Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-10-11

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acting in constrained part. The conclu-
sion to which any one accustomed to weigh
| internal evidence will come is, that, If the
letters are genuine, Mrs. Lincoln, whose
| Judgment and taste have never been rated
high, has been beset and prompted by cruel
and INSCRIPTIONS advisers in the interest of
the Democratic party, that they might have
the denouement to publish jpst on the eve
of election. The adroitness of the World,
in throwing in its comments and drawing
its differences, indicates a noticeable fami-
liarity with the transaction, and steadi-
ness of purpose to make it available The
World also intimates, although the last
date given is not a week previous, that
other correspondence is in its hands, to be
published when it shall see how this is re-
ceived We do not like to say anything
to the disparagement OF Mrs. Lincoln. If
the letters were written of her own free i'm
pulse, they speak harder than we could
bring ourselves to speak. If they are fab
relations or have been drawn out by cum
ming and deceitful men, all we have to say
it is a most cruel thing to her. In either
case it is too obvious and malignant, and
the statements too incredible to do any
damage to the Republican party It is oar
| opinion that Mrs. Lincoln could not, s~far
as she herself is concerned, do a more in
judicious act than provoke such retort,
which certain persons, for whom she evil
| IDENTIFY entertains no friendly feelings. could
make.
[From the Philadelphia Tele raphJ
In the Evening Telegraph of yesterday
we published the correspondence between
Mrs. Lincoln and Mr.. Brady in full. The
above covers all the additional particulars.
collected by corps of Jenkinses, upon the
subject. 1t will be remembered that Mrs.
Lincoln den0unces only Raymond, Seward,
Weed and Wakeman as ungratefuI Repub-
licans. AS these men have all left that
party, our Radical friends may rest easy
under the anathemas of Mrs. Lincoln. She
says, moreover, that she still loves the Re-
publican party. We do not wish TO speak
about this sad and diSgraceful affair at
length, but as leading Democrats have made
this exposure for party capital, we feel il
duty to notice it thus far We happen to
know that offers of assistance have been
made 10 Mrs. Lincoln from Europe by
promlncntRepublicans in quiet and appro-
pirate way. These tenders she has refused
most ungraciOusly. She is said to be in
cited to her present course by certain mem
bers Of the Todd family, who are her rela-
tives That Mrs. Lincoln is not treating
the friends OF her late husband Justly may
be seen IN the fact that nearly all the arti-
cleS offered Tor sale were presented to her by
admirers and partisans of the lamented
Lincoln, her husband as tokens of their
love and respect for him.
New York Despatch in Pittsburg Commcrcial.l
New YORK, Oct. Airs. Lincoln still
remains here, and insists on the sale of her
personal effects at auction. Prominent
members OF the Union League visited her
last night, and offered to raise large sum
Of han, n-E doc l.n
will recant, and take her clothes back to
her house. This offer she refused in the
most ungraciOus manner, and said she was
bent upon furnishing certain prominent
politicians, among whom are Weed, Gree
ley, Raymond, Seward and Johnson.
[From the Springfield Republican,
That dreadful woman, Mrs. Lincoln, who
is in the open market with her useles tinery,
will not let the people either forget her OF
remember her only with respect as the
widow of a beloved patriot and revered
President as they would be glad to do, but
persists in forcing her repugnant individu-
ality before the world, to The great NORTH
cation Of the nation, and the scandal of all
real friends Of her husband In order to |
drive better bargain with her jewels and |
clothes, she has written various vulgar and |
letters, and caused to be pub
tleman to whom the goods were sent tried |
to persuade her to withdraw them, but
without avail and then to get prominent Re
publicans to take them privately at such
prices as would satisfy her demands. This
also failing, she instructed him to put them
before the public as hers.
From the Cleveland Herald.
Our readers in perusal Of the article we
copied from the New York World, will |
agree in this, that the disclosure made
there is very indelic1te on the part OF Mrs.
Lincoln, and sadly discreditable to that
person; for, Of course, the private letters
there spread out are published with the
and consent of the writer. No
person would we justified in dragging Mrs.
Lincoln before the public, and in probing
the domestic affAirs of the White House,
so far as she was Instrumental in their ad-
but Mrs. Lincoln has herself
come before the world, appealing to the
public for sympathy, and if that appeal re-
suits in disclosures damaging to herself she
,an alone be held responsible therefor. It
las been believed that charity and Obliv-
on were the clOaks that should cover Mrs |
Lincoln's career as Mistress of the White |
House, and a generous public has been 7
Wiling such should be the case; but if Mrs t
lincoln will not permit it, on her own head
must lie the consequences. Congress has =
'een charitable, too, for it is well known
hat Investigation has been suppressed 5
trough regard for the feelings of that 5
ady. But we hope that nothing will now v
&c kept secret, and that we may know q
he whole truth in the premises-let the Q
calpel Of Investigation cut where it may. 4
! lady whose early life was one of very Q
nipple indulgences, and whose sphere was I
ne of very limited circumference, sud '
emily raised to the possession of an in Ii
ONE of seventeen hundred dollars per o
ear, with profusion Of ohawls ranging {
rom seVenty-tiye dollars to two thousand
olIars, with dress patterns costing four P
thousand dollars, with founce worth one e
undred and fifty dollars, parasol cost Il
ng two hundred and fifty dollars, and q '
andkerchief valued at eighty dollars ?
18th diamond rings to match, cannot ex- u u
ect plain, economical people to believe Il
er when she complains of being pressed
Or means Of common subsistence. The o
acts are just these Judge Davis, Lincoln's G.
administrator, reported that the estate II
yas worth So, 600. Congress gave Mrs. \
lincoln the Presidents unexpired Years Il