Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-23
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The New York Herald which is a kind Of
personal organ Of the Presidents fsmily,
gives notice thst "a the President Of the United
States is entitled TO the respect of every citizen,
and reads 8 eevere lecture to those who dare
insult hsm OF bis family, whether in the chit
chat and gossip Of society, from tia rostrum Of
She public orasor or through the columns of the
newspaper The Herald gives 81 20 undsr-
stand that those ofsases must cease, and
dresses of Mrs. Lincoln IN the following inti-
mate stYie-giviBg to her psrson most re-
msrkabls sanciity;
Is was shout year ago that the radical Re
pubiean press began a ses15al9us eHslaugas
upon Mrs Lincoln. Tho NeY Eaglsnd papers,
though assuming 70 Represent moral, pure and
serupulously fastidious communities, disgracsd
themselves by publishing the most infamous
sIanders. New England speakers banded Mrs.
Lincoln's asme about IN the most nngentis-
manly manner, and did not scrupls to assail her
as q synpsthizsr with the rebels. The New
York TT5bans wss foremost in this dirty work
and many OF 0nr readers must still remembei the
TTi5WHe's vUearities upon Mrs Lincoln's ball
and ball dress and the Annoying paragraphs in
regard to her French aud the studies she was
making, ''thst she may better discharge the du-
ties of her elsvated staten" Nor can tha pro-
eeedings Of the kitchen committee Of Paul Pry
Hickman yet be forgotten OK forgiven Ia
cans, afraid TO attack the President openly, con
tinued for a long while to abuse and Insult his
wife, who, 50 far from giving them the slightest
excuse for their assaults was distinguished
then as now for her benevolencs, her anisbiity,
the absencs of that vulgar display which too
many women would affect in her position, and
for those graces of person and department which
beit the wife Of the Chief Magistrate Of great
country.
Now the radical Democratic organs are
viiifYing mTs. Lincoln as scsndaously as
did the Abolition papers q few months ago
Oue Of these Democratic organs recently au-
nounced that Mrs. Lincoln was IN favor of
emsncipating the slaves Of the South, and con
Guided his remarks by the boorish suggestion
that the President might hail his wifa as tbs
first slave emsRcipstsd By his proclamasiou.n
The Journal Of COmnasrce, the Express and the
WOTld, have each copied and given circulation
10 2 bit Of Washington gossip. wh ch 10 decent
paper ought to print, to the eff ct that Mrs Lin
coin looks rather pretty, owing in q great meas
tnged her features with unnatural haaatv
Such publications have tendency 20 slienata
from the President and his fanily that popular
affection ard respect almost indi ipaRs5le 70 the
welfare of the country during sHch a crisis IS
this. To those who know Mrs Lincon her
character speaks for itself aud her merits sre as
great as they are unobsrusiYe An wac are
brought into social intercourse with her admire
hsT Wol1anly virtues her goodness of beart and
her rars Hodesty, which adorns, while it cannot
entirely conceal the quiet dignity SO becoming
to one in her position. We advise these editors,
therefore, to apologize for their past offenses
against pr9pYiety. and to desist from all such
insulting end ill-brsd personalities IN the future