The Memorial of Reverdy Johnson to the Legislature of Maryland
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Excerpt from The Memorial of Reverdy Johnson to the Legislature of Maryland: Praying Indemnity for the Destruction of His Property in the City of Baltimore, by a Mob, in August, 1835 To the Honorable The General Assembly of Maryland. The memorial of Reverdy Johnson, of the city of Baltimore, respectfully showeth unto your honorable body, that in August last, his dwelling house, furniture and library, situated in that city and constituting with inconsiderable exceptions all the properly he had been able to accumulate after many years of assiduous professional labor, was, during the absence of himself and family, openly and with the knowledge of the whole city, and after they had had several days prior notice of the design, suffered to be destroyed by a lawless and savage mob, comparatively few in numbers, and easily to have been suppressed. For weeks preceding, violent and inflammatory communications, urging to this and other outrages of a similar character, had been circulated with unexampled industry through the city and to the knowledge of its civil authorities, and for four days prior to the destruction of the property of your Memorialist, still more open and decided indications demonstrated that that event, and the other scenes which so deeply wounded the fair fame of the city and brought sorrow to every well wisher of its prosperity, were almost sure to take place, unless promptly restrained by the civil power. But the warnings were in vain. Instead of efficient and energetic measures that would have frowned down all opposition to the laws; instead of a timely and effective exercise of the powers with which the character of the city and the general laws invested them, the city authorities apparently, and no doubt honestly incredulous that such barbarous violences could really be contemplated, resorted to means grossly inadequate to the exigency, and actually calculated as the event proved, rather to encourage than to subdue the rioters. The result is now matter of history, and the only consolation it leaves to her citizens is that it has taught them a lesson which it is confidently believed will cause them in all time to come effectually to protect their home from the disturbance disgrace and ruin, of like scenes of savage violence and outrage. 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.
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