"The NYT editorial of May 29, 1861 is totally refuted by the historical fact that Taney sold his house in Maryland in 1855 and was, at the time of the Merryman case, living in Washington, D.C., while Merryman lived in Maryland."Not true. One must ask himself where Taney lived while he was hearing case on Circuit in Baltimore.
Answer, at his relative's home there. Remember he married the sister of Francis Scott Key. Baltimore was "home" to Taney, even if he kept a place in D.C. during his later years.
Try again. Misrepresentation? or just another goof on you part?
1,896 posted on 12/01/2004 11:27:17 AM CST by capitan_refugio
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MORE LIES, DIVERSIONS, AND MINDLESS BLATHERING BY CAPITAN KERRYFUGIO
capitan_refugio #1896 serves as proof that he is a living example of "Blue State Culture" ignorance and gross public dumb.
No, stupid, Baltimore was not "home" to Chief Justice Taney. He was born in FREDERICK Maryland, and he is buried in FREDERICK Maryland. Taney never lived in Baltimore until he was almost 46 years old.
Unlike capitan_kerryfugio, one who has any intellect must ask not only where Taney lived, but where John Merryman lived, in order to determine if they were "neighbors." capitan_kerryfugio needs only to mindlessly blather.
At the time of the Merryman case, Taney LIVED in Washington, D.C. at 23 Blagden's Row. That was his ONLY residence. Taney's widowed daughter Sophia and her son Roger stayed there, as did Taney's daughter Ellen who was an invalid much of her life.
When Taney went to Baltimore for the Merryman case, he stayed at the house of his daughter Anne, and his son-in-law James Campbell at what was then No. 55 Franklin Street, in the second block west of Charles.
John Merryman was a resident of Baltimore COUNTY, not Baltimore CITY. John Merryman was at his home, sleeping, when Lincoln's storm troopers arrived to unlawfully arrest him.
John Merryman's home was near COCKEYSVILLE. From Franklin Street in Baltimore City to COCKEYSVILLE is a distance of 23 MILES.
Following his arrest, John Merryman was brought to Baltimore by train.
John Merryman was not a neighbor to Chief Justice Taney's Washington address.
When Chief Justice Taney stayed at his daughter's home 23 MILES FROM COCKEYSVILLE, he did not magicly become a neighbor to John Merryman, despite capitan_kerryfugio's mindless blathering.
Baltimore City was an independent city, and not part of Baltimore County.
When Chief Justice Taney stayed in his daughter's house in Baltimore City, he was not even in the COUNTY of Merryman's residence, you prime example of Blue State Cultural ignorance and gross public dumb.
John MERRYMAN was born on 9 Aug 1824. He died on 15 Nov 1881. He was buried in Cockeyville, MD.
Chief Justice TANEY was born March 17, 1777. In 1861, Merryman was 36 years old. Taney was 84 years old.
All of this is a matter of public record and has been known for more than a century.
Damn, you're dumb and incompetent.
Lewis = Walker Lewis, "Without Fear of Favor, A Biography of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney," 1964-1965, first printing.
Taney
1777 born (Frederick, MD) (March 17, 1777)
1823 moved to Baltimore (Feb)
1831 became U.S. Attorney General. Rented house in D.C.
1836 Sworn in as Chief Justice (March 28, 1836)
1855 House in Baltimore sold. Soon rented a row house on Indiana Avenue, near the present District Courthouse, in what was known as No. 23 Blagden's Row.
1861 During Merryman case, while in Baltimore stayed with daughter and son-in-law at what was then No. 55 Franklin Street, in the second block west of Charles.
1864 Died in Washington, D.C. home.
1864 Services and burial in Frederick, MD.
"[I]n February 1823, Taney sold his home on Bentz Street and moved to Baltimore." (Lewis, p. 80)
"In Baltimore they first rented a house on South Gay Street, then the fashionable center of the town, but soon purchased a home on Lexington Street, opposite the court House and in the area where most lawyers lived and had their offices." (Lewis, p. 80)
Taney became U.S. Attorney General in 1831.
"Taney realized that living in Baltimore would impose too great a physical strain, and he rented a handsome three and one half story brick residence on Madison Place, overlooking Lafayette Square. Commodore John Rodgers, senior officer of the Navy, had just built it for himself, but his family preferred to remain at their river-front estate at Greenleaf Point. He was a fellow Marylander (a brother-in-law of William Pinkney) and wasglad to rent to the Taneys. The building no longer stands, having been torn down in 1895 to make way for the Lafayette Square Opera House, which was in turn demolished in 1964." (Lewis, p. 125)
"It was in this house that Anne Arnold Taney was married on May 27, 1834, to James Mason Campbell, a Baltimore lawyer who had been honor man in his class at Dickinson." (Lewis, p. 126)
"The Taylors had a boy, Roger Taney Taylor, but in June of 1855, Colonel Taylor sent Sophia and her son back to live with her parents under circumstances that were tantamount to abandonment; he himself died in 1858, in an outbreak of yellow fever at Fort Brown, Texas. Sophia and her son, whom they called "Roger," made their home with the Chief Justice, and Roger ultimately died without issue." (Lewis, p. 255)
"Ellen was an invalid much of her life, and never married." (Carl Brent Swisher, "Roger B. Taney," page 455)
"In the spring of 1864 Attorney General Bates remarked that Taney, Wayne, Catron, and Gried were obviously failing, and that he thought they would resign from the Supreme Court if Congress would provide for an adequate pension. A bill for this purpose was much discussed but it failed to pass, and no resignations were submitted. Taney, almost too feeble to walk, remained most of the time at his home, in one of the stucco houses in Blogden's Row in Indiana Avenue, where he lived with Ellen, his semi-invalid daughter." (Carl Brent Swisher, "Roger B. Taney," page 575-6)
"While his wife was living, Taney boarded in Washington and returned home to Baltimore when the Court was not in session, or when he was not on circuit duty in Virginia or Delaware. After her death, he sold the Baltimore house to St. George W. Teackle, for $15,100, and moved to Washington. For a time he occupied cramped quarters over a confectionery store with Ellen, Sophia and young Roger, but later he rented a row house on Indiana Avenue, near the present District Courthouse, in what was known as No. 23 Blagden's Row. It was here that he died, in 1864." (Lewis 257)
"After the move to Washington, when he had to visit Baltimore on circuit duty, Taney stayed with the Campbells at what was then No. 55 Franklin Street, in the second block west of Charles." (Lewis, p. 257)
Regarding the Merryman case specifically:
"While in Baltimore, the Chief Justice stayed at the Campbells' home on Franklin Street. On the morning of Monday, May 27, leaning on the arm of his grandson, Taney Campbell, he entered the old Masonic Hall at St. Paul and Fayette streets, where the United States Court was then held...." (Lewis, page 451)
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MERRYMAN WAS A RESIDENT OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, NOT BALTIMORE CITY
"1. On the 25th May 1861, the petitioner, a citizen of Baltimore county, in the state of Maryland, was arrested by a military force, acting under orders of a major general of the United States army, commanding in the state of Pennsylvania, and committed to the custody of the general commanding Fort McHenry, within the district of Maryland; on the 26th May 1861...."
Ex Parte Merryman
MERRYMAN WAS ARRESTED IN HIS RESIDENCE AND TRANSPORTED BY TRAIN TO BALTIMORE
Early on the morning of May 25th, Lieutenant Abel of the Pennsylvania troops arrived at the Merryman residence, roused Merryman, and informed him he was under arrest. He was removed to the train station where he boarded a train for Baltimore. By 9 a.m. he was secure in Fort McHenry.
Patrick S. Poole, "An Examination of Ex Parte Merryman"
MERRYMAN'S RESIDENCE WAS NEAR COCKEYSVILLE
I previously posted this to capitan_kerryfugio several times. He should have taken the time to read it at least once. Then he would not be mindlessly blathering that John Merryman was a neighbor to someone in Baltimore City.
OFFICIAL RECORDS: Series 2, vol 1, Part 1 (Prisoners of War)
Page 574
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS,
Baltimore, May 27, 1861.
Lieutenant Colonel E. D. TOWNSEND,
Asst. Adjt. General, Hdqrs. of the Army, Washington, D. C.
COLONEL: On the 25th instant Mr. John Merryman was arrested near Cockeysville to the northward of the city of Baltimore, by the order of Colonel Yohe acting under instructions from Major General William H. Keim. I inclose a copy of the instructions given by Colonel Yohe to Captain Heckman under which the arrest was made and also a copy of the written statement made by Adjt. James Miltimore and Lieutenant William H. Abel of the circumstances attending the arrest which was made on their arrival at Fort McHenry with the prisoner. You are aware that neither Colonel Yohe nor General Keim are within the limits of the department under my command. I do not know the address of Colonel Yohe. General Keim is I think in the neighborhood of Harrisburg.
I directed the officers named who brought the prisoner here to have more specific charges and specifications furnished against the accused with the names of witnesses by which it was expected to prove them and the nature of their testimony, which hen it was my intention to forward to you for the instruction of the general-in-chief.
I regret to say that I have not as yet been furnished with this information. I was yesterday evenign served with a writ of habeas corpus issued by the Honorable Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, commanding me to be and appear at the U. S. court-room in the city of Baltimore on Monday (this day), the 27th day of May, 1861, at 11 o'clock in the morning, and that I have with me the body of John Merryman of Baltimore County now in my custody, and that I certify and make known the day and cause of the capture and detention of the said John Merryman and that I do submit to and receive whatsoever the said court shall determine upon concerning me in this behalf.
I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of said writ together with a copy of my reply thereto which will be handed to the court at 11 o'clock this day, the hour named in said writ.
Requesting to be furnished with further instructions as to the course I am to pursue in this case,
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours,
GEO. CADWALADER,
Brevet Major-General, Commanding.
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Regarding the mindless diversion about Francis Scott Key, he was not from Baltimore either. capitan_kerryfugio was merely engaged in more mindless blather.
Francis Scott Key was born on August 1, 1779, in western Maryland. His family was very wealthy and owned an estate called "Terra Rubra."
When Francis was 10 years old, his parents sent him to grammar school in Annapolis. After graduating at the age of 17, he began to study law in Annapolis while working with his uncle's law firm. By 1805, he had a well-established law practice of his own in Georgetown, a suburb of Washington, D.C. By 1814, he had appeared many times before the Supreme Court and had been appointed the United States District Attorney.
Francis Scott Key was a deeply religious man. At one time in his life, he almost gave up his law practice to enter the ministry. Instead, he resolved to become involved in the Episcopal Church. Because of his religious beliefs, Key was strongly opposed to the War of 1812. However, due to his deep love for his country, he did serve for a brief time in the Georgetown field artillery in 1813.
During the War of 1812, Dr. William Beanes, a close friend of Key's was taken prisoner by the British. Since Key was a well-known lawyer, he was asked to assist in efforts to get Dr. Beanes released. Knowing that the British were in the Chesapeake Bay, Key left for Baltimore. There Key met with Colonel John Skinner, a government agent who arranged for prisoner exchanges. Together, they set out on a small boat to meet the Royal Navy
On board the British flagship, the officers were very kind to Key and Skinner. They agreed to release Dr. Beanes. However, the three men were not permitted to return to Baltimore until after the bombardment of Fort McHenry. The three Americans were placed aboard the American ship and waited behind the British fleet. From a distance of approximately eight miles, Key and his friends watched the British bombard Fort McHenry.