Excerpt from Message of the Governor of Maryland to the General Assembly: In Extra Session, 1861 Seriously impressed with the condition of affairs, and anxious to avoid a repetition of events similar to those which had transpired in Baltimore, I dee it my duty to make another appeal to the authorities a Washington. Accordingly, I sent a special messen er to Washington, with a despatch to the administration a vising that no more troops be sent through Maryland that the troops at Anna polis be sent elsewhere and urging that a truce be offered with a view of a peaceful settlement of existing difficulties by mediation. I suggested that Lord Lyons, the British Minister, be requested to act as mediator between the con tending parties. The result of the mission will be seen from the correspondence herewith submitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.