The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-12-27
Letter from Mrs. Greeehow.
; Wy Gut the annexed FROM the New FORK
Even'ng Post Of Monday evening:

the muscles, and his agitated manner be
trayed not perhaps any conpunetion, but
a sense OF personal insecurity atthe hands
Of the, avengiag Nemesis.
This letter. is the most graphic sketch
yet given to the world, of the cruel and
dasssrdly tyranny which the Yankee Gov.
eminent has established at Washington
I,ussel in one of his letters to the London
Times, mentions the expedisnt of 'arrest
by telegraph" which has been introduced
by Seward, as something new and appal
ling, and outstripping all the ingenious
contrivsnees of all the de=potisms that
ever existed But the Incarceration and
torture of helpless women, and the ouira.
ges heapei upou them, As detailed in this
letter, will more shock manly natures, and
stamp the Lincoln dynasty everywhere
with undying infamy.
The letter tells its own tale, and may
BE- relied on as a true copy of the origins,
in the hands Of W. Ii. Seward:
WAskINGToS, Nov II, 1861
No 39S. 18th street.
To the Hon Wm II. Se.card.
Fl Secretary of State.
sIR:-For nearly three months, | have
been confined, close prisoner, shut out
from the air and exercise, and denied all
communication with family and friends
d, Patience is said to be great virtue. and
| have practiced it to my utmost capacity
Of endurance.
AIN told, sir, tha. upon your ipse divit
~ f.,o nf
sign l..anual of Louis the Fourteenth and
fifteenth WA. not more potential in their
dsv than that Of Secretary Seward in
1861.
therefore respectfully submit that on
Friday August 23d, without warrant or
other show Of authority, | was arrested
by the detective police, and my house ia
ken in charge by them; that all my pri-
vate letters and pspers Of lifetime were
read and examined by them that every
law of decency was violated in the search
Of my house and person, and by the sur
VIGILANCE over me-
W. read in history, that the poor Marie
Antoinette had paper torn from her DO
som by lawless hands, and that even a
change of linen had to be effected in sight
of her brutal captors. 1t is my sad ex.
perence TO record even more revolving
outrages than that, for during the first
days Of my imprisonment. whenever neces-
si:y forced me 10 seek nv cham Der, de.
tectivs stood sentinel at the open door,
And thus for period Of seven DAYS, |,
with my little child was placed absolute,
y at the mercy Of men without character
or responsibility !; that during the first eve
ming, portion of these men became bru
tally drunk, aud boosted in my hearing
of the g nice times they expected to have
Aith the female prisoners; and that rude
violence WAS used tow ards coored SER
want girl during that evening, the extent
Of which have not been able t. learn
Fo' any show ofdecorum aflerwald prac.
tiaed toward me, was indebted to the de.
,ective called Capt. Dennis.
In the careful ANALYSIS Of nv papers I
deny the existence of line had not per
feet right to have written, or to have re
eeived. Freedom of speech and of orin
ion is the birthright of Americans, guar
anteed to us by our charter of liberty
The constitution of the United States. I
have exercised my sentiments. During
the political struggle, opposed your re
publican partywith every instinct of self
preservation believed your success a
vital nullticstinH of the constitution. and
that it woCd entail upon us all the dreful
consequences which have ensued These
sentiments have doubtless been found re
corded among my papers, and hold
them as rather proud record Of my ga
gacty.
must be permitted to quote from a
letter Of yours, in regard to Russell, of the
London Times, which you conclude with
these admirable words: "ludividual err
rors OF opinion may be tolerated, SO long
as good sense IA left to combat them" By
way Of Illustrating theory and practice.
here am /, prisoner in the sight OF the
Executive Mansion, in sight of the Capitol,
where the proud statesmen Of our land
have sung their p&ans to the blessings of
our free institutions Comment is idle.
Freedom of speech, freedom of thought,
every right pertaining to tho citizen, has
been suspended by what, suppose, the
President calls - military necessity" A
blow has been struck. BIZ this total di.rs
gard of al civil right. against the present
system of government, far greater in its
effects than the severance of the Southern
States. Our people have been taught 10
condemn the supremacy of the law, to
which all have hitherto bowed, and to
lock to the military power for protection
against its DEGREES. A military spirit has
beea developed, which will only be subor>
dlnate to q military dictatorship. Read
history, and you will find that the causes
which bring about revolution rarely
predomlnats at its close, and no people
have ever returned to the point from
which they started. Even Should the
Southern States be 81 bdued and forced
back into the Union (which | regard as
impossible, with full know edge Of their
resources,) different form Of government
will be found needn't to meet the new de
developments of national character. There
is no class of society, no branch of indus
try, which this change has not reached,
and the dull, plodding, methodical hab-
Its of the poor can never be resumed.
You have held me, sir, to rnsn'. &C