...wing States were early within its borders plying their seductive arts; and they found in Baltimore so many sympathizers among leading citizens that, for a while, they felt sure of the co-operation of Maryland . In the governor, Thomas H. Hicks, however, they found a sturdy opponent of their schemes. It is said that on Jan. 1, 1861, there were no less than 12,000 men organized in that State, bound by so...