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viii CONTENTS.
Pages.
Crittenden Compromise—Robert Toombs to his Constituents'—
The Republicans opposing a Reactionary Spirit—The spirit of
the Republican Leaders—Peace Conference—A little Blood-
Letting Needed—Baltimore Conference Convention—Governor
Hicks and the State—State Conference Convention—President
Lincoln leaves Springfield, 111., for Washington—In Harrisburg
—His Secret hegira through Baltimore—He desires to avoid his
political friends in Baltimore—The alleged Assassination Conspiracy—Denial of the Plot—Superindendent Kennedy and the
New York Police—Kennedy denies that there was a Plot to
Assassinate Lincoln—Marshal Kane and the Alleged Conspiracy
—A Robust Falsehood ~ "- 336-397
CHAPTER XLIII.
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln—The Attack upon Fort Sumter
A Maryland Committee waits on Virginia Convention—Great
excitement in Baltimore—Troops for the Defence of Washington—State Rights Convention—Harper's Ferry Bridge Blown
Up—Mayor Brown and Governor Hicks issue a Proclamation—
Nineteenth of April, 1861, Riot—A Furious Mob—Soldiers
Fire on the People—Military Called Out—A Town Meeting and
Declaration of Governor Hicks—Burning Bridges—Testimony
of officers of 6th Massachusetts Regiment as to their Treatment
—Fidelity of City officials—Winans' Steam Gun—The People
Arming for Defence—Baltimore on Fire with Excitement—General Butler takes Possession of Annapolis—Protest of Governor
Hicks—Butler enters Baltimore—At the Relay House—Fortifications around Baltimore—Meeting of the Legislature at Frederick—Did not possess the power to pass an ordinance of Secession—Its manly course and Protests against the Usurpation of
the Government—Arrest of Ross Winans—The Writ of Habeas
Corpus—Chief Justice Taney and John Merryman—Suspension
of the Writ—Adherents in Baltimore of the Administration-
Arrest of Marshal Kane—Arrest of the Police Commissioners of
Baltimore—The "Wages of Oppression—Arrest of Mayor Brown
and the Maryland Legislature—Marylanders in the Federal
Army—The Confederate Maryland Line—Maryland Confederate
regiments and companies—The Evacuation of Harper's Ferry-
Battle of Manassas or Bull Run—General Elzey the Blucher of
the Day *..... . . 398-450
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000015 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | viii CONTENTS. Pages. Crittenden Compromise—Robert Toombs to his Constituents'— The Republicans opposing a Reactionary Spirit—The spirit of the Republican Leaders—Peace Conference—A little Blood- Letting Needed—Baltimore Conference Convention—Governor Hicks and the State—State Conference Convention—President Lincoln leaves Springfield, 111., for Washington—In Harrisburg —His Secret hegira through Baltimore—He desires to avoid his political friends in Baltimore—The alleged Assassination Conspiracy—Denial of the Plot—Superindendent Kennedy and the New York Police—Kennedy denies that there was a Plot to Assassinate Lincoln—Marshal Kane and the Alleged Conspiracy —A Robust Falsehood ~ "- 336-397 CHAPTER XLIII. THE WAR FOR THE UNION. Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln—The Attack upon Fort Sumter A Maryland Committee waits on Virginia Convention—Great excitement in Baltimore—Troops for the Defence of Washington—State Rights Convention—Harper's Ferry Bridge Blown Up—Mayor Brown and Governor Hicks issue a Proclamation— Nineteenth of April, 1861, Riot—A Furious Mob—Soldiers Fire on the People—Military Called Out—A Town Meeting and Declaration of Governor Hicks—Burning Bridges—Testimony of officers of 6th Massachusetts Regiment as to their Treatment —Fidelity of City officials—Winans' Steam Gun—The People Arming for Defence—Baltimore on Fire with Excitement—General Butler takes Possession of Annapolis—Protest of Governor Hicks—Butler enters Baltimore—At the Relay House—Fortifications around Baltimore—Meeting of the Legislature at Frederick—Did not possess the power to pass an ordinance of Secession—Its manly course and Protests against the Usurpation of the Government—Arrest of Ross Winans—The Writ of Habeas Corpus—Chief Justice Taney and John Merryman—Suspension of the Writ—Adherents in Baltimore of the Administration- Arrest of Marshal Kane—Arrest of the Police Commissioners of Baltimore—The "Wages of Oppression—Arrest of Mayor Brown and the Maryland Legislature—Marylanders in the Federal Army—The Confederate Maryland Line—Maryland Confederate regiments and companies—The Evacuation of Harper's Ferry- Battle of Manassas or Bull Run—General Elzey the Blucher of the Day *..... . . 398-450 |
