9 2. EVENTS WHICH FOLLOWED THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, . 3. HIS PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR TROOPS, $4 5. THE WOMEN IN THE WAR, ACCOUNT OF THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSINATE ABRAHAM LIN- EXTRACT FROM THE OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, DELIVERED BY CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY, IN THE CASE of DRED SCOTT VS. SANFORD (19 How. 407), . 120 138 139 MESSAGE OF THE 12TH OF JULY, 1861, TO THE FIRST AND SECOND BRANCHES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, REFERRING TO THE EVENTS OF THE 19TH OF APRIL AND THOSE WHICH FOLLOWED.-THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AND THE CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS OF THIS DOCUMENT, 157 AS A PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE TIMES, REPRODUCTION FROM THE BALTIMORE "AMERICAN" OF DECEMBER 5, 1860, OF THE RECEP- VISIT OF A PORTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT TO BALTIMORE ON THE 19TH OF APRIL, 1880, AND AN BALTIMORE AND THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL, 1861. A STUDY OF THE WAR. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. THE FIRST BLOOD SHED IN THE WAR.-THE SUPPOSED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE INCOMING PRESIDENT. THE MIDNIGHT RIDE TO WASHINGTON. I have often been solicited by persons of widely opposite political opinions to write an account of the events which occurred in Baltimore on the 19th of April, 1861, about which much that is exaggerated and sensational has been circulated; but, for different reasons, I have delayed complying with the request until this time. These events were not isolated facts, but were the natural result of causes which had roots deep in the past, and they were followed by serious and important consequences. The narrative, to be complete, must give some account of both cause and consequence, and to do this briefly and with a proper regard to historical proportion is no easy task. Moreover, it is not pleasant to disturb the ashes of a great conflagration, which, although they have grown cold on the surface, cover embers still capable of emitting both smoke and heat; and especially is it not pleasant when the disturber |