The southern press., 1852-01-17
Lola lIontes..Pasl, Present, and Future.

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7 gent and generous community, against unjus
and illberal attacks upon her, intended TO preju
dice the people against her.
am sure, too, that the good hearted Ameri
can people, and of this noble city, will listen t
an lnoffensve stranger, and protect her agains
rude and harsh treatment. know that Amer
can gentlemen and ladies' will irown on any who
are guilty Of rude, insulting, and vulgar treat
ment of visitor TO their free, hospitable anc
happy land know they will sympathize will
a female who seeks to .deport herself unobtru
sively and becomingly, when she is forced to &C
into the newspapers to defend herself; and i
she shows she is right, am confident they will
sustain her.
Since childhood, when first came to know O
1 America, my heart yearned to visit it. read
OF the tales Of suffering encountered by the pill.
| grims who first came hither-I read of the
progress of their noble descendants their re
sistance to British oppression, and of the glori.
GUS deeds of Washington, 'peerless among
peers" -of Jefferson, and Franklin, and Fulton
and Jackson studied your institutions, and
all my dreams of romance We're connected with
your happy country.
My career has been one of such vcissitu de
and adventure, that it almost equals those given
| in popular works of fiction. Isometimes look
back on my life and wonder-"i is this true ?"--
have existed !"-" do live ?"-or is it all a
dream" | have been wild and maynard, but,
/ it know myself, never wicked. can appeal
to every companion or servant in my whole
| life, my own sex, to say if ever treated them
unjustly, unkindly, and ] will add, ungenerously.
have been traduced, and slandered, and villified
more, think, than any human being man or
woman, that has lived for a century. IF all that
is said OF me were true-nay, if ha of it were
true--l ought to be buried alive The verv
atrocities attributed to me, themselves show
their falsehood. At the age of thirteen, iniudi-
! cious, but well meaning friends constrained me
to an alliance with one much my senior in years,
but who had not my affections, who did not
seek to win them, and 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 the world friendless, without re.
sources or any means of support, except my own
industry and humble abilities. | was then in
the East Indies and went to England, and from
thence to the continent, and became, as the
only resource, for an honorable and virtuous
livelihood an drtiste, an actress, danSeuse
encountered all those terrible trials incident to
resolution to take care of myself, without de-
pendence upon any one. My profession exposed
ISLANDERS of the malicious-to the detraction of
the envious. | was defenceess, except in
reliance on my rectitude of purpose and con
duct My enemies made enemies because I
was proud WOMAN self-wied woman-an
ambitious woman, if you will, but an honorable
woman, who would not become their instru-
ment of wickedness-my enemies. by falsehood
and forgery, and every species of crime, have
assailed me, and hunted me throughout Europe
and Great Britain, and now pursue me to Amer.
ca-but defy proudly defy, the Jesuit band,
and their tribes of tools and instruments. 10
instance single act Of mine, in the course OF
an eventual life, (every day of which can be
traced) that is coupled with dishonor
Recently | have been dragged before the
public in the New York press, by individuals in
cards and other publications. object was
for them TO get before the public. Once no.
ticed them. am sorry for it. 1t has cause
reply totally inexcusable, and more offensive
than ! supposed the writer had heart 10 pen
against a defenceless female. This is all the
notice shall give 10 the name signed TO that
assault so insidiously made Nor will further
notice any of the individuals who have assailed
me. Those editors who have given unkind and
illiberal notices of me, have my forgiveness. /
hope no female relations Of theirs may ever
meet with similar unkindness from any one.
The sweetest revenge can take Of all my enc.
mics is to forgive them. Ii is the prerog tive
OF inoilensiyeness, and, thank Heaven, / can
exercise IT,
But in relation 10 some Of the statements and
insinuations made ms to my course In Europe.
and my conduct in connection with certain DO.
litica events, few years ago, on the continent.
il is due 10 others, as well as TO myself. that
should notice some misrepresentation. A book
OF ialsehoods and forgeries, got up by my poIit
cal enemies at the court Of Bavaria, by miser-
able creature who acted AS my servant, and who
was bribed by the Jesuit faction there, has rep
resented me as occupying in that court posi-
ton That d not occupy. Obscure scribblers
in this country have volunteered what they call
a defence Of me--admiting the truth Of the
charges made against mc--a course that could
only have been dictated by the most dcpraycd
prolligacy, unprncipled hostility, or inexcusable
stupidity ! disavow, tepudate all these vile
defences and their authors
In my professional career as danseuse, hay-
ing been 10 Russia, and being on my way TO
Vienna, stopped at Munich. Soon after re.
ceiyed from an aid Of the good old King Louis.
an invitation 70 a royal audience on the next
day. After hesitating some time, yielded 10
the solicitation Of my friends, accepted the in
vitaton, and had an interview with the King al
MONDAY. The King treated me with kndne IS.
In familiar conversation with him about French
politics, gave my opinions pretty freely, and
especially in relation TO some French editors
whom was acquainted with. Having always
been, as | am yet, in the habit Of making full
notes Of public events men and movements, ]
was enabled to be accurate. The King mani
Tested great surprise at some of the information
gave him, aud seemed so deeply interested as
to ask me to stay in Munich as his guest for n
few days ] at first declined, and finally ob
served ;--"Will il not give cause for scandal
against your Majesty n The King replied -
"No; have no fear Of that" consented 20
stay few days, and renewed my conversations
with the King several times, on visits to him at
bis instances. These visits were unceremonious
talked to the King, as | always do TO every
one--truthfully, frankly, and without conceal.
ment, told him Of errors and abuses in his gov
eminent told him Of the peridy of his min.
listers. Honest and unsuspecting, he did not
believe Il; but proved it to him. He expressed
his gratitude TO me. !. His Queen was nv friend