Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-02-02
HISTORICAL.

We gave last week in connection with some
comments upon a petition circulated in our
county in behalf of the appointment of Gov.
Hicks to the Collectorship of Baltimore,
review of the public and official acts of the
Governor during the Spring Of 1861, which
seemed to US to controvcrt the assumptions OF
the petition, that I" his adherence to the cause
"of the Union from the first outbreak of the
rebellion, had been firm ard steadfast'-
and that his support of the Administration
had been "unwavcring." In connection with
that authentic exhibit Of his sentiments, as
manifested in his correspondence with the
President of the United States, with Gen.
Butler, and with the Legislature of the State,
it is not without interest that we turn to the
record of his more personal sayings and doings
and to the estimate placed upon them by his
contemporaries in Baltimore, on that Hateful
nineteenth Of April, 1861,
"When bloody treason hourishcd over US,
as they are reported in the Baltimore Ameri-
can of the Goth. We think it will be found
on pcrusal of this humiliatng record, that the
avcrment of the petition, that " his loyalty and
"devotion to the Union has stood the test of
"the maddened violence Of frcnzicd mob
is either without foundation in fact or that
the "loyalty and devotion" had no existence
Either the Governor did succomb TO the ter
e .L.4 ol;,,, J,,- on bn ia iynl
with, aud shared the sentiments of those, who
were then attempting by bloody violence and
all the horrors of reign Of terror, to ovcrturn
the institutions of our State, and to plunge
her into the gulf of secession and rebellion.
In the utter absence, of any rrctcnce, then or
since, that the official and unofficial acts of
the Governor were perfor ned under durcss,
or in bodily fear of the secession mob of the
time, we greatly fear that the impartial judy
ment of postcrity will incline to the latter
hypothesis.
That our readers may judge for themselves,
we proceed to give the extracts alluded to
above, merely calling their attention to the
facility with which the american itself, as
we'll as Gov Hicks, adopts tho slang then so
current in Richmond and Charleston; about
Northern hoops," and "Me authorities at
Washington"
The Editor Gays: Through q Committee Of Gen
tlemen carrying letters from HHyor BrOGca and
Gov Hicks to the FtderGi authorities at WaSh-
inqton,' the declaration has been made that the
Northern troops will not he suffered 20 pass with
ont they fight every step OF their way through.
And further " The military Of the City assembled
at their armorics soon after the collision with the
Northern hoeys am cere ef'eywarti Jorma'!y caiied
out by DE GoGcraGr." And again: q IN obedience
10 the general orders issued hy Mai Gen. Geo. H.
Stewart at the instance of Cor. WicES, the various
regiments attached to The First Light Division sp
pcarcd in Monument Square at five O'clock
For what purpose? Docs anybody pretend
to deny that the object was solely to enforce
the declaration of the Mayor and the Gov
ernor, that Northern troops flying to the
rescue of the Government, at the call of the
President, should not be permitted to pass
through Baltimorc7
At four o'clock on the afternoon of that day, |
o town meeting was held in Monument Square
under " q small white flag inscribed with the
coat-of-arms of Maryland" Among the
Speakers on the occasion were Mayor Brown
g. Tcachlc Wallis, Robert NJ McLane and
Gov. Hicks We do not propose to quote in
full, the vile outpourings Of treason on that
occasion, but simply to show our readers the
estimate placed upon Gov. Hicks sentiments
and position, by these worthless on the spot,
and at the time, Mayor Brown said:
"He felt authorized to SAY that Gov. Hicks felt
rs did the Speaker, and as did his hearers upon the
one question which alone was left The people o!
NARY land to consider. We all feel and know, rs
we trust the people Of the North will feel and
know that it is the height Of madness or of folly
for one portion of this country 10 attempt TO subju
gate the other. The Soath could never be coerced,
nerer ! NgvE:: NEVERF'
Mr. Wallis "exhortcd the citizens TO repose con-
fdcncc in the Governor of MaryIand who had united
with the Mayor in placing himself at the head OF the
people, Hereafter We should have no divisions in
Maryland upon the great question whether Mary
land would take part in subjugaung Southern men,
defending their homes ana "Reminiscences or submit
TO the pollution Of her soil b., a foreign army. lie
urged his hearers as they love, Maryland, and rs
they loved the South, to strengthen the hands OF
the authorities. lie believed Gov, H.rks was now
EEttng with an eye to the honor OF Mai land, ana
he begged that he might receive the cordiA support
Of the community. For himself, be was devoted to
the cause of the South and was willing and ready
10 march forward under that flag of Maryland, in
the one common cause of Southern freedom
Mr. McI.ane reminded his hearers that he stood
pledged to resist the passage of troops through Bal
Iinpogn, and that when he heard TINT blood was
being shed in Pratt Street, he had turned to the
Mayors eticc to offer his services to the authorities
Upon entering the Mayors Office he found Gov.
Hicks there.
voice--iW Why dent you choke him?' |.
Mr. McLane---Decause he gave reason to re-
,pect him He asked the Governor whether the
people Of Baltimore were to fight these invaders
,nder his (thc Goverror's( lead, or whether they
rese to act for themselves and the Gov. said, in
eply, that he stood ready to exertall proper
resist this indignity to the State, and To prevent
Ia recurrence. Hearing that, and believing Coy.
Hicks really meant TO place the State in an ofchl
ttitude of honor TO herself aud her Sister States of
he South, he had told him that he stood ready to
ght under him as a Lieutenant"
Gov Hicks soon made his appearance upon
he stand with these patriots, and was received