The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-02
BALTIMORE.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1861.

When Mr.. LINCOLN took possession of the oflce
10 which fanatical minority of the people Oh 'l'o
North had managed to elevate him. his par'iS''"'
loudly announced that it was his purpose W Sho"
the nation that eve had a government Ar
though he had expressed himself very ireeiy COZ
corning The character of the arliliclal Crisis
with which he had to deal, he had cautiously alb
stained from indicating the specific nature of the
measures to which he proposed to resort, in order
to restore the public tranquility. One thing only
was known, and that was, that the new President
had determined TO demonstrate to the world that
1--WE had government" and men waited in fe-
versh expectancy, for the development of his pol
icy. How has he redeemed the pledge? Every
constitutional provision which guarded our liber-
lies has been violated-every law which protected
our persons has been set at naught Threatened
by the armies which the President has set on foot
and inundated by the mobs which his adhereu,s
have excited, hundreds of thousands of the peonle
of the Northern and Middle States are sadly watch
ing the progress ola war which was begun without
their consent They are considering how they shall
bear the burthens which have been so arbitrarily
imposed upon them, and meet The perilous res
possibilities in which they have been so wrong
fully and so recklessly involved. The Union is
dissolved; and while the South is calmly and res.
olutely laying the foundations of stable
and wise constitutional Government, emil.
'itary necessity" is the only law which
is vouchsafed to the North State Gov.
Governments have been overthrown; municipal
authorities have been deposed; the Courts hav
been treated with contempt; and individuals who
have dared to resist, or even to disseu
from all these unconstitutional measures hav
been arbitrarily imprisoned. A dictate,
hills the place which WASHINGTON onct
occupied, and Vulgar and bruta
tyranny has been substituted for the constitutions
Government which was once the pride and boas
OF the American people; and this has been don
by the very man who, less than six months ago
swore to abide by the laws and the Constitution
We have what may be called a Govern
ment, perhaps but it is one for which ever,
man who is under its jurisdiction should
blush. owe have Government but ii is base
on higher law-on principles which are in Girec
antagonism to those that undere the Constitu
ton. Mr.. LINCOLN has, perhaps, fulfilled the stric
letter of his promise. He points to the work whcl
has been done during the last FIVE months, AM
calls upon the North to applaud his energy an,
loud in their praises of the President, for hayiu
proved that 1--WE have a Government But Their
are tens OF thousands even now in the North VIII
stand aghast as they gradually realize the fact tina
the Government of our fathers has disappeared
and that hateful, shameless and brazen despot
ism has been installed in its place. The men {
the North know now what sort of Government W
have, and it is question for them to determin
whether they are content to abide by it.
But portion of the people of Maryland bay
sustained the Administration heretofore. in III
hope that its measures would lead to n reconstruc
ton OF the Union, and before they accord
further support they will do well to pause and ir
qulre whether the result they have desired
likely to be brought about by this Administrs
lion? Do they believe that the South can be il
duced to re-enter this Confederacy by the line
policy which the President has adopted? Do the
think that the people who left the Union becau;
their constitutional rights were not fairly an
fully respected, will be induced to return to their
legiance to Government which claims the rio,
to repudiate the whole Constitution whenever
says the interests of the nation demand 4 dictate
snip! Or, If they think Mr.. LINCOLN will fail
persuade the South to recede from its position. ,
they imagine that he can compel it to do 50? I
they believe that anything short Of subiurati,
will reduce the South to obedience to the author
.leS AT washington; or do they suppose that SUI
supJugacon IS a possible thing? Unless f
mon men" of Maryland can answer these one
uons satisfactorily, is it not their duty to prote
at once, against the further prosecution of fru
less and sanguinary war? Let them copsid
whether it becomes Americans to support, al
longer, such Government as Mr.. LINCOLN h
established