The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-01-14
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
IFrOm the New York Journal Of Commerce.
The Lincoln DespOtIsm,

The Lincoln DespOtIsm.
A mere list of the names of the persons
imprisoned by Lincoln, with the briefrst
mention possible in each case, would fill
not less than eighteen columns of our pa
per. This tremendous list is exclusively
made up Of arbitrary seizures Of indiyidu.
ais who were dragged from their families,
without indictment, without warrant,
without form of law, without being con.
ftonted with witnesses against them, with.
art .h0iNe iuf,rmed Of the uatnrO &C a.
charges against them, immured for weeka
and months in dungeons often thousand
miles from the State in which they were
settled, and finally turned loose without
trial or apology. The list is maGe IN en-
tirely of the names Of citizens Of ne loyal
States, in which the courts Of justice have
been suspended, where every crime
whether treason or other, could have been
punished in due form Of law. The cata.
logue Of orders made in relation to these
victims Of autocratic power is terrible
book FOR history. Careful as we have been
TO preserve the record of the proceedings
under the reign Of Mr.. Lincoln. we find
that We have missed many in Past wears.
For the purpose Of history We ask @hc aid
Of our friends in sending Us the particu-
lars Of any and every case heretofore aid
hereafter. We cannot find in all our rcat-
ing Of history a record which compares
with this The wiScSt man cannot guess
the causes for hundreds Of seizures. We
knox Of ladies' being arrested for w:pinr
their mouths with pocket haudkerchef>
after eating oranges! The provost mar.
shall thought ii was secret signal. We
know of respectable citizen seized, car.
ricd thousand miles under guard, i'm.
INJURED for months in the vilest, filthicst
dungeon in America, and at length dis.
charged. with information from the War
Department that he was seized because
he had been seen in public street to
draw his finger across his lip under his
nose! The pictcHcc was that this was
suspected TO be signal of some political
association The fact was that no such
association existed, the act was perfectly
Innocent, and the sei2lre was solely be.
cause the man was prominent democrat,
and his radical ntig'ibors p'"ilel to run.
i>h HIM in this way
We know Of a tarmT,an innocent man.
n good, warm heated democrat, sciz d in
Michigan and brought to New York, i'm.
priSoned for months in Fort Lafayette, and
finally discharged by Gen. Dix. tap
pcared or the cXqn.itation Of this case
before Judge P!crrcpont and Glen. Dix,
eome,b.rc ~ e., ,,';,h L;,' . ''.''1
th,t tbc @ho,, ,,"ry c-nu So, 80 t'as'"I va
cotton shirt wIich i,,i Lo,... n,oI ,',,o'I
and Strain h'.rLL .r,v ;,,;... n,'.I usn;.i.
Tho m,i;rn n .h,.;,i,,;J.. 'h a." % wv
,ror,f,rm.d int s,cn.-;.,. 49,, ~,
trax - ,I,Iirnn ,',',r.oij;
H., IhraL,r I;,co,,'. st,',,', 49,,
;,.r. n+;.;nr. r,- ,.,.,l., ,.,.,n.i;,,",
,..rs t,- rro,o..i.l ......i 49, 81 I,'n'.
;r, /, ,bf,c -, - r ','' W "','l a..
I;n.o,, I,r,.,,. r',..,,'. w.,
=, ,L, r.,,,,,,,., ...,,,..n,i,r ,,r,
,n.,nt,.,rcI f,r ~, s,;,.,.o'.ra I,.,,.
I,oLcd ncw,toy n.,~ Co.,, c,.ti.o o,' i'I',.t
g.. .oIIi :, G".,Ial.., ',,.! ~ >!
.na;raI 49,, ir.... Ta, ''''' ~
~ ,In ,' a. ".i'"v a." wa
iza ,Ln .,,t.va, 81 ,sn r..,,, - I';rno,
urs or tho T6v.r ,r Ia,Ion VIA,
.c..,.o ;,'.;,.,I', .,it,
w WINS ~ ia! '"n' i.'"'i''' ne'
's' S.'', - Va - t''',S - "'','",H PAM
- - > ''''1 ~" ,."' '''''''"'' "i'S
u o'I ~ '''f .'."- 80 II ':'>! "''-''
,,. 81 'o''- '"' '''1 '',.'' =. press
W S't We .'S'.''' q, ~ va "'S cay
,...r' ~. .''','.,' ~, '.e u 49, "''
i'o" ''t'.: H,'', o. -, '''s '''''ne sh''ef
~ ',''.T' ',"' I''S,''s 'nu,"'',' a. ray
- >u"t5't S''"h 'H'o"sh me afcHNaN,
W. o'a' al ''lt S'',H. '''' 81 '''>'''"- up
Wv; ..,,,l1 .;,, ~ '.,' | '''T ,'.o'>,
ptSspu ",'n Nv d t''G i'.,S'lcT o.
e,''n'',',, anu ,''s '.'.''"' - ne 1' a''' We