New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-05
The Lincoln Despotism in a Canadian
Point of View.

From the Quebec Morning Chronicle Oct. D.
TYRANNY AND ATRoCITY EXPOSED. The writer
of the following letter is man whose standing is
sufficient guarantee of the truth of his state
ments. Occurrences, personal to- himself, will,
doubtless, be heard Of hereafter in official quarters,
that is, if the British Government has not forgot
ten how to protect its subjects. The grinding
tyranny towards American men and women, of
which he wildly speaks, will remedy itself. 1t is
manifest it cannot last long, for, like ambition
tyranny overleaps itself, and soon breeds armed
rebellion:
To the Editor Of tie Morning Chronicle:
QUEBEC, Oct. 4.-Sir: The horrors practiced by
the Lincoln Government upon the people of that
once beautiful and refined city, Baltimore, have
earned for it the name of the Warsaw of America.
At this moment the most hOnOred and talented
men of Maryland pinng in the fortress cells of
that city deprived of the commonest requisites
of the humblest condition of life, made to endure
nauseating circumstances that the meanest felon
is free from; seven and eight, gentlemen forced
into cell without bedding, blankets, water to
wash, changes of linen from weeks end to
weeks end and, with refinement of cruelty and
mental torture unknown in any civilized country
in the world, cut off from all intercourse or knowl
edge of their families or of the outer world.
Men alone are not the only victims of the wicked
and accursed tyranny, but even ladies of rank are
similarly situated, their crimes being receiving
letters from absent husbands and fathers, or wear
given charity to the widow or orphan of some one
| who died in the Southern army. Against the men
| no charges are made, and the only warrant upon
which they are held is that their names are in
scribed by Mr.. Lincoln or Mr. Seward upon list
| in the hands of convicted murderer or burglar.
| The experience Of one week in Baltimore, and the
horrors inflicted upon the unhappy people of that
| fated city would appear to any man used to the
| actions Of a regular Government-eye Of the
| greatest European despotsm-an eXaggeration
did not the papers in the service of the tyrannous
| fanatic, who despotieally Yields the government oi
the land themselves foreshadow the gross iiiIuty
| and call upon the gaping and frightened crowd to
fall down and worship the bloody idol they have
| set up before them.
| The prime executoner and minister to the ven.
geanee of Lincoln and Seward is of the most alb,
| hOrrent stamp, and has naugurated their reign OF
| terror in Baltimore only as such wretch could
| conceive it. This man is pardoned convict,
| named Berrett, who, after receiving sentence OF
| death for murder and burglary, and having been
| known to have committed six assassnations, was
released from prison and made gaoler, but was
dismissed for misconduct; he was the oaptainsof a
| murderous crew called the " BloodTubs," ana,
| when all honest shrank from him, President
| Lincoln and his minion Seward, sought and enl-
| ployed him as the minister of their vengeance.
This rufIian has daily interviews with the PRESIDENT,
| and returns from Washington with ffesn llst OF
| prescribed victims. Berrett has cbosen the TOOLS
and habits of his old trade of burglar to do the
work of his employers.
The universal terror and abjeot subserviency OF
the Northern States to the dictates OF tief oRpIeS
sor has rot been shared by Maryland, and it has
therefore been deemed more prudent to make the
domiciliary visits in the dead OF the night Befrett
takes with him several escaped thieves, his former
pals and accompanied by q file Of soldiers
goes forth after midnight TO do the bidding Of the
4 hest and freest government in the world ~ BY
breaking into the houses Of their victims, dragging
them from their beds, and thrusting them, hand
cufied, into the cells of Fortress McHenry. Gen
Howard, an old gentleman, the candidate for Gov
ernor and his son, Mr. e. Howard, were takei
from their beds and from the sides of their wives
between / and o'clock on Thursday morning
: by Berrett and u file of soldiers, who Wounds
with their hayonets Mr.. F. HQwArd's little son, ST
years old and 50 ll-treated Mrs. Howard that sh
died on the Sunday following. Mr.. Lincoln though