" On the same day Mayor Brown, of the city of
Baltimore, issued a proclamation in which, referring to that of the
Governor above cited, he said, "I can not withhold my expression of
satisfaction at his resolution that no troops shall be sent from
Maryland to the soil of any other State." It will be remembered that the
capital was on a site which originally belonged to Maryland, and was
ceded by her for a special use, so that troops to defend the capital
might be considered as not having been sent out of Maryland. It will be
remembered that these proclamations were three days after the
requisition made by the Secretary of War on the States which had not
seceded for their quota of troops to serve in the war about to be
inaugurated against the South, and that rumors existed at the time in
Baltimore that troops from the Northeast were about to be sent through
that city toward the South. On the next day, viz., the 19th of April,
1861, a body of troops arrived at the railroad depot; the citizens
assembled in large numbers, and, though without arms, disputed the
passage through the city. They attacked the troops with the loose stones
found in the street, which was undergoing repair, and with such
determination and violence, that some of the soldiers were wounded, and
they fired upon the multitude, killing a few and wounding many.
The police of Baltimore were very active in their efforts to prevent
conflict and preserve the peace; they rescued the baggage and munitions
of the troops, which had been seized by the multitude; and the rear
portion of the troops was, by direction of Governor Hicks, sent back to
the borders of the State.
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