The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-15

The work goes bravely On. or the entire fam
lily of States which once belonged to the old Con-
federation, Maryland is evidently the pet and
pride Of the LINCOLN Administrations Day by
day the tender care and paterna solicitude of the
Federal Government manIess itself towards her
more openly and dstinctively She is presumed
to be weak and deteuceless, and it has therefore
been generously determined to put her under eff
cient guardianship. She, it is true, well knows
how perfectly capable she is of taking care of her
sell; but when such an excess of zeal is exhibited
IN her behalf, what can she do but submit-prace-
FULLY OF course, the thanks arc to come here
atter-to be schooled, and watched and coun-
SEIZED, 10y those who have so thou ghifuly under
taken to defend her against all corners, and. more
particularly-ag herself 1t cannot, we fear,
be denied that she holds, like CoRpEIA opinions
IN regard to the extent and quality of her filial
duties which sound heterodox to the REGANs
and GoNERILs of the North, and tina. her attach
ment TO the UNION like CoaDELGA' S love for TpAn,
might be aptly expressed in the same words
According to my bond; more nor less"
Moreover she has the misfortune TO indulge in GER
tain foolish evidences of weakness, called "svmpa
thies, and, what is more than all, she has been
IN the habit of expressing them. 1t matters not
to her self-elected warders that she is of age and
therefore privileged to speak for herself-she must
be made to understand that it does not become
her either to think, or talk, or act, of her own
mere motion and from the impulses of her own
true heart, but must leave it to others to think,
and talk, and act for her. OF the eminent pro-
priety Of her conforming to the exigencies of her
situation no one would be rash enough for a mo-
ment to doubt. Whether it is in consonance with
her own wishes or not is altogether remote from
the question. There have been persons duly an
pointed to take charge Of her estate-they take
Just now the guise of Northern troops-and she
must be content to enjoy such privileges only as
they may think it advisable to accord. 1t strikes
us-to drop metaphor and come down to the So
nerest of prose-that this peculiar care of Mary
land might be construed abroad into sometime
very closely resembling an act of subinoation
and-So perverse is human nature-that MARYLAND
herself does so regard it at this time. It is verv
shocking, indeed to be constrained to believe
that she is not at all grateful for the close surye-
lance which is exercised over her it is truly de-
TO control her own destiny as she thinks proper,
and that she looks upon those who have been
sent to watch over her interests as being not only
very far rem owed from all claim to the considera-
'on which is due to legitimate protectors,
out as actually coming within the disrepurable
category of lawless invaders 1t must he adj
mlt'ed that these are strange Authorizations.
what right has she to the free and unrestricted
possession of her own Capital, if Northern troops
demand possession of it for a camping ground
what right has she to protest against the seizure
ana abuse OF private property by an armed null
utude quartering and intrenching themselves in
her midst, without law, and without even the
preteXt OF any violation Of law on her part or TO
ieel indignant that these foreigners-for they are
foreigners to her-should parade the streets of
her Chief city in squads, that all men may know
how completely TIE Administration has thrown its
protecting egis over her? Clearly, her complaints
ana remonstrances are without any show of reason.
Her gratitude for the many and singular fnvors
bestowed upon her by thoughtful and affection
ate Administration, ought to know no bounds.
IL she Is smitten on one cheek, let her turn with
saintlike humility and offer the other; if all her
industrial energies are crushed out. and she is
SUBJECTED to the peie fort ct DIRE of poverty and
munger, and to all the manifold miseries which
spring from these sources, let her thank God that
her people have been taken under the protection
OF Northern troops, even though it be such pro-
lection as wolves give to lambs