The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-11

IL has always been a matter of great difficulty
10 reconcile mercantile men to any chance in Tia
aspect of political affairs which NAV affect The
general current of their business Rrounb+ ~,
to trade and commerce, living by trade and COM
MERGE ana accustomed to consider the prosecution
OF lhese pursuits as comprising the whole duty of
man, they grow restless and moody when their
DAILY avocatious are interrupted, and are ant 10
regard 1t as special grievance that their houses
should be Shaken even in the midst of the throes
OF great revolution. There are many here in this
city who think judici usy, but who act upwisaIv
Their hearts are with the South. They know,
'nd' 'he oou'h has separated from the old UNION
ana has taken up arms in sel-defence for m
other purpose than 10 yndicate rights that have
been assailed and constitutional pledges that have
been tramped upon. They know that every ma.
tera interest of Maryland links her TO the South.
that the North is the aggressor; and that in hat
tie of sections, Maryland is bound in honor in
principle, and by all her social and indus
lrial lies, to share the fortunes of her Southern
sisters. They have the sagacity to see, and the
frankness to acknowledge that Baltimore Is al
soluteiy essential to the Southern Confederate
tor 1t IS the only port south of tie Cbasa
psake Bay, with the exception of Pensacola
at which ships of burtheu nav dizcharoa
'heir cargoes without the intervention of
lighters and that it would necessariIv b.
come BY reason Of its advantageous nositor
It's climate, its system of RAILWAYS and its fciji-
ties for prosecuting with success every branch of
commercial and manufacturing industry, the most
active and prosperous, as it is even now the most
popuious city OF the South. They are conscious,
also, on the other hand that if the destiny of
baltimore were indissoluhly linked to the North
evn Confederacy, the lucrative trade which she
mas built mp with the South would be drawn or
ur'Ven away from her and the little foreign COM
,he'ee which she still retains would be moaopo-
~ -as SO much of it already has been-by New
opon the question, therefore, whether If
',' mat maryland should go with the North
WIN 'ue 0oHth, there is little or no dffar-
INV VI ot'in,on among intelligent merchants
lot 'hey well know that the great h,,i- - ,,.-,'
ness done IN this city is with the Sor,, a., c.
west ana ihatits utter prostraton q, ~,
owing 70 Inc embargo placed pno,, h.oo,-..,n, =
,,,o-,.e.D ' ""'cn are chiefly sold IN Southern
-. :, ;" '''e blockade which has hean az
enforced against the Southern MORT,
a. ieaSoh, then, to be convinced that whom
INC proper time shall come for an pnhiaasa =.
p'''o" OF the popular will, LARGE major
" muse who represent the indnotr;o1 ;.
'eres's Vi this city will cast their vote, = 60.
joining Inc Southern Confederac, rh.~ y
nevertheless, quite number If 49,. "ie'
neart
their old relations with the North until -,
arrives Tor them to decide with wb;c,, fe,o0
Maryland shall cast her future lot. TIL. ,as e,On
zing policy can be productive of no good raal'
The Righteousness of the cause should inspire avan
'ne who has a spark Of patriotism in his breast -
Use superior to merely selfish instincts, and. in
he midst of the cares, and sorrows, and trials, |
md privations which the unconstitutional and I
yrannical course of the Administration has /
rought upon US, not only to stand firm by |
is opinions, but also to remember that, if he hopes |