The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-02
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
The Freemen of Jersey.

Ihe Freemen of Jersey.
Inc largest and most enthusiastic meeting eve,
neld In Bergen county, convened at Schaalenberp
~ D., Tuesday afternoon, to express condemns
tion OF the usurpations of the Executive Depart.
nent. Loud threats had been made that the meet
| ing would be broken up, and to ipAame the mas
slons OF men, stories had been industriousIv circu
'a'ed mat secession flag ,rds to be raised A hand
VI nal'-grown rutfans was brought in a sIoop from
an 10 CIoster and marched over But though
an attempt was made by certain parties to break
up me meeting, and threats of taking the stand
nJ thrown out, their courage did not hold ont
Iaada eser getting little side meeting up, the ring
| meeting ra. l IolioweFs SUNK away. The
| rioS, "as great success, and was addressed
| vigorously by Thomas W Lawrence ESQ oF p'ol
Ianu county, and DR.. Thomas Dunn Enolish, of
bergen The speakers were entbns;oa,;eSsII' "
| pauded, and their remarks faii III sy ap
people, aronsng their patriotism and deter,i,; o
10 stand By all their rights under the Constitnti
The resolutions below were, among others equally
significant adopted by the meeting:
ReSo'rsd, That charge the awful responsai,itr r.,
the pending CIVIL WAR for all its sacrifice n ah nDr
lives its lavish waste of treasure and the deadly blow If
has stricken at our prosperity a people, upon the ap
ators in the Northern States who through the pres "a
popular assemhlages and most of all from prostituted
pulpit, have exered themselves to educate generation
10 nate The SOUTH and who to-day gaating the
spectacle OF Americans bounded to slaughter by the
very parties who witnesses of the cont st bnt too
coWatdy to participate in it, That the sggressors among
e states have been the tansgressors of the bonds Of
e uhion ana that upon the heads Of the ant-sIavery
fanatics and demagogues of the North who are MIA wing
to tIe hahuS OF equally unS rupuOus in the South
aes uhe crimes OF tratricde blOodshed and treason
against the liberties of the people and the Union o the
States ~ 'e '1iOh vi Inc
Resolred, That the suppression of the writ Of bobeo,
CoP" ny irresponsible sodery through the orders of te
ESecunVe' the seizure Of respectful petitions without
co"r OF law by the police of New York the unlawful in
crease OF the standing army the stoppage of newspaper
presses IN Missouri the Incarceration citizens without
warrant and the Systematic attempts made IN ranress
free speech by the tools Of the President meet sr SO
ve't condemnation and cannot be by the passage
OF laws which Themselves eouaIIv unco,stitt;onI
ana therefore void and Of no effect '
The Fruits of the Contest
The New York EGpress gives the followinr da-
scription of the hungry applicants for the war
charity in that city:
The kotunds in the Park. presented this rorn.
ing sad scene. Surrounded hv the costly ediFn
OF our merchant princes, upwsrds of Aigbt hnrdraS
females, from the girl scarcely in her teens t tb
Dame OF Tour score and ten, were huddled togetber
IN the narrow lane between the Superior Cort
buildings and the R0tunda, all anxious to Obtain
the relief promised them by the city authorities
Ihelr faces mostly presented a look Of misery,
ana the traces OF tears were still visible on not
a few of them. There were Irish German, French
and Italian women, seemingly of all classes in So
;lely, ana even an African occasionally made her
appearance.
The Post adds:
The Americans, who were but n small nrono-
ton, We're matronely in appearance, and their INV
'iognomy showed expression indicating that
hsy were not accustomed to such erraDds
Relief for the Poor.
- AT the meeting OF the wives Of volunteers in
turner Han, CIocinnati. on Sunday afternoon, july
vas pass d
Rolc d. That every wife family of volunteers de-
rived OF support or of livelihood shall receive no
ess than Sl5O weekly for their support