The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-25

On the 18th April Mr.. LINCOLN issued procla-
nation, of which We reproduce the following par
agraphs:
Whereas, The laws of the United States have been for
some time past and opposed and the execution
thereof obsructed in the States South Carolina
gia Alabama, Florida, Mississippi Louisiana and Texas
by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the
binary course of judicial proceedings by the powers
vested in the Marshal, by law. there fore.
I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN President Of tie United States
in virtue of the power in vested by the Constitution
and the thought fit to call forth: and hereby
do call forth, the a of the several States of the
Union to the aggregate number of serenity fire thousand
in order suppress said combinations and to cause the
laws to be duly executed.
We desire it to be particularly noted by our
readers that the reasons assigned by Mr.. LINCOLN
for this imperative call upon the States for their
respective quotas Of troops are--hat "the laws of
1.-THE UNITED STATES are opposed and their execu-
"tion INSTRUCTED by combinations too powerful
"to be suppressed except by force of arms, and
that the militia of the several States were called
upon to aid the Federal Government in suppress
ing ''said combinations and in causing the laws
"to be duly executed"
In plain language, so plain, indeed, that no in
teIIlgent man can possibly misunderstood it, Mr.
LINCoLN's proclamation declares the seven seeded
States TO be in rebellion against the Federal au-
thority The calling out of the militia is expressly
stated to be for the putting down of that rebellion
and for no milder purpose. Every Governor in
the border slave States perfectly understood what
was meant by the words, Ito suppress said COM
"binauonS and to cause the laws to be duly exc
"cuted." As promptly as the telegraph wires
could flash back an answer to the War Depart
mpOt vCr TT ~ n
lantly responded.
Hon Simon Cameron Secretary of Var: 49, '''-'.
our despatch Is received, and if genuine which its
AaUuhar! character leads me to doubt, have say
reply tat regard the levy Of troops made by the
Administration for the purpose subugang the States
OF the south as in violation of the Constitution and
usurpatlon OF power. can be party to this wicked
VOCATION oil the laws of the country and to TINS
war upon the Liberties Of the people. You can get
tail b i.or nGrth carolina will reply de-
(Signed) Jouy W Fills
simultaneously with the above came the follow
ing terse and energetic despatch from Governor
MAGoFFIN, Of Kentucky:
Hon Simon Cameron, Secretary Of war: -''
our despatch is received. In answer say enphat-
caly that Kentucky will furnish no troops for The wicked
purpose of subduing sister Southern States
B. MAGoFF1y
One day later Governor LETcHER, with less of
Spartan breviiy, but full of Spartan fire, re-
piled:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
~ RICHMOND, Va, April It. 1861.
Hon Simon Cameron, Secretary of Var:
SIR received despatch the 18TH the genuine
ness Of which doubted.
In reply to this communication have only to saw that
the militia of Virginia will not be furnished to th
ers at Washington for any such purpose as thew
nave IN view Your object is subjugate the Southern
States and requisition upon me for such an oh
Judgment he 1,,rvia,
OF the Constitution the of l795-wi not be com
piled with. You have chosen to inaupurate civil ar
anu having done So we will meet it in spirit as deter
mined as the Administration has exhibited towards he
South Respectfully, JOHN LErcuER.
In quick succession, Governor JACKSON, of Mis-
souri,, responds to the requisiton as follows:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF M1ssoURI1
JEFFERSON CITY, April IT.
SiR-f ourdespatch of the 18th instant, making call
on Missouri for four regiments of for immediate SER
vice, has been received.
There can be, apprehend, no doubt but that these
men are intended to form part the Presidents army
10 MAKE war upon the people of the seeded States Your
reqnSlti0n in my Judgment is illegal. unconstitutional
anu revolutionary, and in its object, inhuman and dia
bolical, and cannot be complied with
not one man will the State of Missouri furnish carry
on such an unholy crusade.
tSigned G. F. JACKSON
Governor of Missouri.
Lastly came the reply of Governor HARRIS, of
Tennessee which has all the clarion ring of the
men who fought at Kings Mountain, and under
the command of the indomtable JACKSON, s'per-
"forated' PAKENHAMs red coats at New Orleans.
This is the pith of it:
NASHVILLE April Ex-Governor Harris in reply to
requsitiOn the Government for t,onne cows "a az .
nessee won't furnish single man for coercion but fv
thousand II necessary for the defence our rights and
'hose oil our Southern brothers.'n
There is no installing the tenor of these re-
sponses. They all breathe the true Southern spirit
1hey all recognise that the purpose of the Admin
lStratlon IN calling for troops is to subiugate the
South.
On the same day that Governor HARRIS sent his
reply from Nashville Governor Hicks issued q
p'oeiauaton TO the people of Maryland, notifying
'nein Oh MT. LlNcoLN's requisition, and mildly
couhselllng them Ito abstain from all heated con-
roVerSy upon the subject" He does not say that
he will not furnish to the Federal Government the
quota OF troops demanded of Maryland On the
contrary he intmates that he intends to do so. bu
coupled with the assurance that "no troops will
''be sent unless it may be for the defence of the
National Capital" TWAS this declaration which
gave the key note that the Administration has
since been SO earnestly sounding. We are now
told that all the troops which are concentrating
~ W oShlb tOH are ICr no other object
than the defence of the Capital. -
Mr.. LINcoLNs proclamation expressly declares
that they are called out to suppress rebellion in
the seeded States 1t says nothing of the defence
otthe Capital; that was an after-thourht and
notwithstanding the repeated asseveratops which
have been recently made by Mr. LINCOLN. Mr.
SEWARD, and other members of the Administers
ton to that effect, no man of even ordinary com.
mon sense believes that.the seventy-five thousand
troops which the proclamation calls for were ever
intended to be limited to the single object of pro
tecung the City of Washington and the public
archives from capture. If the programme of til,
Administration has been modified by the events
of the past few days, we have yet to learn tina
such is the fact.
We clip the following from the Cincinnati Ga
seHe of Saturday last. This journal is at least
frank in declaring that it is necessary to occupy
Maryland for the purpose of securing communica.
tions with the South. 1t makes no absurd outcrv
as do the journals of the North, about the defence