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36 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
be made. In this situation we must repeat our anxiety to be informed what protection on
any emergency may be expected from the general government; what regular forces can
be furnished; and in the event of the militia of the State being called out for its defence,
whether the expenses will be defrayed by the United States."
On the 27th of March, the secretary answered that " one battalion of the
drafted militia is ordered for the particular defence of the City of Annapolis
—that a strong body of militia had been organized by the orders of the
Executive of the United States, for the protection of Baltimore; and should
there be any neiv evidence of annoyance from the enemy additional measures
will be taken."
On the 23d of March, a memorial was presented to the governor and
council by a committee acting in behalf of the inhabitants of Easton, representing the defenceless state of that town, and their apprehensions of danger
from the British squadron in Lynn Haven Bay, and suggesting that arms be
furnished them, and the militia Called out. Governor Winder1 forwarded the
memorial to the secretary of war, accompanied with a letter in which he
said: " By the laws of Maryland, in case of invasion or threatened invasion,
the brigadier-general or the commanding officer of the place invaded or
threatened to be invaded, has power to call out the militia; and it was the
opinion of this Executive, that no step within its power to take could give to
the inhabitants of that place further security. We thought it due, however,
to the memorialists, to represent their situation to the general government;
and would beg leave to observe that the town of Easton, being a place in
which many of the public records are lodged, and in which too, there is an
armory of the State, it is of importance that every protection and security
which can be afforded to it by either government, should promptly be given."
To this the secretary replied, saying that it was impossible to place troops at
all points threatened, and suggesting that the armory be removed.
This refusal of the Federal Government to render that assistance which
Maryland was fully justified in demanding, and which had been freely granted
to other States, created much indignation, as it was looked upon as a piece of
political vengeance. The papers teemed with angry articles.
" 'Virginia,' said one,' has but to ask, and she receives; but Maryland, for her late
political disobedience, is denied those means of defence which she has a right, by the
Constitution of the United States, to demand. To Virginia the general government
stands pledged for the payment of all expenses incurred by necessary preparations for
defence, while Maryland is told that she has too many vulnerable points to expect complete protection, and therefore she must take care of herself in the best manner she can.'
" Appropriations to a large amount have been made for the protection of New York,
although she was acknowledged by military men to be better secured against invasion of
the enemy than any other section of the Union.
1 Levin Winder was born in Somerset County, 1812 he was Speaker of the House of Delegates,
Maryland, and upon the breaking out of the and from 1812 to 1815 was governor of, the
Revolution espoused the cause of his country. State. In 1816 he was a member of the Senate,
On April 17,1777, he was appointed major of and was also a general of militia and grand-
the fourth Maryland regiment, and was lieu- master of Masons of Maryland. He died in
tenant-colonel at the close of the war. Before Baltimore July 7,1819, aged sixty-three years.
| 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 | 00000061 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 36 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. be made. In this situation we must repeat our anxiety to be informed what protection on any emergency may be expected from the general government; what regular forces can be furnished; and in the event of the militia of the State being called out for its defence, whether the expenses will be defrayed by the United States." On the 27th of March, the secretary answered that " one battalion of the drafted militia is ordered for the particular defence of the City of Annapolis —that a strong body of militia had been organized by the orders of the Executive of the United States, for the protection of Baltimore; and should there be any neiv evidence of annoyance from the enemy additional measures will be taken." On the 23d of March, a memorial was presented to the governor and council by a committee acting in behalf of the inhabitants of Easton, representing the defenceless state of that town, and their apprehensions of danger from the British squadron in Lynn Haven Bay, and suggesting that arms be furnished them, and the militia Called out. Governor Winder1 forwarded the memorial to the secretary of war, accompanied with a letter in which he said: " By the laws of Maryland, in case of invasion or threatened invasion, the brigadier-general or the commanding officer of the place invaded or threatened to be invaded, has power to call out the militia; and it was the opinion of this Executive, that no step within its power to take could give to the inhabitants of that place further security. We thought it due, however, to the memorialists, to represent their situation to the general government; and would beg leave to observe that the town of Easton, being a place in which many of the public records are lodged, and in which too, there is an armory of the State, it is of importance that every protection and security which can be afforded to it by either government, should promptly be given." To this the secretary replied, saying that it was impossible to place troops at all points threatened, and suggesting that the armory be removed. This refusal of the Federal Government to render that assistance which Maryland was fully justified in demanding, and which had been freely granted to other States, created much indignation, as it was looked upon as a piece of political vengeance. The papers teemed with angry articles. " 'Virginia,' said one,' has but to ask, and she receives; but Maryland, for her late political disobedience, is denied those means of defence which she has a right, by the Constitution of the United States, to demand. To Virginia the general government stands pledged for the payment of all expenses incurred by necessary preparations for defence, while Maryland is told that she has too many vulnerable points to expect complete protection, and therefore she must take care of herself in the best manner she can.' " Appropriations to a large amount have been made for the protection of New York, although she was acknowledged by military men to be better secured against invasion of the enemy than any other section of the Union. 1 Levin Winder was born in Somerset County, 1812 he was Speaker of the House of Delegates, Maryland, and upon the breaking out of the and from 1812 to 1815 was governor of, the Revolution espoused the cause of his country. State. In 1816 he was a member of the Senate, On April 17,1777, he was appointed major of and was also a general of militia and grand- the fourth Maryland regiment, and was lieu- master of Masons of Maryland. He died in tenant-colonel at the close of the war. Before Baltimore July 7,1819, aged sixty-three years. |
