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DENIAL OF THE ASSASSINATION PLOT. 389
Kane, who was not only one of the bravest and most straightforward of men,
but a strong constitutional Union man, and true patriot, though spies and
informers denounced him, and tyranny imprisoned him while living, and
slanderers have even tried to blacken his memory in the grave. Certainly
Mr. Lincoln and his advisers probably entertained no serious idea of the peril
from which they pretended, ta run away. Had they believed there was real
danger, they would hardly have exposed his wife and children to it. As
evidence of this fact, Mr. Charles Hale, the editor of the Boston Advertiser
(republican), telegraphed' to that journal from Washington the following
contradiction of the assassination canard, and which that journal emphasized
by publishing in italics :
" The unexpected arrival of Mr. Lincoln, early yesterday morning, created surprise
but general approval.
" Do not credit the stories of a plot against his life ! He hastened hither to consult friends
here and to escape bores.
"Already Mr. Lincoln's arrival has exploded the pretence Of a quarrel between himself and Mr. Seward."x
The facts as we have conclusively shown are, that Mr. Lincoln and his
advisors were far more afraid of the friends of the President elect in Baltimore
than of his enemies.
Notwithstanding all these facts, it was an extraordinary circumstance that
all the journals of all the large cities of the North, day after day, for a long
time, continued to repeat, and with continued improvements, a story which
was wholly unsupported by anything in the nature of proof, and which was
absurd on the face of it. In consequence of the hideous tale of the plot, and
the popular credulity in regard to it, on the day after Mr. Lincoln's arrival
in Washington, Marshal Kane issued the following denial of the charge:
" Police Department, Office of ihe Marshal, Baltimore, February 24,1861.
"My attention having been called to certain telegrams purporting to have been sent
from Harrisburg, and also from Baltimore, and published in the New York papers, to the
effect that the sudden passage of the president elect through this city had been caused by
reliable information that a conspiracy to offer violence to his person, had been organized
here, and was approved and abetted by influential merchants and bankers, I deem it my
duty, as Marshal of Police, to brand the statement as utterly destitute of truth. It was
thought possible that an offensive republican display, said to have been contemplated by
some of our citizens at the railroad station, might have provoked disorder, so far as they
were concerned; and ample measures were accordingly taken to prevent any disturbance
of the peace.
1 "Among the Washington ' facts and rumors' entirely unfounded, so far as Governor Hicks is
which we copied yesterday from the Northern concerned. He was in Washington on Saturday,
papers, was one in relation to the sudden de- and was surprised and astounded at the news of
parture of Mr. Lincoln from Harrisburg, in the unexpected presence at the capital of Mr.
which it was stated that' the names of General Lincoln. He had no knowledge of anyantici-
Scott and Governor Hicks are prominently men- pated attack on him, and consequently had no
tioned among those who gave warning,' etc. knowledge of his intended change of route"
"We are authorized to state that this rumor is Baltimore American, February 27,1861.
| 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 | 00000420 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | DENIAL OF THE ASSASSINATION PLOT. 389 Kane, who was not only one of the bravest and most straightforward of men, but a strong constitutional Union man, and true patriot, though spies and informers denounced him, and tyranny imprisoned him while living, and slanderers have even tried to blacken his memory in the grave. Certainly Mr. Lincoln and his advisers probably entertained no serious idea of the peril from which they pretended, ta run away. Had they believed there was real danger, they would hardly have exposed his wife and children to it. As evidence of this fact, Mr. Charles Hale, the editor of the Boston Advertiser (republican), telegraphed' to that journal from Washington the following contradiction of the assassination canard, and which that journal emphasized by publishing in italics : " The unexpected arrival of Mr. Lincoln, early yesterday morning, created surprise but general approval. " Do not credit the stories of a plot against his life ! He hastened hither to consult friends here and to escape bores. "Already Mr. Lincoln's arrival has exploded the pretence Of a quarrel between himself and Mr. Seward."x The facts as we have conclusively shown are, that Mr. Lincoln and his advisors were far more afraid of the friends of the President elect in Baltimore than of his enemies. Notwithstanding all these facts, it was an extraordinary circumstance that all the journals of all the large cities of the North, day after day, for a long time, continued to repeat, and with continued improvements, a story which was wholly unsupported by anything in the nature of proof, and which was absurd on the face of it. In consequence of the hideous tale of the plot, and the popular credulity in regard to it, on the day after Mr. Lincoln's arrival in Washington, Marshal Kane issued the following denial of the charge: " Police Department, Office of ihe Marshal, Baltimore, February 24,1861. "My attention having been called to certain telegrams purporting to have been sent from Harrisburg, and also from Baltimore, and published in the New York papers, to the effect that the sudden passage of the president elect through this city had been caused by reliable information that a conspiracy to offer violence to his person, had been organized here, and was approved and abetted by influential merchants and bankers, I deem it my duty, as Marshal of Police, to brand the statement as utterly destitute of truth. It was thought possible that an offensive republican display, said to have been contemplated by some of our citizens at the railroad station, might have provoked disorder, so far as they were concerned; and ample measures were accordingly taken to prevent any disturbance of the peace. 1 "Among the Washington ' facts and rumors' entirely unfounded, so far as Governor Hicks is which we copied yesterday from the Northern concerned. He was in Washington on Saturday, papers, was one in relation to the sudden de- and was surprised and astounded at the news of parture of Mr. Lincoln from Harrisburg, in the unexpected presence at the capital of Mr. which it was stated that' the names of General Lincoln. He had no knowledge of anyantici- Scott and Governor Hicks are prominently men- pated attack on him, and consequently had no tioned among those who gave warning,' etc. knowledge of his intended change of route" "We are authorized to state that this rumor is Baltimore American, February 27,1861. |
