The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-01
qnR lola nourS EXCITEMENT IN BOSTON
Lola Monies Manifesto an Boston.
TREnoNT House, Boston. March ~ 1852.

Lola M0ntes' MAN fe9tO An Boston.
TRBnoNT HOUSE, Boston, March ~, 1852
SiR--In your edition of Saturday you saw ft to
take exception to a visit paid by mo to several Of
your public schools, in company with two of your
respectable fellow oitisens This exception was based
ON repOrts spread to my dotriment BY my Jesuitic
enemies and Ms to the truth or falsehood Of which
you assert you know nothing. Now, permit me to
ask you whore is tho most harm, in visit by a
stranger to the most wonderful and interesting Of
ell your institutions, or in the base false dishonest,
ungentlemanly, unoharitable construction you have
put upon III Do you think, sir, that one of those
| children would have had IN impure or improper
thought connected with my visit II it had not been
put into their heads by yourself! Believe me- sir,
there ia often more impurty in the mind ofthe critic
than in the object of his criticism There are mon
who would stand before the Venus Of Medic and the
Apollo of Belvidere, and 500 nothing in them but
their nudity. There are mon living like Paul the
fourth, whs would object the painting Of the Last
Judgment, and throw bronze drapery over the
statse of Prudence, and like Michael Angelo to the
Pope, might reply toyou, sir, "Reform tho world,
and these asporsaons will reform themselves
You think it improper, cir, for ddnseuSs to visit
one Of your public institutions Did your follow
citizens think 1t improper to accept the oapstone Of
the Bunker Hill Monument from Fanny Ellsler?
DO you think it improper for your public institu-
tons daily to receive willing contributions from the
hard earned salary of artists? If you do, you might
make il the subject of your next poem, for am in
formed that you are, or have been, poet, though
| never should have suspected il from 80 illibcral,
do not, pray DO not open your mouth again on the
subject Of tho visit Of an artist TO public nstitu-
ton.
With regard to my talent il would DO unbecom-
ing IN me to speak-or quote-but to say that
have posed myself in this country in any other
quality than that 0far artistic, is false, in the throat
Of whoever may say it,
had the offer made TO me when in Europe, of
entering America triumphantly Triumphant arches
oforcd to be erected for mo on the pier, gar
lands to be hung across my way, flowers spread oyor
my track, and my carriage drawn to my hotel by
human hands amidst showers of bouquets and vivas.
All this ! declined. II there is anything that
thoroughly detest, il is humbug. ! oven declined,
on arriving, the free use Of the telegraph, which
was courteously rendered me by the gentlemanly
propretcgr; and in case have | made interest to
buy the good opinions Of journals.
IL had cost mo to return to the stage scalding
tears, but was determined if succeeded ut all, il
should be lesiimately in the pursuit Of my profess
sion is an ayi'Ste though was well satisfied
the man who made me the offer, that in refusing it
was sacrificing great many dollars to my prinoi-
pies hadtoo much amour 21'oare, sir, to DO shown
W Ike weoly horse or white negro; but it is q
satisfaction to know that il it is who have suffered
by it, it is the public which has gained, and that in
stead Of paying from 50 up to a fabulous price for
tichess, all who desired il have had the satisfaction
Of seeing me for much smaller sum. ] was coun-
scllsd by several of my friends in New York to pur
chase the esteem Of those whose minds had been in.
hucnced by tine Jesutcal stories in circulation with
regard to mo, BY giving tho receipts Of my first
to me- and refused doing till the eve Of the cose
OF my engagements, when ! have invariably given
them benefit, when ! could obtain the permission
OF the directors of the theatre.
| speak Of Jesuitcal Tres. | mont TONED TO few
friends, in Paris, my intention of coming to Ame-
RIGA, artistic tour isomediatciy all the jour
nails, from Canada TO Mexico, flooded with com
municatons heaping upon mo all tho epithcts in tho
vocabulary bachguard. 1t said, also, that
tanned Wild horses, horscwhipped geadayncs, knock
cd aes with pistol ball off the bald heads of alder
men, fought duels, threw people overheard for the
sake Of saving them from drowning, and multitude
OF other similar feats. Now, sir do you tho sly,
Jesuitcal, infamous design of all this? II was sim
ply to unsex me-to deprive me OF that high, noble,
cbiyarousprotecion. whish is universally accord
I'd 10 woman IN this country by generous men.
Very well, sir; did they succeed! have been
now four months in ti.is 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 i'm
Iosed upon at first, they soon come again TO their
senses.
| finally arrived here in your tri-mountain 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 seven
Tho latter was the heather mystic number, but the
former was that Of the Christian trinity, and was
connected in my minaAWith those NOBLE selfsacri
fcing, devoted men, Who ever the objects of my
admiration. had twice been placed under the pro.
lection Gifts citizens-once by my parents in India
on 4 voyage to England, and once my p ,rimage
10 this country and in neither had cause TO re-
greet the choice that had boen made for ne.
say my pilgrimage to America, for it was in
deed pilgrimage Not such rs was made by thos ,
gallant, noble men who stcered their bark TO Ply
mouth rock-but moro like that loyerwould make
to the mistress of his heart, disciple Of Mahomet
10 his long dreamed OF Mecca, Catholic deroi to
The adcred and worshpped shrine Of his saint. And
as lover at tho feet of his adored mistress Ma
hommedan before the elf-sspondcd coffin Of the
prophets travel worn 2eiisgr1n0 PROSTATE before
the J0iductIiino Of st. Peter Mt Rome, SO have
bowed. silent. content and happy before the only
successful realization Of principle to which have
devoted my life And now, when /, ms a stranger,
wish to pay visit to those nurseries Of yoar noble
statesmen-your Websters, your Calhouns, your
| Clays--you cry out against me as an intruder!
Fie on you, sir! For i'll bred, snarling cur, un
worthy to stand at the portal Of public opinion.
had been told that you were good little fellow
and published n good little paper, though You did
fail play writer. Stick TO your new trade sir,
II it suits you, and praise your Vespucc and other
fayortes much you please, but do not interfere
with me in my innocent amuscments, and abuse me
for visiting with respectable gentlemen, accompanied
by Of their wives public institution in which
they had placed for education, their own children
Above all, if you would have the character of an
honest man, give circulation to apersions Of
the character Of a lady Of which you know nothing
which are false in themselves, and which. for my
owe part, defy any man living to prove.
J'ai Lonneur de vous sauer.
N. DE- LAEDsFELD HEALD,
LOLA Monies.