The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-05-10

fatty TO the contrary, from three Or four gentle
men who were present on that occasion, the repU-
taion Of either enc Of whom for vegaciiy, i'm
mcasurabIy ouweighs that OF Governor HICKS,
we can only express our unfeigued establishment
at SO bare,aced a denial Of an indisputaJle fact
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We lear 50 much of the power of the North
Of the wealth of the North-of the population Of
the Nor,h-os Northern unanimirv Of sentiment
in regard to the unqualified support which is to
be given to the general government in lis opera
tons against the South, and Of Northern patriot
ism as conlr-iisJingushed from the sentiment that
auimateS the South that if we were TO give
crcdence 10 one-ha'f Of all that IS spoken and
written upon The subject, we should be forced to
acknowledge that the North was a nation Of
heroes, and that the South had 10 alternative but
TO fall down upon its knees, Cry Pcccri. and
submit uncoali0naliy to whatever terms NAV
be dictated by tie Northern conquerors. We
have heard for weeks the notes Of military prepa-
raton-tha clink Of armorer3' hammers closing
rivets up--the sharp rattle Of cavalry sabrcs-ihe
squirting in hot haste from place TO p,acc-the
volunteer bnttaions-the brilliant ovalions with
which they have been greeted on departing from.
or in their passage through Northern ci.az-ail
these have been duly chroniclcd in GOOD set
phrases; and il hur:ahs, and waving kcrchicfs.
and windy rhodomoniade in general, are to he
taken as indicative Of the spirit with which Iic
people Of that section is animated, w!g then.
soldiery must look to their laurcis. But
10 rose as yet has fallen from the chap!ct
OF the South, nor do we apprchend that il i; des-
tined to BE- plucl,ea by Northern hands. at is a
Car cry TO Loeb Ow," and this truth may yet
he learned to their sorrow by those who now
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that is, how many eT,.tives can he obtained !, tso
North to undertake a war Of suhiucalion a,tairs,
the South. We hold thai a Southern man Gqbt-
ing on his own soil-fEhting for rights that lie
beeres to he assailel-fghtinc for rron.r,v ,ho,
lie believes to h. in iopardv-fghtino for his wifi.
and children, his home and fires;de off, Iiiartv
"and the pursuit of happiness, can,,t ha co,
quered. We hold further tb,+ .I,a vor.r, -.
bring such an arnr int, the fold q. tI,o so,,,,,
raise from amouo H., ga,trr o,d ,,a,,,n...
Without seeking TO disoar,ce either the ,,ro..a.s
or cudurlnc, Of the North ,ro ,,,ort -, -,
thoriy of military men tbot what .ro o,I,.5 49,
fighting States Of tha J7~,ov 1io orn,,.t
exclusively ~ flo c,,,r, :.
pear invidious at this time 10 SINGLE ont
those Southern States winch aro c}.ssed h., sr,,,
officers and others ~ nraom;no,nv entitled - ~;
dist;nc;ior. hnt n, racorJ, or ,,. ,,,.,., .:.,.
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troops were from. and what slaa5f,s, and ,,,,no,,
ing courage they dispiayad NJ moma,ts IF ,lo
greatest peril 10 our arms. Tie hest soldiarz If
every country are Acknowledged to be those which
are drawn from the rural Districts for in the main.
they are more hardy and courageous and seli-:e-
liant 'han volunteers that have led life of close
cohnnenent or OF license and excess in large cities
lhe Southern population is almost exclusively
rural. In the North the city population predomi-
mates. Every Southeruer, from his boyhood IN.
Is accustomed to the use Of arms and to pride him
sell upon ms skill as marksman and his thor
o"@h AAo"ieage OF craftsmanship. A. the North
men rarely carry arms, have little or no skill in
'he use OF the weapon, and Of the class who vol
uh'esr, oRt few know how to ride with safety TO
themselves, or without endangerug the speedy
breaking down OF the horse that carries them In
the South the military spirit is passion; in the
NoF'! 1t IS nothing more than sentiment. In the
0o''r ''e'e are o"' lew holiday soldiers, but an
aouhoahce OF men who are ever ready to spring
10 arms whenever the trumpet sounds for battle
l" lhe NORM Tue volunteer soldiery are numerous,
'''' ioI purposes OF local deienSe they would bear
themselves "orI"iiyj our most OF them have fam
'i'eS "Fe"GehI upon 'ier Iaoor5 Tor subsistence,
ana not many among them would undertake to
'oahuoh their homes and seek, IN war of lnra-
SION, the ouDoie glory at tie cannon'S mouth.
In the war with Mexico it was not the citizen SOL
1iery that marched to victory, under the command
Of SCOTT and TAYLOR respectively, Int yo7nniaars
lrawu from the floating population. In tbe call
or seveuty-fye thousand troops, which has heen
made by Mr.. LINCOLN, how many uniformed reo-
nents have responded? How many of those who
actually did answer the call, will consent to march
beyond the limits OF the District OF Columbia
dow many VIII consent to renew their term of
service when the three months for which they
ave oeeh ehFo'iea are expired Now, too, that
he fever OF excitement has passed, how long will
t take before the forty thousand volunteers, which
nave been called for to enter into active service
or three years, will be foqpd 70 have reo;s,nrsd
heir Games on the army lisr? Whilst. then, the
lighting m ,teral of the Soutb must he concadoa 70
Ne superior to that of the North in mint oror,,,
be numerical strength il will also bo f,,,nd
1t least equal to that of lis more vaipo,orons od-
-ersary There is one advantage, however which