The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-29

latter replied hyFejeptsag sths aenlaad and en-"
dor5ine lie Chicago platform, they sa" that 1t
was hopeless TO expect justice, and1dle o'clock Tor
any compromise. Subsequent events have demon
strated tie wisdom o. these conclusions. If
the refusal of the North to listen TO the
remoustrances Of the border States had not
proved the hollowness Of its professions Of regard
for the Southern people-if the insulting course of
the Administration. in appointing the EXTREMIST
and most offensive abolIionsts to represent the
country abroad had not shown too concusiveIv
how little it was disposed 10 respect or concilia,e
the inhabitants Of the slave States-the conduct
of the Northern people since this fatal dispute
eliminated in a collision at Charleston has set
all question on these points at rest forever Tie
North has now thrown aside the mask. It has
manifested a temper and ayowed purposes far
more vindictive and aggressive than the South
has ever accused it Of and which could not be the
mere offspring Of sudden paroXys SIN Of passion.
The brutal rage which it so suddenly and so gen
| orally displayed could not have been exhibited by
a people in whose hearts solitary feeling Of
friendliness or good will FOR the South existed
! Its fierce ana quick camor for blood is enough to
satisfy the world that hatrel aud bitterness to-
wards lis must have been le.menting long though
perhaps unconsciously to many of Them, in the to.
SONS Of our Northern brethren. Nor would the de-
sire TO destroy the institutions of the South which
has taken possession Of the Northern people have
been likely to move them with such unparalleled
unanimity, if they had never iefore entertained
such project. But they seem now, with one a.
cord, TO have come to the conclusion th,t the
political system of the South must @ overturned.
They have, apparently, become convinced all at
once, that it is their duty to compel the Southern
people 10 adopt the political, religious and social
theories of their immacu ate bre hrcu of the North
The more radical Republican journals state the
proposition fatty, and threaten to rc-peoDe Vr-
ginia and Maryland with Il more energetic and
virtuous race from Nv England. Tie New York
Times, which has affected to repudiate the views
OF the more !anatical wing Of its party is, never
theeSS unable to disguise the fact that hostility to
the institutions Of the South was one Of the chiti
incentives that prompted the North to begin this
war, In its issue OF Monday i; boldly ayows the
object of the coercive policy it advocates. 1t says
"If at the North correct in the estimate we pu
upon the value Of Institutions whica b.icv,
to be the hop. of humanity, ought reduce every
refractory disturbing element that may time t.
time arise in our midst, to submission, matter
"A similarity in laws, habits and tastes must b
created as the condition precedent to the high development
of nation wealth, power, literature Chrstianit,
arts and in the charities and amenities Of life.
eve can have peace till one Of the two ciyiliza
tons triumphs.n
Here, then, we have the undisgused admssio,
that the North considers its own institutions to h
''thc hope of humanity" and is determined to re
duce all antagonstic systems to "subnlisSion;" tina
it deems it absolutely necessary that "similarit,
: Gin laws, habits and tastes" should be "create
throughout this nation; and thai as the p.opl
of the two sections now differ from each other il
these respects, the South should be forced to con
form to the opinions and customs of the North
and it is therefore the business of New ENGLAND +
indoctrinaie it in the Puritan faith, morals an
manners. 1t is evident that these ideas have no
not just now, for the first time, taken hold Of Ii
Northern mind. The collision which has take
place was not the cause OF Ibis sudden tendenc
towards political propagandi5m; it but aGorde
| an opportunity for the expression Of views an
t sentiments that have been maturing and dcveloI
ing for years past. The admission which Il,
North now makes convnccs rs that the accuse
tons Of the South have not been graundless.-
when the latter asserted that the people of til
North were growing SO hostile to the institution
f of the slave States that they would ul;imalel
assa them, and that they were impressed wit
such exalted notions of the virtue and advantage
OF their own social and political doctrines, tina
they would soon seek to make these the rule {
conduct for all other men, it spoke, with wis
foresight, what the world will now recognize t
he the truth