Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-12-27
rpsoa the London Mornlsg H:ra!d
HUowneroddsa Maryland "-~Tho DERBY
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~ rproa the London esorulsg H:ra!d
NDowneroddsa Tusyland "-~The Derb
Organ GA "Ror. Lafayette - Etc.
Tus latest news from America informs Il
Tia. Nix. Lincoln n.s achieved a. Ia! one po
i;,icai s;cceis. e. hes crayo.ted Maryland
anG ;ha: St.,s, uadcr iii" protection 0! sora
twenty-five thousand nn,":s's, "Votes 10
Union ticket" th.. is Ia gay, gives q m'J:rlt.
in tho various electoral districts IN iAVcr q
Eederaiist c4ndil..as irr l.:e State L"gISIatu'
80 S,o..! situations. We ceI .si!
" think .nst li,t!s Ee:sn. would be as;scne'
TO votes given under .nc., Conditions N an
European coun,ry. Maryland is untoT MAJ
tial law. R"r Legislature has been d'spefst.
by ARMED vicisacs. :Ee III: lity OF Dot!
Houses s:e in Fedora; prisons, urh=T The ""T
rsnt l., ! rho S: crete:" ri S:.te-in d';eo; CT
enc. o, ,hu lie 49, IS laid d,rn BY the Suprsin
Court Of tho Uniled States, ~acsr Jndgmen
Is snai end irrs7 ers' Gle, even oy act 81 Con-
srsss. Hsr journals have been scizsd, sus'
perd.d, ruined; tie presses broken, tfo ed'
tors ssnt 10 goal. She is held dow toicisi,5
By an army OF occupation, sa:t 10 nutnosi
IS 0l0 men, suid q population Of little oTe'
w UOU, Ell a. u = -
g.,hia q E.w hours march >: Bl;.!no!s. n:
general cmiuma1ding that .:nly las gwen cr
d4.B fur Tho arrest OF a.! vJletS suspected !"
~.ymp..ny wish The Confederate Scai.a-t!:sI
is. 81 every cue i'Aiiy &" vote aSclas. tht
..U;::os ticket" It's elections are 10 bs
MAIDS af:er ire ar:sst vi every leading nan .
re opposition or Iugdsra;a 2~tities, GGtsr Lie
bayoacss e Fslsrai i-;ops, who have elsa
Sbere shown tina. Eur1ut in cold bto96 Is a.
lsasl as much 10 ihe:T ;ss;s6 CO fighting, "S:;s
il is L good deal less danserau: III toe PRES
ent state Of discipline, aau in the iotu! absence
OF nil Legal protection ser lie, liberty or prop
srty. There src q ccr rain number If nieri III
MARYLAND, as elsewhere, sufficiently degraded
Or sutf c,crtly bit!er in their part!zinsnip 10
vote under such circrustarc CTS, AID from these
only will theirs come An approval OF Mr.. LIN
coins ~pol:cy-an approval g'vsn not by The
respacEsb:il;. and mteiligebco Of the S:a;o-
It'd: Is to lt sought ii Fort McH:Ery, Oh IL:
narjrs ,u!EG6 INTO prisCns, or st beet IN CHS
gusted abstinence from & vote which has 1s-
c Inc u riockery-bu: ~ every clement that :
dangerous 20 gtcie;y and hostile 10 liberty
From his OWE ploS!.;alt:o!s and fren .aose =:
hus gcnsrala-ir from his violations OF lay, t,s
UutIA-SS VI tL.E IIrSS, blS 7" ftS
Legislature, his CAREFUL repression q c! ;Tec
Experimentation eotea given in the presence OF
ill-Giscipiined militia with loaded rsh=s-!nust
Mr.. G'ucoln's position towards the ciuz.iis OF
Mar land, end their feelings toward him, tie
Judged Such outTo yea as hav'' ee:1 c;m1iit-
sci in hat State by his authority Hers Es"cr
vet pnralisled uader the most law!e"s OF Bfiti.n
Governments nci!hsr by CIomHcli, "r Wei
iihl Of O.snSe 10 Ireland, nor ~ Charles ii.
III Scotland; they nave been oqGalIed only IN
reckless dtflues q constitutional right ind
disregard III solemn out5s BY one other Re-
publican msgislrate-tiie man who Imprisoned
i"r q lev days more than malt the Legislative
Assembly .! France. Bat the initat.t Vi Louis
Napoleon should remember that thrI" IF oniy
ono abs0iut!cu for su3h criEea-6ucccsS.-
B.airn in war, Mir. Lincoln will tnd MS lii;i.
mercy es be Go.ef:ss ior no tyranny 80 t.s
EXERCISED ct bona
One thing at least bus hith' rio teen sup
passed to distinguish lus trss:mcn! ci political
prisoners bE civilized governments. re RIA;
Gcd it Necessary IL 'iopr:s:n ;heu:, 10 transport
ibrln, perhaps +; ranG tisu; u"t ~e do net
iii usu lhr.n. " suffice: ;Erm ~ I'll s.nTn,-
Anct, d:gr@a.tior, or suffering cot essential 20
their pU>lllun ard 20 he ru- Execution cf !!ls
law. Siiyio Pcillcn Gnd Frl,ce GfsIni inform Us
lhst even lie ,yrcraltd Austrian niio"s 10 his
state prisoners Tie dccrncies and comforts 0: !
captisu lie. Naples snd America sErd ,;e
or!y exceptions. Tue gentlemen seu! 10 E"rts
ii, aenry and L.fiyG.lce, were aGoFs the Us!
born .a9 cred ii Mar! lsa5-p politically tie
:1uais, socirliy 81 la tee Eup<rlc!s Z; Gr.
S:xr,d gnd 81. Lincoln. Tbs" h:se tc8n
,r=-:sd - E::siaai co.'s &c. 'r:st be! :s!vi'5.
We Gr:t apoi"g!se TOT the lnscrscG o. he iol
loving &sEa:i,, ous Te G.sire 70 gis1 me Ptes;
L.; liz cuS.
FROM Fv7i L.i,y ett-ihe a@G:i,an Distiic
-voc s~ei.tiru-n writes 10 MS 9':e src.ei!r,
mot o-iag ptirrHsd 10 O. 30 by The soa!trs :
~ s,e ci.sr;y re1 fn.d n astIoGg pl:scT,
GsnieA al! Intercourse with airy h'!@aE tf'aE
outside s;s "a; psi0;ii!ed I" 6i:it, ur &C To-
c i've newspapers, AID a!e u"1+r sire: prison
discipline, guarded by night LDd "a; by sal
di.Is, anu treated exactly as lrioas in the peni
Tertiary, except tina. We arc rni yet required
10 work. Oar p-!sbn is a massirc, gIoomy
building, forming j hollow square, anu covers
The whole Island en- which it is hu'lL Seven
Of a: az ccodned in orc c8seinatr, AID s:srp
upon STRAW ueGs, without pillows, and with UG.
o,s 5l.;.kst. Wedrink Eretchei ccEse, ahic!l
= ccu.p9srd &: ;::rnhed bears. nnd soIIa r'ar!
vile ingredient, iiVtn tin Guys. Four ourcss
&c bread i: cech meal, aTiI tho iattts: pork,
y h;ca sc cac?ot ;6uca, snG E"me ylbrid hrel,
aTe served Up. Our Toney WAS all taken ffcla
us in IMMEDIATELY or cur arrival, aud We we!e
ve7y coiGly told thu; We c"uld only have il IS
ctr soaisrs chose ~ allow i - rs. Ne 80
nct permitted to seep pen, ins, ~ iEa*I, icT
fer cur Tit,ched s'nri:nc skc::c os us!e
known ~ ~! ir!sEds."
IN Fort McHeor5 the Sci Ct liz prisoner.
is "B:ehk'ast-iat poI:, 40 ieaI f@ur ou"c's
Of brcrd, ard iescup uf ds:k liquid called c9!-
lee. Dlnner- four ounces Ct bread, orc cup
Of pork soup, ,bree ounces over boiled, lcau,
innisrs lille beef, AID as much tfp;d water rs
ne chcos-." |. aust t- remembered ,hsl
these s~3as'en"a hsvs ccmmit.sad 60 c:tnt,
ure accused c: aono, have nsa To t-:sl. ard
heard No cnsrge sls;nst taeE- TEcT are 5us-
pectct e sec, ~ss;onisi 8. u pa.a:es y II; ,he
phrase Of the French R=iso Of TtTio-, they sre
soupooRRes detre suspects. Their .n2riStE-
rnvn; IL & violation Ct oil law, State md FsAe-
raj, 10! which Mr. Lincoln is ceaz.ituiionaiiy
liable 70 impeachment, ard fer wnrcf', When
order is res;ored, he and his sgrG.s may
ard if caught s!Ihin the Jurisdiction OF
Maryland w!l!-be severely AID justly pun-
ished. If the following DO true, woich
sc 7eTy much doubt, they mag not i'll.
probably incur other than legal chastis' nent
when the seaaon Of reckoning arrives: "ia tie
very district conse c:a:td to freedom, in sight
Of the Unfinished monument TO the ::enGry II
its apostle, wom=n accustomed 10 the ~!eiac-
m-nis and The luxurics Of lft have ben K .Yt
close prisoneTs-no orc, huwerer nea: 10 their
affections, permitted to approach :hem no
female attendant allowed watched contInu-
ougly by ruth 'hly men vino liLver lat them
for q moment, ana AT ths suggestion o: malice
o. curiosity, ladies EsEe been completely
stripped and searched n The preseo1e ol .asse
soSs Of liberty.
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