The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-09-06

representations scarcely Needed provided they
did not Obtrude them ut home. They might
even carry it into religion and split their assooia
lions and churches on il. We, Catholic, might
everywhere smile at this additional attempt to
'rciorm' the teachings of our Saviour. Aod the
Professionals, South, could have churches and
associations OF their own. But when they ear led
1t int" politics. gaining State government after
another, and deiinng~ heir especial policy By un-
Constitutional laws and every mode of annoying and
hostile &C ion, and finally, with increased enthgsj-
asm and increased bitterness carrying the Presidsn-
uai election in triumph, and graSping the power Of
the Federal Government, what could the South do
bnt consult its own safety by Withdrawing from the
Union? What other protection had they? The
Senate, which had still Democratic maioYity?--
They had seen the House Of Representatives pass
into the hands of their enemies, and each session
an increasing majority there. The Exz cutiya
had gone for four years. Their own majority in
the Senate was dwinding fast, while the Terri
toria! question not few of the Northern Demo |
Gratis were unsound. To the Supreme Court |,
That had spoken in the bred Scott decision. But |
even the Democratic party in convention would
! not sustain it, and the Black Republicans secuted
| II; and moreover, ia a few years. Preei-
dent Lincoln would have the privilege Of
ranks Of his party To the sober seconds
thought Of the people? But this was M new issue
oo which they were taken by surprise. For wears
and years it had been discussed: North and South
| it had been denounced as fraught with disUnion
and ruin; and yet the Northern people had cradu-
ally come to aeceptit. But the South had spoken
so often and so strongly Of dsunon, without doing
any thing, that the &orthern people had no real
belief that any evil consequences would ensue they
did not understand the full bearing of their action
At least, let them understand something OF this,
before all hope OF appeal to them IS abandoned.
Well, South Carolina secedcd-Othcr StatnB
were preparing to follow her. The matter was
taken up in Congress. Mang Southerners hoped
that then, when the seriousness Of the questions
could no longer be doubted, something might b.
done. How vainly thew hoped, the committees Of
Congress showed. The alternative was thus forced
on the South either of tame submission or Of re.
sistauce. They did not hesitate. They desired to
withdraw in peace. This war hrs been forced on
them.
1t was unnecessary in the beginning. it brings
ruin to thousands in lis prosecution. 1t will be
, fruitess Of any coed At its conclusion, the parties
will stand apart exhausted and embittered nv i;
) for every battle, however won or lost, will have
: served but to widen the chasm between the North
and South, and to render more difficult, il not im-
possible, any future reconstruction Will it be q
3 long war, or short and mighty one? The Cahi-
Il net and the Northern press has pronounced for the
: last. Yet this is little more than idle dream.
| What could 400, 900 men do {? do not think there
II is General either side able to fight so 900 mea
And theNorth would need eight Oh ten such Goaer-
ais Certainly, the 10000 under Mcdowell, after
five hours fighting, fought on mechanically with
out generalship. The higher officers had com
G pletely lost the guiding reins.
t On our side, the Southern troops ought to have
: been in Washington within forty-eight hours
- But the &C, 00G on the Confederate side was an.
prehend, too unwieldy body for our Generals.
4 Dld BOnaparta say, mat mot OF his
> shals could general $4,000 men in battie2 Saulg
e could bring them to the field, and place them pro.
r. perry, but could 60 no further" Bus without
q Generals what could 600 men do against the
g South? By force OF numbers, and at great loss
= they might take city after city. But unless tLag
"a take large permanent garrisons, their authority
would die out with the sound of their drums =
Such army marching through country covered
I with forests aud thiciets. and occupied BIZ popu
iati0n hostile to man. and where school bGv
- can clark a squirrel" would be Gccimatcd every
! hundred miles OF its progress By guerilla war
t. fare against which it could find no protection Til
It mode OF attacking the South can effect nothing be-
yond the loss OF life ii will entail, aad the tempo
~ rary devastation that will mark the track Of thu
ne armies.
If But it is probable that circumstances woul,
again, as they have done, everrule the designs 0
t. the W ashingt0n Cabinet, and make the war slew
III long, and expensive-0ne to be decided less b.
"A battles than by the and endurance of tn
!" combatants.
ne That portion of the former United States vii
I'd suffer most in such contest, and must finally sac
u, cumb, which is least able to dispense with the sup
y port it received from the other two sections Huy
y the North can do without our Southern trade
h: presume it can judge after three four mouth.
trial. But it would that the failure to sell
e the South hundred and twenty millions OF thci
a manufactures each year, the stoppage oil SO mue
an Of their shipping interest as vas engaged in tn
two hundred and twenty millions of orr foreign q
SCI ports and the return ta0ns, and in our il
n ternal coasting trade together with the nss Of n
nc profits and commissions so vast 4 business Inu
- have very serious effect, one that | no way
TAT escaping.
IT. Truly, the North has to pay dearly for It's whist
Ia OF Black Repubicansm. The North west deoapt
ed partially on the South for market for its grt
Is ductions and so far will suffer from the loss ofit
le- must also be incidentally affected By commerce.
=. embarrassments at the North. They will assuredI
- have enough to eat and to wear, but the fancy
prices OF real estate and stocks by which they con
lev puted their rapidly increasing wealth. u3nst fall
- a way to astonish Vail street. Should their on
fail flnaxrE Il l.
r0pcen crops be abundant, their commerce viii faI
ct &S the mass OF the poor will have all that the
ever get anywhere-food and ranent, and tn
tP without stintthe Northwest will suffer corl0ar
lively little
How will it fare with the South should the W.
TO- 6eIong and so powerfully waged to require tn
nm Southern Confederation to keep. say 100 GOO men
- arms and If the ports strictly hlockade3? Til
is an important question, and one that eau be al
-, swered only from apractical knowledge Of the ha
5 it's resources, and dispositions, Of the Southei
m lHo oar ar Res v5 MIL be provisions cohn
he the purchase from abroad OF what we absolute
in require, and are not already supplied with A
a. for PROVISIONS | am satisfied that this season 6
are gathering enough for two years abundant SUI
ira ply rVeTy one ls raising corn, wheat ana stocl
sr On this point the South need not envy the Norti
,Fi west. Again, manufactures OF every kind al
to | fprlnging up On all sides. In this State we al
e. providing for our wants-from Incjor match
We ana steam engines to powder and rifle canno
,.t Clothing, too though of ruder texture M
" sometimes infer Tor quality Is abuadanly made ar
On easily procured
r The supply Of tea and coffee will, presume
n time run out. This will put to some troubI
but otherwise neither for provisions nor f1r cloth
n | viii the South be seriously inconveniencad. II
he blacks (bT. the bye more quiet and orderly now
;i possible, than betOre) will remain devoted To anr
,n+ culture, while the rapidly increasing demand fl
,5s home productions Of every kind gives ready en-
" ployment to the poorer classes Of the white
n What amount of gold and silver there is with
N the Conf derate States only guess at sui
~ pose about S25, 600, 600 But SIS The greater M
d of cur expenses are at home, any curTenc7 We AZ
." satisfied to will dc, whether bank bills COME
. crate bonds, or treasury notes. When we 20 sbroa
- it must be with gold or with cotton.
AZ This last is the spinal column of our financial sv
~ TEN. The following is the proposed mode of ope
~; | ating with il: two millions, or two and half {
~ bales will be conveyed to the Confederate Cover
- ment, to be paid for in bonds or treasury note
~ This cotton will be worth, at ordinary prices, OF
10 hundred millions of dollars. If 1T can be exDorte
o. AT once it much gold. If it is retained it vi
"a form the security for any loan that may be require
~ abroad. The other third of the cotton will be- sol
~ by the planters as best they can their own 81
=" count. The chief difficulty is the blockade wtic
- may prevent the export and sale abroad Of the co
,a ton. loan on it as security, while it is still nj
! shipped, and scattered, in the Interior in humble
- less small warehouses; could not easily be effected
~ Up to the present time and for six months NOR
al the blockade, so lar from doing any serious iniur
an haa, on the contrary, benefited, and will continT
-, to benefit, the South, forcing us be active an
TO DO Tor ourselves much that preferred urrlerl
~ to pay others to do for / presume that ncz
~ January, with crop of three and half or fou
- millions of bales on hand the South would bgcom
~ very FESTIVE under strict blockade Should
" continue twelve months longer property at th
"a south would go down, as they saw it has in Ne
.u York.
D. But before that time comes another very seriar
as complication arises-how England and France vi
stand the cutting off of the supply of an article
e. which depend twothrds of the manufacturing If
In teTestS OF the and one third Of those of III
other They cannot, try they never so nuct
hit SUPPLY the deficiency. as far the feelings {
England are concerned, and, l presume those +
A. France toe both nations decidedly and btterl
e- ant-siaFery. Hat neither will be guilty of II,
Mt mistake ct the North, and utterly sacrifice vast il
al teTeSts Tor the sake OF speculative idea If the
or ma that that cannot do without Southern c0ttor
e. they will interfere, first probably to make peace
~ and 1t that effort fails, then in such other manne
at as will secure for them what will be necessity
n Mr. Stewards letter to Dayton, and its recention
Europe the transportation of troops to Canada an
al Admiral Mines declaration as to the ineffciennv
r. the blockade, straws already showing the p0ss
il Die course OF future events is the Federal Gov
to eminent strong enough for war with England an
re France IN addition to that with the South?
l. One other warlike course remains-to capturt
il, and hold all the Southern ports and thus seek +
of control commerce Independent of secession lea
m the interior of the South to fret and fume as
rs pleases. This is the problem ofbelnq the cat TIL
n Northern forces would have to Capture Norfolk
Charleston, Savannah, Wilmington, n. c., Pensa
i cola, Mobile, New Orleans, and Galveston beside
~ some fifteen other smaller points At each of then
i. they would find Stone Bridge; and even if the,
succeeded they could only hold military possassoT