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HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
An indicted felon could not be taken for trial to another district; but the
government thus dared, in its vindictive desire to repress all opposition to its
lawless aggressions to transport to, and imprison in another State, men
against whom it could substantiate no charge. All the obnoxious persons
whom a grand jury of the government's own selection could be induced to
indict, were held to be dealt with in Baltimore by the authorities, and those
against whom the government agents found it impossible to prefer any well-
founded charges, were.removed elsewhere to be dealt with, regardless of the
forms or the substantial requirements of the law.
Let it be remembered that at this very time these things were going on,,
the government was loudly asserting that the vast majority of the people of
fort Mchenry.
the State were "loyal" to the administration, and while the cannon of Fort
McHenry, of Federal Hill, and the revenue cutters in the harbor, were
levelled against the city, thousands of federal bayonets were bristling in the'
streets, and the United States Courts and United States Marshals were-
exercising their functions without obstruction.
The commissioners being removed from the sphere of their duty, the
military occupation of the city was continued—the court house and many
public places and offices which belonged to the corporation, being appropriated to the use of the troops, who thronged the streets and squares also, by-
night and by day. Meanwhile, Mayor Brown, being the only member of the
| 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 | 00000469 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 438 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. An indicted felon could not be taken for trial to another district; but the government thus dared, in its vindictive desire to repress all opposition to its lawless aggressions to transport to, and imprison in another State, men against whom it could substantiate no charge. All the obnoxious persons whom a grand jury of the government's own selection could be induced to indict, were held to be dealt with in Baltimore by the authorities, and those against whom the government agents found it impossible to prefer any well- founded charges, were.removed elsewhere to be dealt with, regardless of the forms or the substantial requirements of the law. Let it be remembered that at this very time these things were going on,, the government was loudly asserting that the vast majority of the people of fort Mchenry. the State were "loyal" to the administration, and while the cannon of Fort McHenry, of Federal Hill, and the revenue cutters in the harbor, were levelled against the city, thousands of federal bayonets were bristling in the' streets, and the United States Courts and United States Marshals were- exercising their functions without obstruction. The commissioners being removed from the sphere of their duty, the military occupation of the city was continued—the court house and many public places and offices which belonged to the corporation, being appropriated to the use of the troops, who thronged the streets and squares also, by- night and by day. Meanwhile, Mayor Brown, being the only member of the |
