The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-01

'No more slave Statesr' was the CRY of the North
and the response to that cry was the election to
Tue PRESIDENCY OF the man who was pledged to
carry out that doctrine. What is the position Of
the dominant party now? Whilst declaring its
conviction that slavery has been curse to the
UNION, it is summoning to arms the lecions of
the North for the purpose of coercng back into
the UNION those slave States which have seeded
and OF forcing to remain in the UNION those States
winch have shown like disposition to 90 ont of
1t. If slavery be truly in Northern eyes an evil,
surely the readiest way to have gotten rid of tha.
evil would have been to allow the States in which
slavery exists to have separated themselves peace
ably from the States that were entirely free of the
communicating influence. Yet the North presents to
us, at this time, the singular anomaly of batine q
thing vehemently and of clinglng to it tenacious
ly-ot repudating it and of surrounding if with
girdle OF hre for the avowed object Of retaining
lt-of denouncing it as the objectionable sin. and
OF showing readiness to wade through seas of
blood to maintain the old afIliation with it
HOW are we to reconcile these glaring contradic-
IONS! They hypocritcally tell us that they are ac
tuaed solely in all that they are doing by devotion
to the UNIoN-that their detestation of slavery ia
subordinate to their love of the UNIoy-tbat to
preserve the UNION they are ready to wade knee
deep in the blood of their Southern brethren. r.
ravage their plantations to lay their cities in
ashes; to blockade their ports, and to drown ont
those who dwell on the rich alluvials that border
the great rivers e'like rats that infest sinking
ships" All these atrocities they deliberately
propose to commit in the name and behalf
OF the UNION. Union with what? With
slavery? Then what becomes of their Chris
tan horror of the sin of slavery? We do
not hesitate to declare it 10 be orr convic-
uon mat this call to arm, in defence of the UNION
is dictated by no reverence for the UN1oN-per Sc
except so far as the union of the Southern States
with those OF the North can be made subseryient
to Northern interests. 1t is Southern wealth that
has swollen Northern profits. 1t Southern pro-
ducts that have freighted Northern ships 1t is
Southern wants that have stimulated Northern
manufactures. 1t is Southern tourists that
have crowded Northern watering places. 1t
is the South to which the North has
been indebted for a large proportion Of
lis material prosperity, and the South must be
coerced back into the UNION, that the imperious
domination of the North may be maintained in
perpetuity. Slavery at the North is, undoubtedly,
regarded as detestable thing; but the products of
slave labor are, nevertheless not to be despised
1t is lucrative business to import for the South,
to manufacture for the South, to be the chapman
and the factor of the South; and therefore the
South must remain The vassal of the North, and
the union of the South with the North must be
maintained, even though it be at the expense of
rivers of blood and millions of treasure. Such
are the terms of the North. Will the South ac-
cept them? Never