The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-25

| oh tne dsseuuiluS Ol the SOHVeHllOu UH tHd
day Thos. o. Bean, Esq, was chosen President, ant
Wm F. Dement,, Esq, Secretary committee t.
prepare business reported the following:
ResoIoed and determined by the people of Charles
| ty in Contention assembled
l. That an election be held at the usual places voting
in Charles county Tuesday, the 5h of February next
that said election be by ballot and that the three
having the highest number of votes shall be delegates
represent this county in State Convention, and
commend that the State Convention be held in the cit,
of Annapolis on the 18th day of February next.
| That ths three delegates elected shall have full
power and authority to in said State Convention
the relations of this State with the Federal Government
and with of her sister States that the people will
be bound by any scton of said State Convention tn
aforesaid SUBJECTS PrOuided the action of said State Con
vention is submitted to direct of the people, and
approved and ratified by majority of the people of tn
whole State
s. That change shall be made attempted by sait
State Convention in the existing Constitution and law
| of this State.
A. That that the judges of the last elec
ton shall act Judges of the election the 9TH 0
| February.
5. That the President of this meeting appoint a Com
mittee of fourone from each election distrct-as Com
mitee of Correspondence to correspond with the ohe
| the State Convention.
That believe the people of this State of all parties
are sincerely attached to the Constitution and the Union
ana Tor the purpose OF preserving or reconstrucng thu
unon and for the sake of friends in the North and
West who have in good faith stood by and advocated
our constitutional rights we approve of and do
mend the adoption of the amendments to the COnsttu
| ton proposed by Senator Crittenden.
l. That while we would go as far the arthest TO al
just upon the principles of equality and right, the
happy differences which exist between the Northern
and Southern portions of this Conrederacy we believe
that amicabe adjustment of those difficulties never
can be effected by resort to coercion upon any pretence
wnatsoeVer Oh the part of the Federal Government
against those States which have now may hereafter
That while we earnestly advocate the reconstruction
of our Union and desire delegates all
that effect that consider the interests and honor
Maryland indssoubly connected with Virginia Kentuc
nf afc1,ot
the course of events unfortunately render such
struction impossible and should result in two separate
contederacie5 that then Maryland will share the fate and
what it may.
The resolutions were then unanimously adopted
by the Convention
The President then appointed the following Com
mittee of Correspondence Thomas A. MiIlar,
Samuel Cox, +. Stone and j. Il. Mudd.
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY.
A meeting of the citizens of the Bladensburg Dis
trict of Prince Georges County, was held in that
village on Saturday last, and adopted a series of
resolutions of which the following are the last
Resolved, That inasmuch as his Excelency, Governor
Hicks has and does persisteny decline to call extra
session OF the legislature for the reasons he declares
that he is not yet convinced of the importance
y of doing We the people of Bladensburg District
primary meeting assembled do for the reasons set forth
in the afOregoing resolutions advise and recommend
Convention to be called by the sovereign mandate of the
people of the State at as early day as practicable.
reco mmendation, we would further advise and
mend that mass Convention of the people of the
y be held at Upper Marlboro Saturday, the Sra of
Feoruary for the purpose of appointing delegates to
present the county in State Convention which we pur-
pose should assemble at the city Of Annapolis
about the 26th of February at which time several of the
Border State Conventions will meet, with whom it may
be advisable for Maryland cooperate both in council
and in action.
On motion of Fletcher r. Veitch, ESQ.,, the last
resolution was amended by recommending in lieu
nG s Al, ac.I,a
that there be Convention composed of delegates
appointed by the several election districts and that
meeting for that purpose be held in BIadensburg,
on Saturday the 26th inst.
WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE cRIrrENDEN COMPROMISE
a correspondent of the Herald, writing from Lex
ington, Kentucky, under date of January Is, makes
this disclosure:
have seen some complaint in certain newspapers
charging the Vice President with supneness at this
time. This is unjust. Mr.. Breckinridge is among
that gallant band who striving to secure peace
ably rights, and making one last final effort
in the Crittenden amendment, before appeal to
arms This is essentially Mr.. Breckinridge's own
proposition; and state now to you, from the best
personal authority, what is generally known here,
that the Crittenden amendment, so called, was
drawn up by Mr.. Breckenridge and NJ. c. johnson,
Esq of this city, prior to the departure of the for
mer for Washington, aud by him taken on and en-.
trusted to Mr.. Crittenden. This you may rely on
as authentic beyond question.
PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF FLORIDA 70 GEORGIA.
The Geergians are already discussing the annex
alton of Florida. The proposition is to divide the
State of Florida by the ApaIachcola river, the
western division then to be annexed to the State
Alabama, and all east of the line, including the
islands, to be incorporated with the State Of Geor-
gia. The Savannah Republican says:
"Whie such division would straighten the line
of Alabama and give symmetry to her proportions,
besides giving her one of tho hest seaport in tie
Union, furnished with a navy yard and veil fOrtii-
ed, the accession to Georgia would make her i'm
perial in her domain, and with a climate affordng
nearly every production of the world We should
raise ice in our northern and tropical fruits in
southern section. The country annexed, too, un-
der the new order of things, would settle up rapid
ly and soon become one of the most prolific sec
tions ot the continent"
The same paper adds that the Independent posi-
tion OF the States interested is such that no power
may ri2htfully "say nay,' and that the public
debt of Florida should be no hindrance to the
equitable absorption of the State by Georgia and
Alabama.
MEETING IN RICHMOND.
In response to a call for a meeting of the work.
ing men OF Richmond, to give public expression to
their views in the present crisis, an immense null
titude of persons assembled last night at the Afr-
can Church. The proceedings were interrupted
by the most boisterous yels and hisses and the OBJ
ject of the meeting, whatever it might have been,
was completely frustrated. A committee was ap-
pointed to wait on Mr.. Bolts, to invite him to ad-
dress the assemblage, and that gentleman appeared
but the confusion was great he refused to speak
The resolutions reported by the Business Commit
tee were laid on the table, and another series
presented, but not acted on Richmond Despatch,
Jan. "a
CHARLESTON AFFAIRS
We take the following from the Charleston papers
of Tuesday
FLAG OF THE REPUBLIC.
The Iercury gives the following debate in the
House of Representatives upon the report OF Spe-
cial Committee recommending as the national en-
sign of South Carolina white flag with green
palmetto tree, and the Union Of blue with white
crescent.
Mr. Weston said the reasons which caused the
committee to agree upon the flag were these: It'was
proper to have a flag Immediately distinguished
from most of the flags of other nations. The white
is of the most uncommon. There only
two white flags, but they were not much known on
the ocean. There was also another reason and
that this revolution differed from all other rev.
outions, being completely boodless; and a white
flag might be considered embematical of its charac-
ter. The palmetto tree which so thoroughly
nterwined with all our memories of the State, and
which was closely connected with this present
revolution, should be made part Of our national
banner; and the blue union, with the white cres-
cent, carried back our minds considerable period
of years, to June,a l776, when the battle of Fort
Moultrie fought under flag of that character.
Mr.. Rhett moved to amend the report of the
Committee by substituting the following for the
resolutions of the Committee:
Resoued That from and after the passage of this
luton the national flag ensign of South Carolina shall
be blue, with white palmetto tree upright thereon and
a white crescent in the upper corner.
Mr.. Rhett said, in offering these resolutions as
substitute he would state that the colonial flag was
blue, with white crescent, and it seemed to him
that the addition of white palmetto tree made
very simple and beautiful flag. This flag had been
adopted by the House Committee. The other flag
had been agreed upon by the Senate Committee, ana
was finally acquiesced in by the committee the
part of the House. 1t appeared to- him, also, as
matter of taste that blue and green did not har-
monize, and be did not think green was ahearty or
durable color.
Mr. Ccfiin said he rose to advocate the adoption
of the resolutions of his colleague from Charleston
(Mr. Rhett.) Blue was much more durable than
white, which was very liable to be soed. In re.
gard to the views expressed by his highly respected
colleague from Prince George Mr.. Weston) that
the white was emblematical of the present revolu.
ton, inasmuch it was a bloCdless victory, he
trusted and prayed to God such might be the case;
but, he asked, who was sure such would be the re-
suit? Certainly events at this time did not look So
He thought the blue ground and white crescent
would make much more durable flag.
MrWeston moved that the amendment be laid
on the table; which motion was not agree to
ayes 33, noes 81.
The question recurring on the amendment
Mr.. Weston said the adoption of the amendment
would involve a considerable quantity of time
The House had been informed that foreign nation
would accept our flag as soon they knew what
it was. That the why he was particu-
larly anxious to have the measure adopted. He
trusted that the House would pass the original re-
solution, as the delay would involve loss of twen-