Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-04-08
The Leila Monies Excisemc mt i'm
Boston. .t l
Lola 1lontes' Manifcsto.

Sm--ln your edition Of Saturday YOU
saw lit to take exception to visit paid by
meto several ofy your public schools in com.
pany with two ofyour respectable fellow
citizens. This exception was based on re-
ports spread to my detriment by my Jes
uitc enemies, and as to the truth or false.
hood Of which you assert. you know moth
ing. Now, permit me to ask you where
IS the most harm, in visit by a stranger
to the most wonderful and Interesting Of
all your institutions, or in the base, "a Sc
dishonest. ungentlemanly. uncharitable
construction you have put upon in Do
you think. sir. that one of those children
would have had an impure or improper
thought Connected with my visit ifit had
not been put into their heads by Yourself!
Believe me. sir, there is often more impu.
rlty in the mind ofthe critic than in The
object of his criticism. There are men who
| would stand before the Venus of Medici
and the Apollo Of Belviderc. and see moth
ing in them but their nudity.-There are
men living like Paul the fourth, who would
object to the painting Of the Last Judge.
ment. and throw bronze drapery over The
statue of Prudence. and like Michael An
gelo to the Pope. l might reply to you sir
"Reiorm the world, and these aspersions
1 will reform themselves"
You think improper. sir, for danseast
to visit one ofyour public institutions! Did
your fellow citizens think it improper to
accept the cap-stone Of the Bunker Hill
| Monument from Fanny Ellsler Do you
think itimproper for your public institu
tons daily to receive willing contributions
from the hard earned salary of ariistesl-
ifyou do. You might make it the subject
ofyour next poem fer am informed ,ha,
you are. or have beea a poet. though new
er should have suspected it from SO lib
eral, ungentlemanly and immoral consruc-
tons. If you do not. pray do not open
your mouth again on the subject Of the vis-
1t OF an artist. to a public institution.
With regard to my talent. it would be
unbecomng IN me tn speak-or quote
but TO say that have ever passed myself
in this country in any Other quality than
that of an artistic, is false. in the throat of
whoever may say it. 4s -
l had the offer made to me when in Eu-
rope, ofentering America triumphantly.-
Triumphant arches were offered to be C.
rected for me on the pier, garlands to be
hung across my way. flowers spread over
my track, and my carriage drawn to my
hotel by human hands. amidst showers Of
bouquets and vivas. All tlis l declined.
If there is anything that thoroughly de-
test, it is humbug even declined, on
arriving. the free use Of the telegraph,
which was coureously rendered me by
thegentlemanly proprictors; and in no case
have made interest to buy the good opin-
ions ofjournals. 4.
Ut had cost me to return 10 the stage
scslding tears, but ! was determined II
succeeded at a'i. it should be legiiimately
in the pursuit ofmy profession as an artiste,
though l was ms well satisfied as the man
who made me the offer. that in refusing it
Twas sacrificing great many dollars to
my principles. had too much amour
prope, sir, to be shown up like wooly
horse or a white negro; hut it is satisiac-
ton to know chat afit is who have snf.
fered by it, il IS the public which has gain
ed. and that instead Of paying from So up
to fabulous price for tickets, all who
desired it have had the satisfaction oIsce-
ing me fora much smaller sum. | was
counseled by several ofmy friends in
New York to purchase the esteem of those
whose minds had been Influenced BY the
Jesuistlcal steres in circulation with regard
to NH. by giving the receipt of my first
night to public charities. The idea was
repugnant to me, and refused doing so
VII the ere fthe close Of my engagements,
when 4 have invaaiably givenehern y ben
eft, when could obtain the permission Of
the directors of the theatre. ei5-
I4speak Of Jesuistical lies. / mentioned
to few friends. in Paris. my intention of
coming to America on an artistic tour
Immediately all the journals, from Canada
to Mexico, were flooded with communi.
cations heaping upon me oil the epthets
in the vocabulary Of blackguards. 1t was
said, also, that | tanned wild horses, horse
whipped gendarmes, knocked flies with
pistol ball of the bald heads Of aldermen
fought duels, threw people overheard for
the sake Of saving them from drowning,
and multitude Of other similar feats--
Now, sir, do you see the sly. Jesuitical.
Infamous design Of all this? 1t was sim
ply to unsex .me-to deprive me Of that
high, noble. chivalrous protection, which
is SO universally accorded to woman in this
country by generous men.
Very well cir; did they succeedl 1 have
been now four months in this country,
and my success, instead Of diminishing.
has increased, from the FIRST moment up to
the present time. Americans are no fools,
sir; and. believe me, though they may be
imposed uponat first, they soon como again
to their senses.
finally arrived here in your tri-moun-
tain city. pleasantly associated by me with
my own adopted name, and which had
more curiosity to see than ever had had
for the far famed city OF the hills. Tie
latter was the heathen mystic number,
but the former was that Of the Christian
trinity. and was connected in my mind
with those noble. selfsacrflcing, devoted
men. who were ever tle objects Of my ad-
miration. l had twice been placed under
the protection of its citizens-oncs by nv
parents in India. on a voyage 10 England.
and once on my pilgrimage to this country,
AID in neither case had cause to regre,
the choice that had been made for me.
| say my pilgrimage to Amersca, for it
was indeed pilgrimage. Not such as