The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-03-12
LAMENT OF sEcrssroxIsr woMEN.


the New York Evening Post. In her las, letter
she gives the
LAMENT or sEcEssIoSIsT woMEN.
1t is really affecting to hear the old AaJitxes
Of Washington lament or rage over the new
regime. Miss Forlorn burrows in the attic. ahe
is maiden of fifty, who, of coarse, has seeu
"beiter days." had many lovers. and refused
thirty offers Of marriage She claims 70 be
| a victim in semc mysterious way to the admins
| tration ard the new REIGN of yankees" There
| is something touching as well ss ridicu'oss IN
| her dinner table lamentations. Once che waa .
the bosom friend of Lady Gore Ousely, the cho.
sen confianie of Lady Napier and the pet of
Mrs p, and B. and j., IL We may believe her
story. In those palmy days she despised and
hated everything northern Nov, no, daring %
despise, she hates with re-doubled zest, with q
hatred veering close upon madness. for the
North holds over her the sceptre Of power.
On the row Of clear cut northern faces which
confront her at the dinner-tsbIe with quiet po-
liteness she gsres with covert menace. hoW
genuinely she hates us, how iurioUsly she hates
u.s. while with her vindictive missiles flying ia
our faces, we continue 10 nasjicatc our beef.iesk
in unperturbed serenity of soul "Do you think
tha, Gsd has any special spite against New York
and Massachusetts. I asked the other day.
Yes" she answered, "notbing could be more
marked than the way in which He caused tho
New York and Massachusetts regiments 70 b
cut Up at Bull Run" Like ali secessioI.ists. abe
claims TO be profoundly pious. All her prophetic
information she derives from the Bible. From
it's sacred pages she learre tha: the power of the
North is to be OF very brief duration; that the
Southern Confederacy is very soon to be ackow-
edged by foreign powers, aud that Gen. McClei-
Ian il 10 be killed in battle. "Oln she says,
? Washington ia Washington 10 longer. Could
YOU have eeen il under the old administrations !;
IL was perfectly clean and beautiful then. But
1 the Goihs and Huns have come down upon 10
, With their dirt. ] never walk in the avenue
r now for instead OF nv dear Southern friends, L
! find only filth md Yankees" She never goes
TO the Capitol because il Is so filed with Re-
n publicans. and her presence can DO longer in-
. spire the eloquence of Southern traitors. She
q never attends the lsvees because Mrs. Lincoln
I s 20 common, and Mr.. Lincoln not gentleman.
lie lacks all the courtly grace Of Southern man
Q ners. He Il simply comprehensive, earnest
2 honest man, who does not know how 10 make
A | The most graceful use Of his hands. No South
| ern woman will pardon him for that Of course
y such q man is not tt to be President, Rebellion
;s has made Misc ForlOrn a little crazy. But hsi
A preiudices represent without exaggeratioo thost
. Of q large class Of Washingtorisns.
They hate the new regime They hate isn'
e KEGS, meaning all born north OF !" Dixie. ihsy
e hate them, because in a thousand ways, even n
.e their quiet kindness. they unconsciousy oet.ay
.e their superiority. The silent wonder Witn "nict
:. ,hey regard the tawdry culture, the slip sbot
bouse keeping. the lack Of all progressive ener
~ Of electric vim-eo paipable in the South
compe,s them to feel that they are at least {
y hundred years in the rear Of she North. TheJ
" feel doeped, suIlen, ss people usually do aster
e struggle, in which they have been vorsted. Ine
J. dave we're long in which the South ruled the
:; sociaI ~ veil ss the political life OF wasnme
!. ton: but they are among ''the days snss are 10
!. more"