Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-10-15
Mrs, Lincoln and Her QuOndam Friends.

posed in courtiers than in princes
She is very much at outs with Ger
tain prominent individuals Of the Re
publican party, who were wont il
times past to regard her in the ligh
Of a powerful "friend at Court" ant
to seek and solicit her influence &C
cordingly. She was thwarted by
them in grand pecuniary specula
lion, to which the nation was to be
come contributor, and hence the
bitter feeling she manifests towards
them, made all the more so by the
persistent GOODNESS of manner with
which they treat her. A contempt.
rary informs US that she is particu-
larly severe in her denunciations
against such men as Thurlow Weed,
Henry J. Raymond. William FL.
Seward and others, and claims that
it was through their influence that
the plan proposed by the Tribune to
raise fund for her by the voluntary
subscription of the people, was
thwarted.
The question was asked Mrs. Lin
coin what her feelings were with re-
gard to the Republican party, in
consideration of the unkindness and
ingratitude displayed by them in de-
priving her of almost all means of
support, the reply was, II could not
relinquish my attachment for the
party to which my husband belonged,
and in whose cause his precious life
was sacrificed, notwithstanding it is
composed Of such. men as Weed,
Raymond and Seward, who nomi-
nally belong to it, and who would
drag it down to the lowest depths OF
degradation. The late Presiden.
thoroughly tested these men, and
had become fully aware before his
death of their treachery and false
ness"
The recalcitrating effect of this
boomerang, so fearlessly launched
by the distressed Mrs. Lincoln at the
heads of her late friends, is best
shown by the following extract from
Thurlow Weeds paper, the New
York Commercial Advertiser:
Though Mr.. Lincoln left an estate
which enabled his family to live
quite as comfortably as they had
ever lived, Congress and the people
would have promptly and cheerfully
provided munifcently for them if
Mrs. Lincoln herself, with every ad-
vantage that high position gave her,
had made friends or inspired respect.
And this last exhibition proves how
instinctively right the popular esti-
mate of her character was.
The fact for which Mrs. Lincoln
seeks largely publicity, namely, that
she received presents valued at
$4,000, is pregnant and sug-
gestive one-suggestive, at least, of
offices and contracts, unless the more
charitable construction is reached
through the assumption that they
were expressions Of regret and friend
ship. But it is not known that the
wife Of any President, however est
mable, was SO loaded with shawls,
laces, furs, diamonds, rings, &c.
Mrs. Lincoln's propensity to sell
things was manifested early, and be-
fore any necessity was foreseen. If
our information is reliable, eleven of
Mr.. Lincoln's new linen shirts were
sold almost before the remains, which
were shrouded in the twelfth, had
started for that "bourne from whence
no traveller returns
Individually, we are obliged to
Mrs. Lincoln for an expression of
her ill-will. 1t is pleasant to remem-
Der that we were always out of favor
in that quarter. And it is equally
pleasant to remember that we pos
sessed the friendship and confidence
of Mr.. Lincoln to the last hour of his
life, without paying court, as others
did, to Mrs. Lincoln, and in spite of
her constant efforts to disturb our re-
lations.
This notifying revelation will 60
abroad, and, as is natural, the press
of Europe will make the most of it,
in deprecating the ingratitude Of our |
government and the want Of liber-
atty in the American people. This
consideration alone constrains us to
discharge the unpleasant duty of
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