were permitted by the free States to sroan-
| lze Emigrant Aid Societies. to provide Sharna;s
fnes, and to adopt other measures professedIv for
| me purpose OF sssailing the rights of the South
nE ". 'Tas teampilng under foot the laws of the
hat!on. IL was from these original causes all our
| present evils flowed. Yet, had MARYLAND bcen
permitted to adopt the course pointed ont nv tho
"ouIhcrh hlghts party IN November last the pres
| ST nf faH yIkl
| lie was sure that, had a State Convantin -
called in Maryland, it would have rec2mmended a
| conference OF the border States which Will
S.p Wpu!u nave insisted upon ample guarantees of
southern constitutional rights, would have pro-
posed nothing dishcnOrable to the North Tho carq
"nlcn iea 70 the American revolution were SLIGHT
compared TO those which urged the Colonies into
revolt against Great Britain. Ii was the assertion
OF naked claim to tax the Colonies without ranre
sentatlon which summoned the Colonies to arms.
ana even the Stamp Act, in which that principle
"as asserted, was subsequently repealed, and an
oner made to allow the Colonies representatinD
In Far rllament; but the proposition was rejected nm
the ground that their representatives would be nm
ape spe 10 resist the expressions of the majority Our
.a.neis contended 'or naked principle, and they
succeeded in the contest.
III WAS the custom then to denOunce as rehal, and
traitors all who would not stand under the bannnr
OF OF England; but history and grateful posteritv
Saiu 'at ,ne rebels OF l176 were the true pa
trlots, ana the time is rapidly approaching wban
the rtoels OF to-day will be regarded as natriots
ana th0se who cowardly oppose them as tories -
ne aeIu that there was Government of States
anu not consolidated Government of the neonIa
ana that undue effect and force has been civap ~
! the words 1--WE the people" in the preamble of the
constitution. In explanation of that sentepca th a
speaker sald that IN the Constitution as ORIGINALLY
ADOPTED IN Convention the States were seVeraIlv
named, put that committee of revision had stricE
en- out the names of-the States for the purpose of
preViy, ana because, as the Constitution provided
Tor the admission ofnew States il yyas W
no tafa .L.
charter. ''' Vi maj
Mr.. wallis suggested, as another reason, that il
was not known even whether all the thirteen Colo
mes would accept the Constitution and hence tho
adoption of the term as it now EXISTS Wv
hesuinlng, Mr.. Gordon said the ripht of rayoIr
ton was admitted, and that secession was hnt
peaceaole revelation. He ridiculed Mr. Fiery's as
serion that Satan the original secessionit ond
sald the gentleman himself seemed to have been an
mated oy the vindictiye spirit of Satan
MIR. fiery-Satan, you know, sometimes reproves
sin.
Mr.. Gordon-True; you gave us an illustration or
mat TACT the other day. Laughter
continuing his argument he said the gentleman
rom w aShlhgton county attributed the origin of
tne rgnt OF secession to Mr.. Calhoun, but he must
nave read the history of his country to little prof
or ne would have known that the principle of So
csssion was fully embodied in the Virginia and
hentuckey resolutions drawn up by Mr. Madison
hlseli; Inc evils OF dissolution, great and horr-
Ole as they are, might be slight compared with
evils which promise to accumulate under the spe-
clous pretext of the enforcement of the laws
against the policy of coercion Mr.. Gordon ouoted
1Feech OF Daniel Webster at Andover, in 1888, in
Which he denied the right and power of President
JACKSON to employ force against South Carolina
OF 10 olocksde the ports of that State Even the
stern ana impetuous Jackson refused to exercise
any uouotul powers, but required the special en-
actment of the Force Bill 10 anthor;z 80 80" en
collection of the revenue. 'oN VIC
Inc state OF South Carolina an unit in this
revolution. How can the laws be enforced against
| nm InHin
which the Government had neither courts NOR
marshais! Or would you indict an entire peopIe-
whole nation-for treason? The mere proposition
exhibits its absurdity. When the General Gov
ernment can act through its civil courts then and
not until then, can the legal power of the Cavern
ment enforce its laws. Rather than learn that we
nave Government according to the teachings
OF the Administration, the sooner we are RENTED
we snail be. That the Government is one of con-
sent ana not OF force, is a principle which lies at
the very root Of our institutions
What Is the Declaration Of Independepce but an
act OF secession? and il revolution be admitted as
right then, as co-rel2tive obligation it must be
conceded there exists right of resisting it's eyer
else. Let the North triumph in this contest, and a
military despotism will be established. 1t is only
with the triumph of the Southern Confederacv that
constitutional liberty can be restored: only when
the Southern flag shall float victoriousiv from the
Potomac to the Rio Grande that civil liberty can
be restored Applause. Just as true as that. had
I.ft tn-
land, the free institutions of the mother country
ltselt would have been next assailed.
commenting upon the recent speech of Mr. Fiery
ana ms claim to represent 'four thousand freemen
"l ashlngton county Mr.. Gordon said he in
cuded among his constituents the advocates of
murder and murderers themselves.
Mr.. Fiery-Will the gentleman name one?
Mr. Gordon, In response named Clinton H.
Rench, Esq, whom be eulogized as brave aud
n"ble-hearted gentleman, who had not only been
nasely murdered at Wiiiiamsport, but reb5ed
alter his death, his pockets pia ged and his horse
stolen and sent into Pennsylvania. He referred in
sarcastic terms to the desire expressed by Mr.
flery to embrace the people of the South, and said
1t was such au embrace that the true people of that
section would shrink from in horror-it was an
embrace OF death. tie pronounced the coercive
sentiments uttered by the gentleman from Wash
lDgton county shocking in their inhumanity and
expressed some wonder that the gentleman who
mas shown himself so fond of coercion had not al.
ready buck led on his armor for the war.
Mr.. Gordon's speech occupied two hours in it's
delivery, and was an elaborate, erudite and yigor-
Gus argument.
AN AMNESTY ACT.
, The following "Amnesty Act" reported by Mr.
scout, passed to second reading to-day and comes
up Tor unai consideration tomorrow.
WhereoS On the 10Th of April last number of boys
and other persons got up afray with soldiers
passing through Baltimore and those soldiers fired into
te crowd OF persons who happened to be assembled in
the streets, killing innocent and unofFendng peo-
pie which so eXasperated the present to lead
10 conflict between the troops and the people.
and UberedS None Of the purposes of public justice
would be attained by the prosecution any one CON
cerned in said disturbance, but the contrary their
prosecution would subject the city county OF BaIti
more to great and unnecessary expense; therefore,
Section l. BE 1t enacted jy the General Assembly of
Maryland, That all the courts pubic officers grand
jury hereby forbidden prosecute or punish any
person concerned in the aforesaid aray with the soldiers
in the city of Baltimore 18th of April last; or for
from