New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-28
Another Letter from Lola Monies.


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Another Letter from Lola Montes
The New York Herald publishes the following |
eloquent appeal from Lola Montes to the Ame-
rican people. 1t is an epitome of her life and
adventures, which have been, as she says truly
romantic. The fair dGnseuse claims, 1--WE are |
not prepared to say with what degree of justice)
to have exercised a considerable influence in the
politics of several European States
Mr. Be,mat-I you will moi refuse stranger
and that stranger woman little space in your paper
for appeal TO an intelligent and generous community
against unjust and iibra upon her intended to
| prejudice the people against her
am too that the good hearted American people,
and Of this noble city. wsten noensve stranger
and protect her against rude and harsh treatment know
who guilty of rude insulting and vulgar treatment Of
visitor to their free hespabe and happy land know
they will ympathze with female who seeis deport
herself nnobtrsivey and hecomingy when She forced
to go into the newspapers to defend herself aud if she
shows she is right am confident they will sustain her
Since childhood, when frs; came to know of America.
my heart yearned to visit it read of the tales suffering
encountered by the Pilgrims who first came her read
Of the progress their noble descendants: of their rss
British oppression and of the glorious deeds of
Washington peerless among peers; Of Jefferson and
Franklin. and Fulton and jackson: studied your ns
tutons. and all my dreams of connected
with your happy country
ture that ii almost equals those given in popular works
of fiction Isometines look back my life and wonder
is this true ."-~ have existed '-ao liye?" is
it all dream ~ have been wild and wayward, but if
know myself, wicked appeal to every COM
panon servant in my whole life of my sex. to say
if treated them nnjustly- unkindly and will add.
ungenerously have been traduced. and sandered,
vlited more. think than any human being. man
Of ne were # half Of It were true sht t to
be buried alive. The very atrocities attributed
themselves show their falsehood At the age of thirteen,
inudicious hut well meaning friends constrained to
an alliance with one much my senior in years but who
had not my affections who did not seek to win Them aud
from whom / was obliged to part myself No
accused Of fasehood to my of fidelity to him
We weredvorcel. BY that separation was thrown upon
the world rendless, without resources any of
support except my industry and humble abilities.
was in the Fast indies. went to England, and from
theme, to the Continent and became as tho only resource
for honorable and vrtuous livelihood, artistic.
actress, dansesc encountered all those terrible trials
incident to resolution to take care Of myself without de-
penencc upon any My profession exposed to the
approaches of the centous to the ISLANDERS of the mali
cios to the deraction OF the eyious. deteuceess
except in reliance rectude Of purpose and
duet. My enemics-made enemies because was proud
won,ana ef-wied woman-an ambitious If you
will, but honorable woman. who would not become
their instrument of wckednesslny enemies by false
hood and forgery and every species crime have asaiet
and hunted me Throughout Europe and Great Britain
and pursue me to America hut / defy-I proudly
defy the Jesuit band and their tribes Of tools aud srt
nents. to instance single act of mine in the
eventul NE eyery day OF which can be rHccd) thai
is coupled with dslonor
Recently have been dragged before the public in Tho
Newlork press by individuals. in cards and other publ
cations The object was for them oge before the public
Once noticed them. for it, 1t has
reply totally ineXcusahe and more offensive than sup
posed the writer had the heart pen against defence
less female This is a the notice shall give to the
signed to that assault so insidiouy made Nor will
further notice any If the individuals who have assalcl
me Those editors who have given unSind and ilberal
notices of have my forgiveness. hope female
laton Of theirs may meet with similar unkindness
from any The sweetest revenge take Of all my
enemies to forgive them 1t is the prcrogativc of in
offcnsiycness and. thank Heaven, can exercise It,
But in relation to Of the statements and insina-
tons made as to my course in Europe and my conduct in
the Continent it is due to Others well as to myself
that should notice some Misrepresentation book of
tasehoods and forgeres got up political enemies
the Court of Bavaria by miserable who acted
my servant and who was brbed by the Jesuit faction
there has represented us occupying in that court
position that did occupy Obscure scribblers in
this country have volunteered what they call defence
that could only have been dictated by the most
deprnved prohigacy unprinciped hostility nexcusabe
stupidity dsavow, repudiae all these vile defences
and their authors.
In my professional danseuse having been in
Innsprnck my way to Vienna. stopped at Munich
Soon received from aid of the good old King
Louis invitation royal audience the next day
After esitating some time yielded to the solicitation OF
with the King at noon-day. The King treated me with
kindness. In familiar conversation with him about
especially in relation to French editors whom
acquainted with Having always been sl yet in til,
habit of making fun notes public events menand move
ments, was enabled to be accurate.
The King manifested great surprise at of the in
formation gave him and seemed deeply interested
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at first declined and finally Observed win it no
give cause for scandal against your Majesty" The Kns
replied: " No have no fear of that consented tt
stay few days aud renewed my conversations with th,
King several times on visits to him at his instance
y These visits We're unceremonous. talked to the kins
as always do to every onc-truthtny, frankly, nnt
without eonceament told him of errors and abuses il
his Goyernnlent told linn of the peridy of his Ministers
Honest and nnsusnecting he did not believe it but
provedit to him. lie expressed his gratitude to me. Iii
Queen was my friend, exposed to him especially TIN
art duplicty and ylany Of his Prime Minister Baro,
q D'Abcl Jesuit who had wormc himself into his conf
dence. What had to gain by all this but the establish
lncn of right, the protection of honest
e rogucs. King Louis convinced in spite of nil tn
scanaous fabricaions that We're circulated, that wa
prohigatc and faithless councillors could not magim
from whence their betrayed and abused master learne
the facts to their conduct, When they did what
me- was every thing that was bad and vile But the
could not iniurc With the good old King. The Kim
defended and justified aud denounced Uoir aspersion
= and caumnes. One day he told D'Abci, i'll reply t
some observation den9uncng me that she is right
:. D'Abel replied she is Ring then!'' Yes, sa III
Il good old Louis she s King; and the remark. mad
WAS distorted reported to the public and made the them
of the thousand ScandalGus and ridiculous stories.
$. my conduct towards tile King influenced onl
by a wish to do good TO linn aud his good subjects VIII
were both deceived and cheated by ofi4te minstr,
, The people opprrsar, by villain Minister'S who lai
- their ad acts To the King. discovered thut l
ministry had copy of the newspaper published b
Government organ printed oi his and different cop
as printed for the people, which he expose
ID this vile deception exposed others Of the nefaro,
" They only denounced every thing that vi
- and infamous. but they said democrat revo
"S ZIONIST, and every thing else that Aiooris
= Countess Spanish spy, and French spy. The Kin
T. said he would make Bayarian' Countess and
did make me 'Co,,ntess of Inndsfcld, aud made II
liberal gifts knowing his purity he did not inc,
to he bullied by the bad around him to do inu
IL tcc. They continued their denunciatios of Il
: Moorish Countess talked of .Spansh sway; al
II, called my friends the = iolan,ontane party to d
= ngush it from the 'ultramontane. ministerial part
entertained liberal views and the advocate Of Ii
N era measures then l hut socialis
nor political revoutionst without
I The Prime Minister ~ Abel determined drive
ID away and he plotted against raised all kinds OF
dal against to France, England the East Indie
and Spain, to gel false testimony against He repr
, scnted to the people that influenced the King to do
81 kinds of wckcdness and he attributed his opprcs
laets to the King and myself In all these vllano
schemes he failed till he called in the aid Of the Austr'
" Prime Minister, Prince Metternch Then they tried
coneilate aud soote and bride 10 their purpose
was offered four millions Of francs and the title OF pf
If would consent aid them TO conto! the Nh
ee to advance their plans This indignantly reIaset al
lie Immediately exposed their offer TO the King e was
tonshed and exclaimed It cannot be 90 ldetefmin
III prove It, agreed upon interview Win Metlefhei
and D'Abcls agent Haron Milit2hin In room uie hn
being concealed that he could hear a that passed