The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-22

We have had occasion to comment more than
once of late, upon the unwillingness of the Re
publican party to meet, with anything like fair
ness the issues which the South has raised Its
leaders have not only refused to enter upon the
consideration of the grievances which the South
has endeavored to press upon their attention, but
they have resorted to manifest presentations in
order to mislead their constituents as to the real
points OF the controversy. This course has been
adopted not once, but repeatedly--it has been fol-
lowed not by one or two prominent politicians
but by the majority of those who lately represented
the Republican party in both Houses of Congress
Foremost among those who have thus sought, by
evasve and dishonest arguments, TO place the
Southern people in n false position, stands Mr.
HALE, of New Hampshire. Throughout the late
session he was distinguished for the promptness
with which he awaited himself of every opportu.
nifty to give currency 10 plausible msrepresen-
tation, and the effrontery with which he advanced
any uncandid and disreputable allegation that
seemed calculated to deceive the public. But it
may be doubted whether any of Mr.. HALE's former
speeches surpass, in the audacity of their asser-
tons, that which he delivered a few DAYS ago in
the Senate. We italicze portions of the following
extracts:
been prohibited in every Territory of the United States
and in 1920 prohibited north of SO So These re.
Srctions had been repealed by the legislation of 1854 all
the Territories opened to slavery, and the Supreme Court
had gren decision rse9gntstng The right Of slavery to
Of? Slavery in Nebraska had been forced upon the
pie in opposition to the will of the majority. The South
hadin the Territories all and more than she had euer
claimed. The Supreme Court had decided that IL uas
the duty Of Congress TO protect slarery Why then this
cry of aggression9 When, where how and by whom P'
''what more did the South want? Did she want to
carry slavery into the States? So let her say So The
South had all the territories no,y and there
to gire her These reiterated declarations of Northern
oppression we're totally wnfoundsd
For the purpose of throwing odium upon the
South by demonstrating that its complaints are
unreasonable, and absurd, Mr.. HALE deliberately
said on the floor of the Senate that which he was
even then prepared to repudiate in the same place
and at any moment when it might suit his purpo.
ses to do so. He contended that the STAKEHOLDER
already has the right to go into the Territories
though he will deny that right to morrow. He
insisted that the South should be satisfied, because
the Supreme Court has decided that the Consttu-
ton protects slavery, and he is ready to disregard
that decision whenever ii is appealed to. He has
acquiesced in the views which Mr.. LINCOLN in his
inaugural address, expressed on that subject, and
he knows the President will appoint to every ter
ritorial Office judicial and executive, only
such men as are pledged 10 set at naught
the d. ed Scott decision, and he will,
moreover cordially sustain the PRESIDENTS pol
icy in that particular. He and his party have
avowed their determination to legislate for the
Territories, in direct contravention of the ruling
of the Supreme Court. And notwithstanding all
this, he arragns the South for being unreasonably
discontinued, and unblushingly maintains that
there is no foundation for its complaints abou
Northern oppression" Whether Mr.. HALE wa:
in jest or in earnest when he delivered himself O
the views which we have quoted, it is really
difficult to say. But in either event, it cannot be
gainsaid that his speech was, the place and occa.
sion considered, little short of disgraceful.