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frequent visitor at the President's house and a favored gallant of Mrs. Lincoln. The rnosl charitable construction to be put upon all thi§ conduct, which is so 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 associationsH a Ii m hlt;P( 01SwhiShi , Pthat are offensive and disgusting to all other de- ! j1( cent people. The recent festivities at the White j ti House, while the nation was trembling on the ' brink of destruction, were io bad taste enough, 'j and affronted a people who weie struggling for j_• existence. Hut the knowledge that she whoought wI C T1! tu Ijo the model and pattern ol true woman-| hood,•‘Thu natel.v flowor of female fortituu.*,Of perfect wif’.-hoo'l ami pure lowlihOti.r’CtHelt;.was making the house of the Chief Magistrate arendezvous ol 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 oughtticlt;si.NtiliatBinto lvfleci upon her conduct the judgment ol an | ^indignant people, and compel, by their united voice, the purification of the presidential mansion Irom the olTen.sive and loathsome presence ui such wretches as Wikolfand Sickles. It may not he possible to change Mrs. Lincoln's disposition, habits, fancies, or tastes, but it is possible lli.it liic President should be made acquainted with the wish of the people that ilie lepers of society should not be the pets of the White iiouse.ml*1P’P1wP*ietoaidiatd(at
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Montpelier Daily Green Mountain Freeman
Montpelier, Vermont, US
Thu, Feb 20, 1862
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