The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-02-12

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1 have noticed My those points IN the
speeches / have referred to, which were, or
seemed to. be, directed particularly at myself, Il
and have trust observed that temperance
in language which, propersat all times, il
specially suggested by the present position
of him whose remarks have felt myself
called upon to answer. It has been done as
a duty to my own reputation, to those with I
whom I was associated, and above all to the I
cause in which NC labored.
Your fellow-citizen,
JEFFERSON DAVIS
Warren CO., Miss, Jan 90, 1852.
Lola Montes-Past Present and Future.
From the New York Herald
Mr.. Bennett am sure you will. not
refuse stranger, and that stranger a woman,
a little space in your paper, for an appeal to
an intelligent and generous community, al
gainst unjust and Liberal attacks upon her,
intended to prejudice the people against her.
I am sure, too, that the good-hearted a.
merican people, and Of this noble city, will
listen to an inofensive stranger, and protect
her against rude and rash treatment. II
know that the American gentlemen and la
dies viii frown on any who are guilty rude,
insulting and vulgar treatment of a visitor
to their free, hospitable and happy land. ]
know they will sympathise with female
who seeks to deport herself unobtrusively
and becomingly, when she is forced to go
into the newspapers to defend harself; and
/ if she showsshe is right, am confident they
viii sustain her.
Since childhood, when first came to
know of America, my heart earned to visit
I it. I read of the tales of sufferings by the
Pilgrims who first came hither-I read Of
the progress of their noble descendants-of
their resistance to British oppression, and Of
the glorious deeds Of Washington, "peerless
among peers, of Jefferson, and Franklin,
and Fulton, and Jackson studied your
institutions, and all my dreams of romance
were connected with your country.
NJ y career has been one of such vicissitude
and adventure, that | almost equal those
given in popular works Of fiction / some
J times look back on my life and wonder-'sis
this true ?'-efhaye I existed ?'-t'do I live?
or lis it all dream 2" / have been wild
and Maynard, but if know myself, never
wicked. I can appeal to every companion
or scrvantin my whole life, Of my own sex,
s to say if ever treated them unjust, unkind.
! II, and, / viii add, ungenerously. have
: been traduccd slandcred, and yilifed more
1 think, than any human being, man or wo
man, than has lived for a century. Ifal
! that IS said of me were true-nay, if half d
: it were true-I ought to be buried alive
: The very atrocities attributed to me- them
selves show their falsehood At the age q
I thirteen, injudicions, butwell- meaning friends
: constrained me toan alliance with one nlucl
! my senior in years, but who had not my af
fections, who did not seek to win them, an(
I from whom / was obliged to part myself
No one ever accused me Of falsehood to my
> :, vows Of fidelity to him. We were divorced
" BY that separation | was thrown upon Till
world friendleSs, without resources, or an,
means Of support, except my own industrl
{, and humble abilities. was in the Eas
I Indies l went to England, and from thenc
: to the Continent, and became, as the only re
= source for an honorable and virtuous liveli
hood, an drtiSte an actress Il dd3esefse / en
countered all those terrible trials incidents
L a resolution to take care of myself without
81 dependence upon any one. My professiol
II exposed me to the approaches Of the licen
y tious-to the SANDERS of the malicious
&c the Cletraction of the envious. Twas defence
d less, except in a reliance on my rectitude q
SO purpose and conduct. My enemies-I mad
le enemies because wa. proud woman
n self-willed Woman-an ambitious woman,
at you will, but an honorable woman, VII
al would not become their instrument of wick
edness-m my enemies, by falsehood and forge
at ry, and every species of crime, have assaile
4 mo, and hunted me throughout Europe an
Great Britain, and now pursue me to Amcl
i'll ica-butI defy-I proudly defy, the Jesn
We band, and their tribes of tools and instrl
C. ments, to instance single act of mine,
Of an eventful life, every day of which can /
b. traced, , that is coupled with dishonor.
be Recently I have been dragged before Ii
st Epublic in the New York press by individual
film cards and other publications The objet
re was for them to get me before the publi
of Once noticed them. I am sorry for it.
I'd has caused a reply totally ineycusable, an
he lmore offensive than supposed the writer. ha
Is, IL HERTZ IL pen sllllSO u ucltHCbi6SS 1L4Ist4
n This is all the noticeI shall give to thenan
as assigned to that assault soinsidiouslg mad
r Nor will further notice any Of the ind
eh Iyiiduals who have assailed me. those edi
IN ors who have given unkind notices of II
lat have my forgiveness. hope no female T
tt lations of theirs may ever meet with sinlili
nd unkindness from any one. Thesweetest +
Oh yenge / can take of all my enemies is to fo
! give them It is the prerogatiFe of inc
an fensiveness, and thank Heaven, I can exc
ciseits
for But in relation to some Of tic statemen
ms and insinuations made IN relation to n
Tas course in Europe, and my conduct IN co
cit nection with certain political events, a f
! ] years ago on the Continent il IS due other
id as well as to myself, that { should mott
he some misrepr RESERVATIONS A book Of falls
al hoods and forgerles, got up By my polite
ter enemies at the court Of Bavaria, By q mise
on able creature who acted as my servant al
lid who was bribed By the Jesuit faction theE
he has represented me as occupy postal
ees ia tllat court which did not occupy @
lot scure scriblers ID this country have yolu
ou- teered what they eall defence 81 me 3
seh ing the truthof the charges made aiu
ga course that cou only have been u
tated BY the most deprazed prohigacy.
IS prinoipled hostility 81 eusable tupis
disc VOW. repueiate these I'll
81 and their authors