Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-01-15

so1AAaoA oI An -n@1&1 RAtA&sa AGe
swisohing Of has muscles and his agisased
manner beSs@yed, aos perhaps, any com
panesaeu, but sense OF pcrsana iaseea-
rity ii the bands Of she avsnging Meme
sls. sE .
This let&eE il the zaosa graphic sketch
yet gwen 10 the world, Of the cruel and
dAsEaEiiy syraauy which the Yankee gov
ernment has established st Washington.
RsAsssai, in Ont II hls isssers 10 tbs Lon
tion sMaes, messsens tAe 9xpsdient Of
''arrest by Telegraph whicA has been
iHtrodnsed by Seward, As seRasshiRg new
and appalling, and OuastEipping al the
sagenibus eonsrivaBces of all the despot-
isus thas ever existed. But the iao&r-
eerasioa and torture of helpless wonsn,
&sd kAe essragas hsaped apon them, as
detailed in this letter, will more shock
manFy nstares, and stamp the Lincoln
dynasty everywhere vita undyiag iafamy.
Taa lester tells ias own tale, and may
be relied On as true copy Of the orig
iuai, in the hands Of Wiiiiam Il SeEgrd:
WASHINGTON, &oy. II, 1851.
$50 Sixteenth street.
To lhs Haa. Viva II. SxSeara, Secretary
Qf &aGs:
SR--Fox nearly three months | have
been eon6ned, close prisonar, shut cat
fgon air aad exercise, and dsnied all
Communion With family and fTiends-
PaEieaes is said to be u great virtue,
and have praekleed it 70 my utmost Ca
paeisy Of endurance.
am sold, sir, thai upon var tpss dtzsl
the fAsa of eisizens depeads, and thai The
sign manuel Of abs ministers of Louis the
+ FoarsseaKh and Fifteenih Was not more
potential in thelf day than thai Oa the
SesresAry Of State IN is6l-
/ therefore most respectfully submit
that On Friday, August -, without wAE-
reas OF other show Of authority, wss
arrested By the detective police, and my
hoase taken in charge By them that aiI
my private letters and papers Of life
Eime waee read and examined by them
thai every law of deaeascy MAS violated IN
ths search of ny house and person, @Rd
By the surveillance over me-
We Rad in history that the poor Maria
AntoiBetse had paper torn from heE
bosom by lswless hands, and even q
change 81 linen had 10 be effected IN sighi
of her brutal c4psors. Ii is my sad ex.
pexienee TO record even more revoifiaE
outTaxes than that, for during the hrs1
DAYS of fay imprisonment, wheaever ne
eansagy forced me 20 seek fny chamber, Z
| L3Utscsfv4 stood sentinel as the opeE1 door
And thus for period If seven dzys /
with my iiuis child, WIS placed absolute,
" al the Ensrey Of men without characte
| Jg Ta&pohsit i.ity; shat during The As
| essaiag : portion sf these aaen See&a,
| bguEaily drunk, and boasted in my hear
ing Of tha ''niee tiaaes" they expected Il
have witA the female prisoners and tha
| rude viOBsEre wass used towards q coioFet
servant girf during that evening, the ex
| tent Of which have not been able 4
learn. For any show Of da,Urum after
wards psastieed towards me, | Vas IN
iebted % the detective called Captain
Dennis.
La the careful analysis If nay papers,
deny the existence Of line had not per
feet right TO have TritEep, or to have re
csivea. Freedom Of sp. . h AID Of opin
ION Is the birthright of Americans, guar
anteed 70 Us by our charter Of liberty
rae Constitution Of the United States.
have exercised my prerogAtiSe, and haF
openly asowed nay sentiments. Durin
The political struggle I opposed your n
publican party with every iussinct c
self preservation | believed Jour sud
cess q yirlaa! notification of the COasti
tuition, and that il would entail apoR L
all the consequences which have ensae<
These sentiments have doubtless bee
found recorded among my papers, an
/ hold them IS rather proud record {
my sagacify.
1 must be permitted to quote fron
letter Of yours, In regard 10 kRssalls
the London Tims, which you oonciae
, with these admIrabie W0rds: ''iadlEta'
, Il errors Il opinion may be tolerated, :
. long as good sense ls left TO eemo'
, thga." BY way Of illustrating theol
aud practice-hexs ain |, prisoner
sight of tAe Executive IA Eaansieu, IN sig
ii the Capitol, where tbs proud state
men Of our land have sung their p9aBs
, the blessings of our free Institutions
| Comment ss idle. Freedom Of spsec
freedom Of Eaoaghs, every night pert&a
D lag TO tbs EiEix@a ha8 becn suspended
shat, suppose, The President calls
e ssmiIisary aecessity.0 ! bios las be
. struck, By this toSai disregard Of all oi'
= nights, agaanas she present SYSTEM Of 60
n esngnens, far greater In Its effects thAn /
: severance gf Eaa Southern States. ID
r people hare been taught to conssFnn
r. supremacy Of shs lass, 10 winch ait Ia
= hitherto bowed, and ~ look 10 the mi
4 kaxy pomag for pgotscsion against Its d
% cree. A military spirit has been dsE'
le oped, which will only be subordinate te
- military dictatorship. Read historys a
r ysu witi find that the causes which bri
d about . revolution rarely predominate
\ its eaese, and no people haye evcr retuI
,s ed to- the pDius frona which they start,
l. Even stsouA3 the Soul bern STATES be 81
Nv dasa aBd forced back into the Uni
n whleia regard 81 impossible, with >
= kBowledgss of their resources, q dia
G. ea& fora 0d govevnazfeut will be fpu
a. needfal 10 meet the new sevelopsnents
,u national character. There is no claaa
', society, no branch Of ihdustry, Kh
III shis ehange has NOS reached, And The u
eh pIodslag, !nethodical hahits OF the p
Ia can never be resumed.
~ Yoa havs held me, arr, 70 . man's
H. cosantabiiisy, and therefore ciain
right 70 spsak on subjects usually c1sa.
cred beyoua woman's ken, and wh
a. Eyou ss.ay eiAss - 'ssfrors OF Cpaaion. 2
nd ofFer no excuse for this long aigressi
- q three rnonthss imprisonment u
ous forzasaaa pf aaw, gives ms asisila
he for occupying even the precious ssofn'
sen Of SecrsSAry of Slate. - ~
ssy Ay obiecs i 10 calf your asteatiul
4 the kAes fhas, during sais long iauPris
ade Enenf, | aan yes lgnsraas of the caase
Il : -. n L. L.