The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-21

The LADY OF THE WHITE HoUsn IN TIN
| NEwspAPA ys-The rebels Of the South, through
their organs have been in the habit of dealing
out all sorts Of personalities against President
Lincoln, and Aie vocabulary Of abuse has been
ransacked to Mud out epithets sufficiently de-
grading to apply to him. They have not as
yet however, beel, SO wanting in manliness as
to drag females into this war of scurrilOasness.
That barbarian practice originated with the
low factions of European countries, and has
been taken up in the same barbarian spirit by
the low abolitionist faction of the North. We
have specimen Of it in the following extract
from the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, which
Is being circulated in two Of the nearest kind
ofJournals, conducted by the meanest sort of
editors-the Express and tho Albany Arzyus -
we have for the first time in tho history Of Presidents
afresidenps wife who seems To be ambitious Of having
niger ~ tho government pie. Her friends compare Mrs.
cn 10 queen Elizabeth in her statesmanike tastes
capabilities. She S by means q simple domestic
woman pu was evidently intended by nature to mix
ne mas ere tins made and unmade the political fortunes
OIL men. she Is said to be much in conversation with
Cabinet members, and has before held correspon
dcnce with them political topics Some 60 as
TO suggest THAT the President is indebted her
OF his ideas and projects. She is very active
Nothing escapes her cye She manages the affairs OF
White House q do not moan State afrars) with ability
and will SEQ to II that tho sold MANI does to
Springfield ponness In foreign countries her turn for
p0itics would not subject her to adverse criticism but
the American people unused to these things that
it Is not easy for them to hko it. Mrs. Douglas
good deal Of politician, though she injured her
husbands position but rather improved IT, by her social
alliances Miss Lane never alluded to politics. and Mrs.
Fierce knew nothing about them She was probably the
most simple hearted that ever presided at the
Presidents tablo The word ''smpe' Is not used in q
depreciatiye sonse, She was pure minded, unsefsh,
Christian woman and knew nothing at al Of the world
Mrs. Lincoln is a lady of Kentucky, and has
imbibed her education from the South. II her
training has not been as elaborate or pushed to
the same extent Of technical cultivation as that
OF European ladies of the same social position
she is their equal in intelligence, capacity and
amability. 1t is a very different sort of train
ing from that Of the strong minded women of
the North, Such as Antoinette Brown, Lucretia
Mott or Abby Kelly Foster, who derive their
education from the stump, and who are the
close allies of the abolitionist faction. Ladies
brought up like Mrs. Lincoln have proper ap-
probation of their duties and their limits. They
neither invade the province of the male sex nor
neglect the obligations and responsibilities of
their own positions. They are not the less com
pctent to aid their husbands by their counscls
when their advice is solicited. Mrs. Lincoln
we repeat, is a woman of remarkable ability
and goodness of heart, and has no superior
among the female notabiitics of Europe, we
care not how elevated the class to which they
may belong. The venom which peeps out
through the complimentary gloss of the para
graph above quoted is only to be accounted fors
by the fact that the schemes of the rabd faction,
whose organs have no better term to apply to
her husband than that of "the slave hound of
Illinois" have been in some way disturbed or
gifted lady.
BALTIMoRE-AN ENCOURAGING CAsE.-From
secession rampant, ferocious and incendiary, to
secession subdued and submissive, what won
derful change has come over the city Of Balti-
more since the LIST of May. Then Baltimore
stood like on armed and bloodthirsty rebel
ruffian, disputiug our right of way to our ma
tional capital, and compelling us for days and
weeks to go around miles away to the right or
to the left; now an unarmed Massachusetts man
y,
night or day, singing "Yankee Doodle" with
perfect impunity. From the. Goth of April,
and for month thereafter, the rebel rag in thai
city foated in triumph from the merchants pa
lace and the ruffans pothouse; now, the old
flag of the Union having displaced the symbol
of rufianism, law and order prevail. Between
the reign Of secession, terror, destruction and
spoliation, which, within the space of fort
night, had reduced one-half the population of
Baltimore to idleness poverty and restitution,
and the reign of our benefcent government,
with its blessings restored, how great
is the contrast. 1t is the difference be-
tween dark and tempestuous night and
bright and balmy day; it is the contrast be-
tween the terrors Of bowling, drunken, in
furiate and irresponsible mob, and the bless
ings Of peace and liberty, security and protec
ton. And such is the contrast everywhere be-
tween the fierce and despotic reign of secession
and the sovereignty of that blessed govern
ment whose ensign is the flag of our Union
Such, within few months, in both extremes
has been the experience of Baltimore. Her
history since the 10th of April last, affords all
the necessary facts for fair judgment between
the despotism of Davis and the government of
the United States, and we hope that before the
end Of the present year every other Southern
city will realize the distinction, as it is realized
in Baltimore.
THE COAST DEFENCEs-REspoNsE TO Mr.
SEwARD's LETTERING. Stewards letter, calling
on the Governors of Northern States to fortify
the harbors, has been responded to with great
patriotism and promptitude. and everywhere it
has given much satisfaction. Already are
operatio~s being commenced. For in
stance, heavy guns are now being con-
veyed from Governors Island to Fort Rich
mond, at the Narrows, where they will
be placed in position Immediately. This fort
will mount one hundred and forty guns, of which
one hundred and sixteen will be for the case
mates and the remainder will be Dlaced en- bnr-