 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nharaunda yeMaryland yakakomberedza guta guru reUnited States reWashington, D.C., uye aigona kuigura kuchamhembe. Yaiva nevakuru vakuru vakawanda vairwisana naLincoln avo vaibvumira mhirizhonga yairwisana nemauto muBaltimore uye kupiswa kwemabhiriji, zvose zvaiva nechinangwa chokutadzisa mauto kuenda kuSouth. Dare remitemo reMaryland rakasarudza nechisimba 5313 kuti varambe vari muMubatanidzwa, asi vakarambawo kuvengana nevavakidzani vavo vekumaodzanyemba, vachivhota kuvhara njanji dzeMaryland kudzivirira kuti dzisazoshandiswa muhondo. Lincoln akapindura nokutanga mutemo wehondo uye kumbomisa unilaterally habeas corpus muMaryland, pamwe chete nokutumira mauto kubva kuNorth. Lincoln akakurumidza kudzora Maryland neDistrict of Columbia nokubata vanhu vakawanda vakakurumbira, kusanganisira kusunga 13 yenhengo dzeMaryland General Assembly pazuva ravakaunganazve. Vose vakachengetwa vasina kutongwa, vachizvidza chisarudzo chakaitwa noMutongi Mukuru weDare Repamusorosoro reU.S. Roger Taney, chizvarwa chomuMaryland, chokuti Congress bedzi uye kwete purezidhendi yaigona kumbomisa habeas corpus Ex parte Merryman. Mauto ehurumende akaisa mujeri mupepeti mukuru wepepanhau rakakurumbira reBaltimore, Frank Key Howard, muzukuru waFrancis Scott Key, pashure pokunge atsoropodza Lincoln mupepeti nokuda kwokusateerera chisarudzo cheMutongi Mukuru weDare Repamusorosoro. 