The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-03-28

dimeu llOOps TO announcer StdIe tnru IN
streets as an invasion Of our soil, an
ties exerted themselves to the best o
their ability, but with only partial sue
| cess. Gov. Hicks was present, and con
4 ours in all my views az to the proceed
1 ings now necessary for our protection
| When are these scenes to cease? Ar
| we to have a war Of sections? Co,
forbid. The bodies Of the Massachu
sets soldiers could not be sent out t.
Boston, as you requested-all commun
ication between this city and Philadel
phia by railroad, and with Boston b!
steamers having ceased: but they hav,
| been placed in cemented collins and will
be placed with proper funeral cere
monies In the mausoleum of Green
mount Cemetery. where they shall b,
retained until further directions are re-
ceived from you. The wounded are
tenderly cared for: 1 appreciate you
offer. but Baltimore will claim it as hel
right to pay all expenses incurred
Very respectfully. your obedient ser
want, Geo. B. Brown.
- -'.,"n','. Mayor of Baltimore"
To this Gov. Andrew replied:
ITO His Honor. Geo., w. Brown. Mayor
of Baltimore,
|. Dear Sir: I appreciate your kind
and trust, that at the earliest moment
the remains. Of our fallen will return
to US. I am overwhelmed with sur.
prise that Q. peaceful march of Ameri.
can citizens q over the highway to the
defense sofapur common capital should
be deemed aggressive to Baltimoreans
Thru New York. the march was trium'
phal. ,ea,a.-.
"John A. Andrew,
"Goyernor of Massachusetts,"
A Cruel Ordeal.
The riot,xaS a cruel initiation into
wars horrors ~ boys who only four
days before had been at their, desks.
work benches !pr. machines in Lowell
and the little CITIES contiguous thereto.
While they had Jeff home prepared to
do a soldiers duty and to meet all the
exigeneies of SUCH aslife. yet at the very
outset ofthet life they had encountered
something 9arF more bewildering and
terrifying thanl anything they could
reasonably expect to find upon a real
battlefield To be ;hemmed up in the
narrow streets of a. strange city with
a horde of thousands of yelling rowdies
as clamoFous and imerciless as painted
Indians. thirsting for their lives, MUIR
derously hating them for the State
whence they came and the cause they
upheld. was sufficiently. terrifying for
the boidest hearts. 1t is true that vet
Grams would have made short work. of
such a mob by vigorous bayonet rush
thru it. This could have been done
only by well-seasoned veterans, and was
nearly as impossible to the green Off
GERS and men of the 9Th Mass. as flying.
Taken altogether, the men. showed won
derful- GOODNESS, self-control and cour-
age. At no moment did they become
panic-stricken or escape from the con-
troll of their officers. The conduct of
the regiment brought no blemish upon
the high military reputation which
Massachusetts, has always sustained.
The City in the Hands of the Mob.
These events all occurred during the
forenoon of April 10. Shortly after II
O'Clock the train bearing the 6th Mass
sped away to Washington, while that
containing the band and unarmed Penn
sylvanians went north to Philadelphia.
For the rest of the day the city was in
the absolute possession of the mob,
whose passions were assiduously famed
by the Secession leaders. 1t seemed to
the latter that the opportunity had
come to precipitate Maryland into the
vortex of secession and place her along
side of South Carolina, distancing all
the rest of the Border States in the race
cred they were addressed in the most
inflammatory terms by orators of the
highest rabble-rousing talent, who made
the utmost Of Baltimore having had
"defenseless citizens shot down in cold
blood by the minions of Black Repub-
lican despotism." Nowhere was there a
voice raised for the Union, nor did
anyone dare even to counsel patience
and moderation In the face of the furf-
m ir,on 10, - ha
tors.
The militia was called out, under
Maj. George H. :steuart-a little
later "Brigadier-General, G. S. And
paraded with loaded muskets to stop
the footing of stores which had begun.
An immense meeting gathered in
Monument Square. where Gen. Steuart
had paraded the First Light Division;
a platform had been erected, over which
fioated whittier flag bearing the arms
of Maryland Mayor Brown, s. T. WAL
lis, w. p. Preston and others addressed
the multitude! Gassuring them that no
more troops would be sent thru the city
and advising them to dispense quietly
to their honest The crowd was in
formed that ia dispatch, signed by Gov
Hicks and Mayor Brown, had been sent
to PresidentiL Lincoln, saying:
"A collision between the citizens and
Baltimore. and the excitement is fear
full Send no more troops here. We
will endeavor ITO prevent bloodshed. AL
public meeting of citizens has been
called. and the troops of the State and
city have BEEN called out to preserve
the peace. They will be enough"
A committee brought Gov. Hicks to
the stand. He was then 10 years old.
and tho vigorous for his years, felt the
natural timidity of age. The terrible
scenes which he had witnessed had ap-
palled him, and after listening to Mayor
Brown declare that II was folly and
for one portion Of the Nation
to attempt the subjugation of another
portion. It can never be DONE" the i
Governor arose and said:
II coincide in the sentiment of YOUR
worthy Mayor. After three conferences
we have agreed. and I bow I'm submis-
sion to the people. ! am Maryiander:
love my State and / love the Union.
but / will suffer my right arm to be
torn from my body before will raise It |
TO strike q sister State"
The people dispersed, but bands con-
tinued to march thru the city shouting