The southern press., 1852-01-17
From tie .Ns,U York Mirror.
Z. r. Willis's ApOstrOphe to Lola Monies.

A FRIEND OF THE UNION.
|
i From tie .Nsw York Mirror
L. r. WiIIis's ApostrOphe to Lola Montes.
j Instead Of attempting refutation of Loa's
charges, Mr.. r. p. Willis, gallant gentleman as
he is, sits down and addresses to his sslosi
Plead" the following glowing apostrophe. II
is worth as much in the way of an advertisement
as the lost bracelet:
To THE COUNTESS OF LANDsFELD -
In taking up the Herald Of yesterday, i was
surprised to find myself honored by letter
from you, that must confess was an aStonisher
following, as it did, the decision of your umpire
in my favor and betrayiDg lively flight OF
imagination had not given even you credit for
My remedy for this letter was three-fold.
could sue you criminally and civilly-that would
have been lochete. could refute your state
ments by publishing your etters-that would
have been a breach of confidence; or could
collect a sum of you for my scrvices-that
would have been unworthy gentleman
Besides, who ever heard of you being banked
in any of your caprces? Did you not bring a
respectable old lady of the court Of Bavaria, who
had offended you, to mock trial, in presence
OF the King and his courtiers-convict her
very much to her surprise-of having DESTROYED
her illegitimate offspring, and actually burn her
in ethgy in her own presence! Oh, no, chere
ComteSse, to baulk you would be to spoil you -
and you too unique specimen, not only of
this but of any century, for US not to make a
small sacrifice to preserve you to the collection.
! People may talk as much as they please of
Cleopatras-of Du Barrys-of De I'Enclos, and
Of Shores-these are women, who PLAYED only
The second fiddle; you never played but the
| first.
Our acquaintance, Countess, commenced in
Paris, about ten months since. OF the origin of
| it, we will say nothing, az we have each of us
expressed different opinion on the subject.
Suffice it to say, that found you surrounded
by all that is valuable in French society, and
your salons nightly filed with the plus 6eaur
esprit de Paris, and with the purest of the cream
of art. Horace Vernet had given your portrait
| to postefity in the immortal picture of the
Smala." Schlesinger in vain duplicated Won 10
pose for statue. Merry, Barthemy, and Dumas.
had all celebrated you in odes. What was there
lacking, then, to make you happy? You had
conquered king, and forced him to renounce
his crown. You had subsequently, fearlessly
entered the rigid and icy barriers of English so.
ciety-seized from their midst n husband, and
forced them TO receive you on equal terms.
Tired OF your plaything, you had east il off,
and returned to Paris, to occupy the most envia-
Bile place in the world, for woman-that of
queen of n society the most spirituelle, the most
polished, the most elegant that exists in the
world
| Still, you pinned for new conquests, and like
Alexander, cried almost 10 think Won had no
more worlds to subdue.
This was about the time Of our first acquaint.
ance, and ! was at that time the only American
you knew.
Your idea Of America was that Of many cul.
tivated people have met abroad. and made no
principally Of what you read in Cooper's novels.
You lancied, too, that the country about New
/ York was filed with exotic plants, and covered
with the widest and most luxurianl vegetation.
i As soon as your eyes were little open TO
what America really was. an irresistible desire
seized upon you to add this, too, to your con.
quests, and like another Pizarro, you immed
ately set about the execution of your project.
/ With your usual direct and straightforward
intention, you would have made dash at once
on the President, had you not been informed
that The President in America was but simple
citizen, and that the sovereign in America was
NE PeoPis. How then TO conquer The people :
Your subsequent movements will show.
You take capital ballet master of the opera,
Mr.. Mabile. -Four months of incessant prac.
tice, with two lessons day, brought YOU 10
perfection you could never have believed your
self a trial trip in the provinces, with most
overwhelming success convinced you that you
were not mistaken in your estimate Of yourself
i Then came your passage to America
i BY one of those extraordinary circumstances
that only happen 10 people like YOURSELF (for
your passage had been taken two months be-
iore) kossuth was a passenger on board the
same ship. Many time as you sat on deck on
the lee side Of the smoke pipe, bundled up in
your shawls, and smoking your cigarattee, have
watched you taking the measure of the mild
Magyar, ms he strobe up and down the deck.
But for some strange reason there was no sym.
patty between you. You vere loo much alike
Arrived in New York, you lived as retired and
secluded as possible, refusing sundry governors
and other dignataries, who wished to be pre-
scented 10 you; and this for two reasons--one
to recover from the fatigues Of the voyage, and
The other TO recover your practice.
You made your debut, notwithstanding the
dulness OF the theatre season, with distinguished
success. You have danced every night for more
than fortnight, to a better engagement than
any artist ever had at a theatre 10 this country
But this is but the dawn Of your triumph. As
you proceed TO the genial South with tempers
and temperaments more congenial to your own.
you will feel more fully your power, and with
the sympathy that you will naturally excite in
the warm hearted sons Of the South, Won will
march on successfully from triumph to triumph.
till you attain at the seat Of government itself
the apogee Of your full success.
As you are well known not TO be unrenerous,
may ask you, then, to remember me, and OBJ.
tain for me commission from Congress TO make
your statue, to be placed on the summit of the
capitol! would suggest the pose in your
Iarentefie, when, after having crushed the scor.
pion, you rise suddenly on the points Of your
toes, with the triumphant air of lion oter his
prey, 70 say, with look once seen never for
gotten, Nolc, then, Ihare doneit
After the United States, you have left 20 YOU
Havana and Mexico, which are subiuQated to
you 10 advance. Having then conquered the