The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-14
BALTIMORE.
MONDAY, JANUARY IA 1861

The country was favored on Saturday with the
first Message of the incoming Admin istration.-
The premier of the new Cabinet-and more sig
nihcant still, the architect of the party which is
behind the incoming Administration the man
who stands head and shoulders above any of
his fellows of the same side Of the Senate Cham
Der, whose words Of pith have become the battle
cries of the hostile sectons-has at length spoken.
Rather let say he has written. With all the de-
liberation which Is his characteristic generally, he
has now been doubly deliberate; with all his
usual care to make himself understood, he has now
most effectually guarded against mistakes; he has
surveyed the whole field; he has taken, let US
presume, all needful counsel, and with all these
precautions, and under all these circumstances,
he has composed an essay upon the national crisis
and read it before the Senate. And not TO the
Senate alone. Conscious of his power and of the
weight of his position and influence, he has sno-
ken at the same time to the nation. As customa-
ry with Messages, the document was print
ed in advance Of its delivery, and under its au-
thors frank sent through the postofices to favored
journals, to bcspread before the people-what time
the telegraph might announce that it was opened
in the Senate.
We lay this essay at length before our readers.
That the Importance Of the disclosures it contains
cannot at this moment be over-rated will be con-
coded on all hands. No one needs to be reminded
who and what Mr.. SEWARD has been, and now is
Emphatically, the statesman of the Republicans
known to be at the head of the proposed Cabinet
OF the EXECUTIVE whom the Republicans have Just
eIected if any one is authorized to speak for
them, he is the man; if any one can control or
shape their policy, he can do it, To the force which
naturally belongs 10 the utterances of such per-
sonage must be added all the prestige of his position
1t was not, then. TO he wondered at that a crowd
"Itnout parallel sought the chamber
acle spoke, or that there was tumutuous rush TO
all other points where his words might be obtained.
He was thought to possess the charm by which
the wild national storm might be stilled, and the
public pulse almost ceased to beat when the mo.
ment came in which it was to be disclosed. We need
scarce say that the feeling produced by the read
ing of Mr. SEwARD's speech in this community
was one of disappointment to all--of profound
and indignant grief to many. Public expectation
was probably raised too highlander the circum-
stances this was natural. The fond attachment
with which the people of Baltimore cling to the
Union would lead them almost to expect mi
raculous interposition, when all other ave-
nues of delverance shall be closed. But there
is no one we think, who regards the new diagno-
sis of the national troubles, and the remedy pro-
posed without feeling that the one falls short Of
the disease and that the other will not cure it.
That no sort of concession is offered it would not
be fair to assert but thas there is wide gap
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mand cannot be denied, Our readers will judge
for tlpO1SaIvpc