The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-20
THE VOICE OF THE SOUTH.
SENTIMENT IN KENTUCKY


The following the resolutions adopted bv the
great meeting held by the citizens of Louisville on
Tuesday evening last:
WHEREAS, The people of the State of Kartuckv
nave shown their devotion to the Union and Their
attachment to their brethren of the free States nv
shedding the best blood of the State in their de-
renee at Ilppecanoe, at the Thames. at the massa-
ere OF the River Raisen and vhararer thor So
assaled either by sayages or by foreign foes. and
whereas, when the present unhappy discnrds o.
sumed dangerous form, this State, true to her
traditions did by legislative resolves and bv tba
resolutions of State Conve ntions of tba dfysat
political parties within her borders promise nlans
OF Cancellation and settlement lust to all sections NJ
the Union, which plans have been treated bv the
leaders OF the dominant party in the free States
with c0ntemptuous indifference; and whereas this
State and all the Border Slave States hova also
protested with remarkable and unmistak able una
nimitv against the attempt to "coerce" the seced
ing States into submission; and, whereas in total
disregard of the sentiment of the loyal Slave
States and in utter contempt of their protests the
| Lincoln administration, while pro Tossing peace and
strong desire to preserve the disSovpg Union
periGiously fitted ont an immense fleet and arma-
ments with the manifest intention of reducing the
| seeding States to obedience by military force.and
| whereas this attempt to subjugate these States
| can have no other result than a desulatuc civil
war, repugnant alike to humanity, civilization and
religion, and the final separation Of the Free and
| Slave States; therefore,
ministratioD, in bringing conflict Of arms
| whilst protesting peace policy, and wsfIst the
| Border Slave States, relying on such pacific as
surances, were endeavoring to find peaceful sou-
tion of the national difficulties, and to reconstruct
the discovered Union, is a conspicuous example of
! bad faith and perfidy in high places, which mer-
its and will receive the condemnation of the civil
lied world.
! q That the people of Kentucky are unanimously
| opposed to the policy of the Lincoln Admin
istration and that, If the attempt to subugae the
| seeding States be not abandoned, the duty the
interest and the honor OF this State, alike ;mpera-
lively demand that she shall at once range her
| selfside bv side with her Sou .hern sisters q nd
| stand by them to the last in defending their soil
from hostile INVASION; and as the Free States have
been called upon for volunteers with the intpn-
| ton of hurting them against our Southern breth-
rem, we hereby declare that the State Of Kentucky
will never permit such forces to cross her borders
g That in ceding to the federal government i'll
risdiction the soil for the erection of forts in
| the several States, contract il implied between
those States and the federal arthOrii that such
| forts shall be used alone to defend the States in
| which they situated from foreign enemies and
| that no State would have permitted the general
government to erect forts within her borders with
out such implied contracts and that the 70
turn the guns of such Notifications against the ci
Zens OF the State whose soil they stand in oppo
sition to the wishes of the State authorities is a
guilty perversion of the purposes for which thew
intended, and iustites resistance BY the naonIa
of the assailed States.
4. That Fort Sumter was erected under such i'm
piled contract, and that commanding, it does the
harbor and commerce of Charleston, the only pur-
pose OF Llncoln's Administration in reinforcing and
holding 1t, was to destroy what it was built to pro
tect and defend, and that the attempt to reinforce
and hold that fort was, therefore, hostile act Jus
tlfyiDg the commander Of the confederate forces in
demanding its surrender, before the arrival of the
powerful rein'orcementS known to be near at hand
and enforcing that demand when the surrender was
! n UIFp iva
sure.
g. That it is the immediate and imperative duty
OF this State to arm.
G. That it is the policy Of this State, and Of eve
ry Southern State, to act upon the defensive; but
each should be prepared to repel attack, come
from quarter it NAV.
I. That we once more, and perhaps for the last
time, lmpiore conservative men of all parties in
the free States, TO renew ard continue their efforts
by petitions, remOnstrances, and public mpetinUz
to arrest the mad, frenzied and suicidal course Of
the Lincoln Administration, to the end that if all
pians OF conciiation and settlement shall fail and
s tha' event, which we all so deeply depors--the
nhai dissolution of this glorious UniGn-becOmes in
eVitable that its NAV set in serenity and neoca
rather than in clouds, in darkness and in blood
o. mat IN TINS last, worst and most deporable
event, our hearts will always beat warmly for the
true men OF the Free States who have nobly stood
against all odds "40
y. ihat the names of those members of CONGRESS-
who perslstently refused to give the peopa Of the
States an opportunity to vote ppun thu Cr;ttordao
proposition for a settlement of our unbann, 1igTsr
time. N'7" al cunning
III, That the coercion of the Southern States
into ifaterna relations with the Northern States.
Is an impossibility and an absurdtv. which we d.
nounce and will resist. W. w
II. mat we approve and indorse the manly and
Gghlhed response of Governor Maroffn In The
demand oil the Lincoln Administration upon this
"'"'0 loi "ooPs, IN support OF its coercive policy
SENTIMENT IN TENNESSEE.
ohe OF the largest and most enthusiastic meet
ings ever held in the CITY of Nashville met on Sot
urdaY evening in that city, and unanimously naesad
the following resolutions:
Rcsotred, That this meeting has learned NTH
profound regret thai serious conflict of arms has
Just occurred in the neighborho0d of the civ Of
Charleston, between the forces of tha Ga6orai
Government and those of the Southern Confedar-
acy, and that we decidedly condemn the acts of The
ADMINISTRATION, which have evidently produced this
uePior&nie state OF affairs, and that we heartily
SympathlZe with our Southern brethren, who have
oeen so unjustly and needessIy forced to experi
ehce the Inconvenience Of civil war.
hesotced, That we cordially endorse the spirit of
tee Porter Resolutions" in which the Legislature
OF tennessee declared, by an almost unanimous
vote, that her people would resist at all hazards
and to the last extremity, any attampt by armed
force to reduce the people and States of the South
10 1"e extremity OF submission resistance.
Ee&otted, That we likewise fully approve the rol-
lowing resolution recently adopted by the C0pven
uon OF virginia, to wit: That it is an indispensable
cohotuoh mat a pacific policy towards the seeded
Sta'eS should be adopted; that no attempt to sub
IGcV mem to Federal authority should be made
that the Federal Government should not reiDforce
nor recapture the forts, arsenals or other pronpr
y, nor exact payment of dues; and that all the
10 ~ Tug seeded States ought to be evacuated.
hcS2''Go, i6at the present crisis imperiously de-
pait., IN
.hey should at once relieve themselves from the
'@H lels OF party, and stand up firmly and fear
.:sIt' as one man, IN support of the ENDANGERED
rights Of the South '1'-"
~, NORTH CAROLINA SENTIMENT.
rt ne richmond Enquirer, OF yesterday, saws -
u'asion from all parts of the State is to the
tIlecI th!' the nag of the Southern C0nfeder9cy
wives Uiumphantig over the land of Macon. An
immense meeting was held at Raleigh ON Tursdav
t's1, az "hich speeches were made by Hon D. NJ
r"i niger, Coi: Cameron, j. w. Syme, editor of
the Raleigh register, ex-Governor MANY and a
number of others, embracing every shad, n oni,
ION, so lar as past issues are concerned Eut ono
sentiment was expressed, but one fcelinr animatod
vi? speakers and their auditors, The universal
voice was tor immediate secession and far a -
response to Lincoln's call to arms. Tho TTnin1
sentiment has heretofore been stronger in RaJrigh
afia Its immediate vicinity than in any other mart
OF North Carolina. pun
MARYLAND SENTIMENT.
ny FROM the Somerset Uniopl
We hope that the demonstration at S.,r,tor vii,
convince the Administration and its allies that fl"
people OF the South are in earnest, and mean to
defend their rights at every hazard. ~ ---'''" -
FROM TIE Carroll touny DenaocratD
NJ man, that has a Southern heart in him or
mas any idea of Southern chivalry and southern
nohor, would suppose for a single. moment that
the South would quietly and tamely submit to the
aggressive policy of this party. Writhinc and
smarting under insult, wrong and nipstica7 a."
may have committed indscretions, but we have tbs
most unmitgated contempt for men in a Southern
State who denounce them as traitors. Villains oni
rogues. '''' eN~
from tie st. Aarys Reacon)
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT IN sT. MARY'S
The reception of President Lincnln's proclama-
ton and the call of the Secretary of War upon Gov
ernor Hlcks FOR four regiments of Maryland militia
to aid the North in the work of coercion baTarrn
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