The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-27
SIGNS OF THE TIMES,
eh's oi the New York Albion on, th,
War and IA Inc;.I.nt 'AA'

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l. creased the control of officers over their men II
D. "s y"uge py not untrequent acts of insubordin
% 1ion Ia the organized ranks, on which we are n,
r cd'ieu upon to diate. To one instance onIv mo
we allude because it contains a much needad Io.s 81
as to the folly of lavishing praise befora Il
earned The famous Ne,o York Fire Zouorcs
'oNo'e S"Per'o'1ty 10 their French nanesakes, or
/ am troops IN he rorld It ,pns hereev t j,It H.
capped the ciiman Of misconduct EncamnoI a. ~
pNUItery GROUND OF this city, few nights aoo the
broke guard al most in body, declinInG to h
a coopeo up IN such quarters. A few such regiment
would disorganize any army
Mr. LINCoLNs N0N-INTERC01rRsr pporr ,,,,r,
SWEEPING CONFIScATIoN
On Saturday last appeared the Presidant,s po
o.anai"n against commercial intercourse with tn
seceued Htates, announcing the forfeiture of GOOD
found IN trdn8it", and decreeinr the summo-SS f
TEXTURE OF vessels belonging in whole or an o, =,
cttlzens or inhabitants of those States which mo,
ounu at sea or IN any part Of the United States
h'teeh days alter date of this warning Tbis !;
WIZ be perceived is a very sweepino cnnfsoat;oa
though neither Its justice or expediepcv wopd con
Germ u.s. We're 1t not Likely that diiTuty NAV ensne
~ eHeGcoung one portion of it, through the Infinite
ramlhcatlons ot commerce Suppose for instance
french house in New Orleans or a Rrit;sh A.,
III onarieston, owning ship that is registered ~
one Oh those ports but is now lying in this harborM
n.o ra'n vessel so owned, liable to offhand sci
Lure ana ielture? We can scarcely credit il If
such Parties owned share only, a still nicer nues
! uon might arse to the requirements of intsrna
, I'M law we Know that foreign residents in anv
.N"''' mus" uileh SuIler political and
lncon VenIsnces, in trOubous times and drr;,c -, a
especially; but it strikes that inasmuch as tho
PRESIDENT deals with the Southerners as .erahaIo,j
az anu not as "6tlllgerents," he cannot by stroke
u' Tue pen ln1lct the penalties of treason unnn
| innocent and unconvicted foreigners residing in
his control. Nl''
= THE NEW PASSPORT SYSTEM
Monday brought out another decree bv which
one ol Tue eHete systems of Europe, universally
tuenouncea Dy Drltons and Americans, is ms tailed
mere In full play. Passports-shall we smile or
| sigh in writing it ?-passports will hereafter he
requisite for all persons entering or LEAVING bv ses
| these united States of America At n time when
the more civilized portions Of the world are grad
uduY adopting unfettered Interchange of com
moQltfes and unrestricted personal iptercoursa tho
| modei Republic reapses into Morrill, tariffs and
registered licenses to enter and leave its territories
THE PRISONERS AT FORT LAFAYETTE
r;ah .h on suspicion of reasonable intercourse
with the Confederate States are not rare: and IN
some cases there can be doubt that thew are
lustinaole. But what puzzles the on-ooker is the
treatment doled ont to the captives JTutatiq
Gtana.swhen a; we read of such private individuals
benS consigned by order of the Secretary of state
10 Fort Lafayette, in the Bay of New York and
tnere held indefinitely unexamined with no prospect
OF enforced relief by meaDs of the writ OF Aabeas
corPHs-We lnvountarily picture to ourselves new
and mild edition of the lettres de cacbet that vou
wot ct, and a Bastile humanized in accordance
with our fashions of to dav
TIRE FEAR OF FREE srEECH
ct 1t is to be marked as one of the peculiarf;ss
OF TINS astrous period that the great pubic Of
these Northern States, prone on all occasions to
speak Its mind, to organize, to discuss to vote
appear" J"gs n'o to content ITSELF Nth passing STRIFE
lures "pon isolated paints, and to shrink as II rerc
dt'Ee from the contemplation as from the
o. We broad features of the tdsk Il has IN hand Yet
where be the grand assemblages in Union
square now! Where be your Ward Beechers and
your iavorite orators? Where the cheerinc
voices that ought to gladden. an Administra
ton IN perious straits, if the Administration ho
maniuly battling with difficulties; where the ex.
preston ot wonder and remoustraoca If II h,
thought incapable or sluggish or ouiltv of stre,cb
ing prerogative into despotism? There is some.
thing to us absolutely unaccount able in the anatbv
mat prevails. We in our insular home are said to
De sluggish and apathetic people. Does nny one
nevertheless, beliere that ,re couId 0uiey scc r3 @
derastatlng and diriding orr countrg or fnd our
Jreedom Of personal Increment subjected to the ,W of
" "M'J'"r"fe' 0ttaoW e"ery county, erery city, ece,y
torn, ecery hamlet conrening popular asscmblage1
Hhy, eren the capitalists appear to haze become fajd
and AFRAID to hear their oiDn tongues
Our constitutional Rights and Liberties,
Inc Cincinnati Enquirer, commenting upon the
recent presentment of New York papers bv the
Grand Jury, remarks thus:
lhere Is scarcely Republican paper in the land
that did not, during the Mexican war of 1896 occn
py preclsey the same position that the New York
journals alluded to do now. A large majority of
the Republican leaders, including President lin
coin himself, were opposed to that war. and went
much 1urther against it than any body has in the
present instance Shall they also be indicted and
su0lsct 10 condgn punishment for a past ofI-nce?,
\ esl The fanatics who are now endeayoring to
stihe and suppress free speech free press and free
dom, are the very who have Tor years mast
rights. = = :: q.
The thinking portion of the community are be-
ginnlng to see that their constitutional liberties
thelr constitutional rights being trampled upon
Ineii urlug nom tnein at6getnaT oD
RgGpie IN the country towns are already moving
. inls uhwarranted assumption of power must be
sIerhiy checked, or our great Republic will hn re
solVed INTO chaos and American liberty will ha
purled In grave, which can only be uDseaIed e,
cept oy the blood Of thousands of eur citizens =
6r'dgePort Farmer, Aug. q.
SEQUEL TO THE ABovE-DEsPATcH TO THE N. v
TRIBUNE.
BRIDGEPoRT, August 3, 81 p. M-Tne secession
fdrmer Office has just been gutted by the volun-
teeFs in pr essence of 5000 to 5000 citizens The
windows were smashed, the type all thrown into
the streets, and the presses DESTROYED.
P. 7. BAnNUm
From he Syracuse Cs,rirr
"a Preacher such as pouI,,
49, a ie" uays since, newspaper reports brouVbt
US accounts of difficulty having occurred hats,en
paa tt 'es IN Lyons, n y, and alleged members of
Churcb s9"steRation a. worshppng in Grace Episcopal
was was tnen pastor The difficulty arose in his ;sa
shortly after the bombardment of Fort Sumter
ane e pastor OF Grace Church was asked to raise y
nag upon the church. Rev. Mr.. Wilbur quietly
demurred, saying that if anv flag should doat from
the churca edIhce let it be the Banner of tho Cross
lhdlcalVe OF 'Peace and good fellowship to ali
men, anu iurther suggesting that if any guarantees
OF MS loyalty and fidelity to the Union and tho
constitution were wanted he was willing that a
nag should be raised from the Rectorv but nro
LestGu against such an unwonted and uncalled for
ulsPidy from the sacred editice, devoted Tn tho
Worshlp ot Almighty God and not the Princps ard
patflotlc, but in the Black Republic and Aboition
to"h oi Lyons, In Wayne county, it was voted by
the piouS fanatics as the rankest kind of treason
oiiiIe tneh tne Republican press of that place
nave oeen making terrible ado about the matter
anu Insulting the respectable class of Epsconaians
tnere as everywhere else, with their usual stereo-
typed phrase of traitors, rebels and secessionists
lnese papers have been particularly severe man
Rev. Mr.. Wilbur, and do not hesitate to norr ratth
upon MS mead the most scathing billingspate that
can De invented by those editors with whom sncb
arguments Is their stock in trade at the present
Time. Rev. Mr.. Wilbur has rendered his resigna
on W .ne Vestry, accompanying it with a letter of
eAPIanauon, which places him in the light OF a
meek Christian and the true and reinad oentIa
man. The Lyons Democratic Press of last week
contains the letter OF resignation sent by Rev Mr.
Wilbur to the Vestry, rendering his RESIGNATION
and from the editors Introductory remarks we ex-
tract follows:
"With reference to the implied charge of dis
loyalty preferred against Mr.. W, we will state
that upon several different occasions expressed the
warmest sympathy for the Union, and as corrobo
rative evidence of his oft expressed opinions or At
least of his associations and antecedents (Which
latter show some1ehat the character OF the blood
which flows in his veins, it may not be amiss to
mention that he has brother-in-law, Cant Henry
Douglas, U. S. A, now in Gen. hunters Brirade
who took active part in the disastrous battle of
Bulls Run-an uncle, j. II. Martindale, Brigadier
General in the Federal Army, and another uncle,
DR.. Frank Martindae, Surgeon U. S. N"
In reference to another statement made in a Ger
tain Rochester paper, he frankly acknowledges
(and he 'oashes his acknoweds sment of this charge
to be made as public his denial of the other(
he did, on that last day of the mob say in effect.
that the flag should not be put up again on the
church, except the perpetrators of the sacriIepe
marched over his dead body. But he confesses he
was hasty an this one thing, and was sorry as soon
as he said it. Nevertheless when to his astonish-
ment, (for he had not thought Lyons capable of
such proceedings the mob assembled and the kew
was demanded of him, accompanied by the threat
that If he did not Immediately deliver it up thev
would tear do'cn the church door, 1--WE give the
exact w0rds,) he, to save the church from that
grosser desecration delivered it to the man, and
not from any Tear OF personal violence, for that he
did not at all anticipate. To conclude we regard
Lyons as in disgrace; God help us!
In his letter to the yestry, resgning his connec
tion with the church, Mr.. Wilbur says:
But before my country | love nv God; before nv
country s flag l love my Savior's church; and |
never will cease to protest against using his con-
secrated Temples for any other purpose than that
for which they have been set apart viz: Divine
worship. If the houses of God need apy banner to
Hing to the breeze from their towers let that one
tor their protection be, the Banner of the Cross
with the time-honored motto sin hoe siopo incss''
thereupou inscribed
In what noble contrast does this faithful minister
oil the Gospel stand to the "R6e" Beechers, Chee-