The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-16
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M meas u.e the harvest which may spring a seed time
1l lmpunity in usurpaton and wrong Already the ha
IsaS torPuS IS suspended in New York and the District
"e ASKS the pleasure Of the Commanding General and
yieids-aS if the great writ were favor and not right
ana as IL IL were luxury Of the Court and not the pr
llege oi he prisoner Before long the f the
laws and the Constitution NAV cease IN he for the evc
sve chastsement of rebels and new tests of IovaIty
may be prescribed in the verv states nor hoiJ ,! -
"loyal." " ~ ''
If public opinion e-acts against the policy of the Adj
nlniSTaon, IL may ne the next military necessity'' to
strike down public opinion and NAV then beGn to
learn when it is too late, that there is no more seenry
for friends than for enemies, under system where he
power which creates the necessity is the exclusive ami
irresistible judge of its extent and application Good
motives ascribei to such power, better security
than bad ones Mr.. Lincoln himself has said in his mes
sage, when speaking of another thing-what he at all
events, may not gainsay"The little disguise that the
supposed right is to be exercised only for just
themselves to be sole judges of its justceis too thin to
merit any notice. There those who may hearken to
Mr.. Lincoln who will not hearken Washington; but
Washington in the farewell legacy of his affection has
left us these warning words also:
LET THERE BE NO CHANGE, BY UsURPATIoN; FOR
THOUGH THIS IN ONE INSTANCE, MAY BE THE INSTRUMENT
OF GOOD, 1T is THE CUSTOMARY WEAPON BY WHICH FREE
Governments ARE DESTROYED THE PRECEDENT MUST
ALWAYS GREATLY oyERBALANCE, IN PERMANENT EVIL
EVERY PARTIAL OR TRANSIENT BENEFIT WHICH THE IsE
CAN AT ANY TINE YIELD"
We shall surely and reverently honor the memory
OF WASHINGTON, by following his precepts and example
tah even Ivy respecting, under general orders the
groves and walks around his tomb
IL Is no part of the purpose of the Committee to discuss
the personal and official conduct of the of whose
wrongs they have spoken their merits or dement's
have but little to do with the great principles which have
been violated in their persons Ii is ou inst howsor
tosay, that the message of the Mayor of Raltimorebim
SELF fully cognzant of their official proceedings and
witness beyond question suspicon-coniirms in the
ampleSt manner the asseverations of their Nemoria
which their high character for truhfuInes and honor
would suffice of itself to establish The Memorial of the
CITY Councils corohcrateS the statements the Mayor
anu an tNe testimony which surrounds the demon,
srates to the satisfaction the Cnmm tcc moi onIv tho
unounded nature OF the suspicious under which the Gov
cheht has acted or assumed to act but the entire good
faith in which the Board had met was prepared to
Union. ~ ~
1t is made conspicuousy evident that in the unrortu
nate aiar OF the 18th Of April, the Mayor the Comms
soners the Marshal Of Police and his men, at the mm
nent risk of their lives endeavored to suppress the
rot and protect the troops assacd Magnanimous ac
acknowledgement of the fact made through the nubIic
prints by Capt Dixie, wounded officer as soon as he ar
rived in Boston The Governor of this State no willing
witness,) page of his Message of April 25h bare
testimony 10 1t IN the following strong language "The
Mayor and Police Board gave the Massachusetts SOL
dlers all the protection they could afford acting with the
less to restrain the mob
The President Of the United States himself in his inter
view of April 2st, with the Mayor of Baltimore in
not hesitate fully to recognize in pre-
sence OF his cabinet and of the General commanding tho
army me hdelty and loyalty with which the city auhoi
TIES had borne themselves under the trying
referred to-. The statement Mayor Brown published in
me newspapers of April 22d bears witness to this fact
winch s likewise personally known to one of the
oi TINS Committee and to another member of the House
themselves present at the interview Mr. Lincoln could
not readily have done otherwise for he knew tb, on b
night OF the 10Th of April both Fort McTIepry and The
uneo states Receiving Ship protected by troops
under the orders of the Police Board and inst tbc
'hlted states ol crS IN command notified the fact
ana put on their guard also by the good Of the same
authorities.
not appear necessary to recapudtc the explanation
given ny the Mayor concerning the Concealed arsenal
o between two and three hundred muskets and rifles
belonging to the Corporation and hidden from iapaI
search in the Marslas oficewth which body of fonr
hundred policemen were denounced by Gen Banks as
dangerous TO thc peace security of the Government
~ ''y "hoSG population was dlsarmed, whose homes