Hide Article Text (OCR)
a.1'II.E OUR :’E.\ KX.theru bo chatr in uls. »hiotororntoheirfrequent visitor at the President’s house and a favored gallant of Mrs. Lincoln. The rnosl charitable construction to be put upon all this conduct, which is go foreign to the virtue and good name, and reputation which ought to dwell in the household of the Chief Magistrate of the nation, is that Mrs. Lincoln is not equal to her place, has not steadiness and stability of character sufficient to keep her from being made the weak dupe of lying flattery and cunning intrigue, and so is made, by the delusive homage and honied compliments of practised villainy, to debase herself 10 the low level of associations that are offensive and disgusting to all other decent people. The recent festivities at the White House, while the nation was trembling on tiie brink ul destruction, were in bad taste enough, i and affronted a people who weie struggling for I existence, lint the knowledge that she whoouohtI C5 T’| tu bo the model and pattern of true woman-i hood,•‘This stately flower of female fortituue,Of perfect wifclioo'l ami pure lowlihemr’was making the house of the Chief Magistrate a rendezvous of those who had lost caste and character elsewhere, is infinitely worse. If there is no other remedy for this silly weakness, or wilful perversity of Mrs. Lincoln, the Press ought to reflect upon her conduct the judgment of an indignant people, and compel, by their united voice, the purification of tiio presidential mansion Irom the offensive and loathsome presence of such wretches as WikolFand Sickles. Ic may not he possible to change Mrs. Lincoln’s disposition, habits, fancies, or tastes, but it is possible that tiie President should be made acquainted with the wish of the people that ilie lepers of society should not he the pets of the White House.AArnold Haven, (. i\ mere ha Indies, mains, ar he had p po9sessioi ond wife S., who while An he oecup Second a house uf Penn, he had glt; tia? Hud hloodv a count i yn Hut the ( eon, des} with him by the H to long la eordmiii1sign co.i...Commodore Foote in* the Pin wt.—Cmmim..New Hru tile V\ esI Not a living in and his v Hrunswu incidents she posxno Id, dui pected n placard, phy, whi while th pears, oi teased a i ter dcd in a nee on i destroyer and Arm In gm defeat w and sai lelt; itv. lii?
Newspaper Details
Montpelier Daily Green Mountain Freeman
Montpelier, Vermont, US
Thu, Feb 20, 1862
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
DC, USA 12 Feb 2024
Other Publications Near Montpelier, Vermont
The Vermont Watchman
Montpelier Vermont Freeman
Montpelier State Journal
Montpelier Daily Green Mountain Freeman
Montpelier Vermont Watchman and State Journal
