The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-08-20
BALTIMORE.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1861.
The following wretched subterfuge appears in
the New York Times of yesterday:

The following wretched subterfuge appears in
the New York Times of yesterday:
'.Trr BooT on TIE OTHER LEG.-The Baltimore seces-
sion iournalsthe Exchange of course at their head
overwhelmed with srei anu asIonshneh AZ 'ie f
orous confinement Of their Police IN TINS
citv The prisoners themselves write long letters OF
complaint bewang their inability TO VISIT the city or 10
receive their friends and representing the National toy
eminent as the embodiment Of tyranny and cruelty me
Rrclanqe shocked at the danger to civil liberty and
constitutional freedom when such things can take piacs
prav what do these journals think Of the imprisonment
of Sr Ely Of Mr. Harris of Mr., McCraw and others in
the lbacSo warehouses of Richmond? Not of these
men is even suspected much less accused OF any crime
They put in prison simply because they rel into the
nowr of the rebels They are kept there without pre-
fence of any other authority than that of forcewithout
promise any trial hint of any accusationbut simply
because they believed to dsapprove Of the rebellion
Does the EfcGnge any danger to civil liberty IN suc
proceedings as these Or does the attempt oil those by
whom they pepetratcd TO destroy oil liberty to over
which it provides, and to bring the whole country mo
complete suhugaton to the most relentless and intoer
ant deSpotism the world has ever seen, sancty THESE
things and give them favor and support at its hands,
No one knows better than the writer Of the fore
going article and the editors of the journal in whose
columns it befttngy appears, that there is no paral-
lei whatever between the cases stated, and that the
attempt to set one up is but part of the miserable
system of Misrepresentation and fllsehood in which
the defenders of the Administration find their only
resource and refuge How came Messrs McGRAW
and HARRIS at Richmond? Did they not volun-
tarily enter, without flag of truce or safe-conduc
Of any sort. into the lines of hostile army, imme-
dately after bloody battle, and perhaps on the
eve Of another? BY all the laws of war, and upon
every principle of common prudence and self-pro-
lection, the General into whose camp they pene-
tfated had a right and was bound to detain them.
He would have been an idiot 10 have done other
wise, unless lie designed the secrets Of his move
ments 10 be- the next day, in the portfolio of Gen
eral MCCLELLAN, and the day after in the columns
Of the TincS-with an editorial tribute to the
patriotism which keeps no faith with "traitors. "
What carried the Hon. Mr.. ELY to Manassa? He
went, with Il band Of Congressional amateur ruff
fans to goat over the slaughter Of ''rebes, and
Join in the chorus of a victory which he supposed
was to he won, with no boodshed but that OF
Southern men, and in which, at all events, he pru-
dently provided that no blood of his own should
be nj risk. He went TO see the way opened, by
cannon, bayouet and rifle, for the execution Of
the bloody and vindictive laws which he had beer
aiding to drive through Congress by speech ant
vote. He was not n soldier. lie had no call t.
the battlefield and had no business there HI
went TO crafty n malignant curiosity and an I'M
manly hate and vengeance, at the expense of the
lives of better men than himself in his own ranks
and the ranks Of the enemy. 1t was lucky fol
him that he encountered no biterer fate thar
captivity. If his captors. had been as bad a,
himself, he would probably have received what he
desired to see meted out to them.
What analogy is there between these cases, and
no rC+
ing at Fort La Fayette-no prisoners of war, nc
Tictims Of the battlefield, no visitors oil
camps-but peaceful citizens outraged and
oppressed for opinions sake, without
form or preteXt Of law, and sent from theil
quiet homes into captivity only because there
no accusation against them which is not toe
contemplate TO be submitted to a tribunal o.
published to the world ?
But if there were parallel between rue c,,ses-
where is the parallel between the modes of treat
ment at Richmond and New York? The Times i
perfectly aware that the gentlemen al
Richmond, of whom it speaks-prisoners o
war as they are, and without any right
to complain Of the hardships of such i'm.
prisonment-haye not written a letter TO theil
friends, or sent message, which does not breathe
the WaI1nest acknowledgment of the kindness with
which they are surrounded. Paragraph after
paragraph has been published in the Northern pa
pers-all to the same effect; We gave, in our
issue Of yesterday, the dsgraceful defence made in
The Express for Col. BURKE, on his authority
Here is what EDMUND Connolly, a Federal prison
er Of war at Richmond, writes to his family at
home. Col. BURKE and his superiors may read it
and blush. The Times of course never bushes:
II have not much Of importance to communicate
10 you have opportunity of going out of this
fabiShm -nt, and can learn but little inside 1t is
that the authorities here Kind enough TO ALLOW
6y and read tie papers, and also the prirege of haung
0Rs Of on party 90 ont to market ereTy morning. BY this
means have plenty Of vegetables de-. every morn
ing We take turns at this business phich quite dgree
able TO as dH although always accompanied by guard
When 20 home will be quite posted in domestic affairs
IN general There are dozen of us in mess, and
about four such messes in this ROOM which is about as
Just such building appearance and is well adapted
lhe purpose for which it is used. There several
Such buildings here They originally built and used
as tobacco factories but since the set in they have
been closed until that they used temporary
prisons There in all about forty two officers of
on inns oor this is the number that has been arrested
laf from The last battle, and amongst them some
oOctors Ne are n0C quite comfortable here.n