Maryland first approached by Northern Invasion.--Denies to
United States Troops the Right of Way across her
Domain.--Mission of Judge Handy.--Views of Governor Hicks.--His
Proclamation.--Arrival of Massachusetts Troops at
Baltimore.--Passage through the City disputed.--Activity of the
Police.--Burning of Bridges.--Letter of President Lincoln to the
Governor.--Visited by Citizens.--Action of the State
Legislature.--Occupation of the Relay House.--The City Arms
surrendered.--City in Possession of United States
Troops.--Remonstrances of the City to the Passage of Troops
disregarded.--Citizens arrested; also, Members of the
Legislature.--Accumulation of Northern Forces at
Washington.--Invasion of West Virginia by a Force under
McClellan.--Attack at Philippi; at Laurel Hill.--Death of
General Garnett.
The border State of Maryland was the outpost of the South on the
frontier first to be approached by Northern invasion. The first
demonstration against State sovereignty was to be made there, and in her
fate were the other slaveholding States of the border to have warning of
what they were to expect. She had chosen to be, for the time at least,
neutral in the impending war, and had denied to the United States troops
the right of way across her domain in their march to invade the Southern
States. The Governor (Hicks) avowed a desire, not only that the State
should avoid war, but that she should be a means for pacifying those
more disposed to engage in combat.
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