. History of the American Civil War . he Secre- -I •/ o o taryofstatetohim. Maryland were intended solely for the de-fense of the capital; that the national highway had beenselected, after consultation with prominent magistrates 7G THE TKOOPS REACH ANNAPOLIS, [Sect. VII. and citizens of JMiirylund, as tlie one Avliicli, while a routeis absolutely necessary, is forthest removed from tlie pop-ulous cities of the state, and with the expectation that itwould therefore be the least objectionable. With re-spect to the suggestion of foreign mediation, he addedthat no domestic contention whatever that
. History of the American Civil War . he Secre- -I •/ o o taryofstatetohim. Maryland were intended solely for the de-fense of the capital; that the national highway had beenselected, after consultation with prominent magistrates 7G THE TKOOPS REACH ANNAPOLIS, [Sect. VII. and citizens of JMiirylund, as tlie one Avliicli, while a routeis absolutely necessary, is forthest removed from tlie pop-ulous cities of the state, and with the expectation that itwould therefore be the least objectionable. With re-spect to the suggestion of foreign mediation, he addedthat no domestic contention whatever that might ariseamong the parties of this republic ought in any case tobe referred to any foreign arbitrament, and least of all tothe arbitrament of a Euroj)ean monarchy. General Butler, on arriving at the Susquehanna (AprilThe Ma«achusett3 ^Oth) with his dctachmcut of Massachusettswaytowashilig- trooj^s, fouud the bridges burned. Deter-^° mined to make his way to Washington, he seized a steam-boat at the ferry of Havre de Grace, and. THE XORTHERS EAILKOADS TO WASHIXGTOX. President. carried his forces to An-napolis. The governoragain protested againstthis landing of North-ern troops on the soil ofMaryland. They arenot Northern trooj)s, re-plied Butler; they area part of the whole mili-tia of the United States,obeying the call of the Chap. XXXVII.] AND RELIEVE WASHINGTON. ^^ The Massachusetts troops resumed their march fromAnnapolis on the 24th, repairing the bridges and layingrails as they went. At Annaj^olis Junction they reacheda train of cars from Washington, and, with the New YorkSeventh Regiment in advance, arrived in that city on the25th. From the day of the attack on the Massachusettstroops in Baltimore, Washington had been cut off from„, ,r 1 n the North. The Treasury buildino: and the The public bnikl- «/ o tafocaipied by Capltol had bccu barricaded, and howitzersthe troops. ^^^^ ^^ their passages; subsequently the basement of the Capitol was turned into a bake-hous
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