The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-28
From the ". Y. Dan Book, Auoalst &c.
DILL a A u tS.I,r Il


But 1t is said VIC are "disloYal." "DislOyalty |"
what is it? To be 'HOyal' must we believe in
'the irrepressible conflict" of Seward "the negro
equality" of Chase, "the ultimate extinction"
theory of Lincoln, and that the Helper book Is "a
valuable political document ?" Must we believe
that Seward is as great statesman Jefferson,
that Cameron is as incOrruptibe Diogenes, and
that Lincoln is as learned Macchiavelli? Must
we believe black is white, that two and two make
five? In fact, must we commit intellectual suicide
Does Mr.. Lincoln's administration demand all this
as the price of "oyalty ?" So the price exceeds
our ability to pay.
But it is said we oppose the GoyernmentP How
where or when? Bring on your accusers; let the
case be brought before the Court. Let us see the
counts and the specifications. If to be 'Ioyal"
means sincere reverence for the Constitutional
fervent love of the Union-an invincible repug-
nance to Its overthrow and earnest labor and exer-
tlon to prevent such great national catastrophe
II these be the price of "loyalty," then do we and
nave we rendered them cheerfuly, earnestly, and
with a single eye to the good of our country.
W hat more can we do? We cannot prevent the
avalanche of falsehoods with which, day after day.
republican papers SANDER and libel u.s. To ask
justice mercy from these fanatical Journals that
seek to destroy the independent Democratic press,
because they fear its power, is to ask the lion to
give up his prey after he has caught it. Puritani.
cal tyranny never yielded power until choked into
At all events, our right and duty as an American
citizen are fulfilled, and if for this We fall under
the ban of official punishment, we shall not fail to
protest against the unconstitutional usurpation,
to defend, until the pen is sDatched from our hand
the Rights of the People, and to execrate, even
though dungeon opened its portals before US, the
hypocrisy OF party, which, getting into power
under the pretence of regard for the negro, has
rlveted the chains of slavery upon millions of
From the n. Y. Daily Ne,Vs,
ANOTHER STEP.
The copies of the Daily Nelrs in the charge of the
American Express Co. were seized on Yesterday nv
the u s. Marshal in this city. 1t is impossible to
conceive by what authority Government official
can conflscate without legal process, private pro-
perty which business firm has received in trust
Tor the use OF others. AS well might the same
officer lay violent hands upon citizens watch.
his purse or any article which he has paid for and
which belongs exclusively to him. The Govern
ment, il it have authorized this illegal seizure has
gone one step too far, to answer its own pur-
poses Reaching for a shield to cover its own
weakness, it has "o'er-leaped itself and fallen on
the other side" If the Administration will persist
in gathering information only from the columns of
the w ar Press, it will never be awakened TO a
sense OF the danger it provoking until it is too
late. vi every hundred voters in the city of New
York, seventy-five are antagonistic to the harsh
and unconstitutional measures adopted by Mr. Lin
coin and bis advisers, and an equal proportion are
absolutely friends of the Peace party The citv ia
quiet now-calm as tropical sea when not breath
stirs the happing SAIL but it is the camnacs THAT
precedes the hurricane. We are like men here
sleeping within magazine, where the train is laid
and the blazing torch is at hand; one spark NAV
spread rum ana CeSolatlon around. If the Admin
istration will but pause, look about, take note Of
what is the true feeling and ponder, much that is
terrible may be avoided.
Such wanton outrages upon right and liberty as
have been witnessed lately in our midst would have
been sufficient to 'stir the stones of Rome to rise
and mutny." The wrongs that precipitated the
French Revolution were innocent in cOmpsrisop-
Citizens cast into dungeons without public charpe
against them and without hope OF trial. private
property conscated at the beck of those in power;
the press humbled, threatened and suppressed or
prosttuted to serve the ends of fanatcism What
ever did Louis XVI. so tyrannical and dangerous?
and yet he lost his head. What ever did Great
Britain so unj just to provoke the indignation of her
colonies? and yet she aenated them from her for
ever.
The people here have been unaccustomed to such
wrongs, they can yet scarcely realize them. They
are stunned for the time being with the quick sue
ceasion Of utrages that have been hurled at them
and they stand silent and motioness like men start
led by an unexpected blow. But when they do
awaken to sense of injury-to full conception of
what they have lost and what they are losing-to
an understanding that thew are gliding by rapid
steps from freedom to bondage, they will not lack
the impulsive action of the Partisan at his barri-
cades, or the resolution of their forefahers at Lex
iDgton and Bunker Hill.