The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-10-17

Republican parties ingratitnde ii
failing to provide her with means be
fitting her position and IS dse tn,
wife Of the iIlustrious Lincoln. The
following extract on this point and
justifying eIfforappearing in thi.
transaction incog, is taken from the
batch correspondence: af
Through the ingratitudc Of the
Republicans toward the memory OF
the lamcnted President, tho family
OF their chief hare BEEN left to suffer
want and dcstitution. Therefore, il
IS natural TO suppose that when it
became imperativelv necessary for
Mrs. Lincoln, the l,onored and bc-
loccd wife of the late Presidents, to
dispose Of apparel and jcwclry to
enable her to NEE, common daily M
ccssitics of life, it was certainly in
better taste that Mrs. Clarke, rather
than Mrs. Lincoln, should appear in
tho proceeding. Although in her
overwhelming sorrow she was by an
nngratcfal Republican party deprived
Of her rightfnl maintainancc, the
should appreciate her delicacy ihdc-
sing her true name and their ignominy
from bcirg. known to the world"
In this reported correspondents she
is particularly severe, on somc ofthe
Iatc leaders in the Republican party,
and the Albany Kitchen Cabinet. She
says.
Il would not rclinqnish my attach.
mont to the party to which my h,is-
band belonged, and in whose cause
his precious life was sacrificed, not
withstanding it is composed Of such
men as Weed. Raymond, and Seward,
who nominalIy belong to it, and who.
To- accomplish their purposes, would
drag it down to the lowest depths Of
degradation. The late President
thoronglyf tested these men, and had
become fully aware before his death
OF their trcachery and ialseness.'
No woman never wrote q letter
without a p. s., and tho. following
from her last to Brady shows her cs-
innate Of the value of goods:
"P. S.-As you mention that my
goods have been valued at $24 900, /
will be willing tn mako q reduction
ofSS. 900. and rclinqnish them for
$4,000, in MISUNDERSTANDING
less IF this ,s not accomplished, !
will continue to advertise largely un-
til every article is sold. I must have
means to live. at least in medium
comfortable state. Mrs. L."
By this most unscemly and dis
i,--sssss>ssss ->lAsa,ses1s, 4aArs. l1sDcOIn has
forfeited what little sympathy there
was remaining in tho minds Of tho
American peoplefor her. Had she retir
cdto her plcasan: home in. Springfield
hear the grave Of her immortal Lus.
band, and lived in that quiet dignifed
position, becoming the widow Of
Abraham Lincoln, hor means would
have been amply sufficient to have
maintained her respectfully, and the
public would have been saved. the
disgraceful spectacle of Presidents
widow, offering her old apparel in a
pawn brokers shop to enable her to
keep up q showing ofshoddy aristoc-
racy. The Cleveland Leader IRE
pubIican) has the following in regard
TO her means:
"Judgc Davis, Lincoln's ad dninistra-
tor, reported that the estate was worth
SIS ZOO: Congress gave Mrs. LIn-
coin the presidents unexpired years
salary, and also gave her S25, 900 be-
sides, the same as was allo xed the
late Mrs. Gen. Harrison.
Congressman Wentworth pressed
Mrs. Lmcoin's claim for $1OO, 900, but
congress did not think such gift
justitiabIc. There arc other facts that
shonld they como to light, perhaps,
void explain Mrs. Lincoln's presen,
Strengthened circumstances. Among
such facts is this, that n bill FOR so,nc
$4,000 for jewelry purchased By Mrs.
Lincoln WAS presented to congress
and disallpwed, and the secrets OF that
committee coald di-ulge most re-
markable items that through Mrs.
Lincoln wcro presented for payment.
We hope these things wills all be made
public, and that it also maybe known
what the forty hugo boxes sent to
Chicago from the white honse, after
the death Of Mr. Lincoln, contained.
Let the cour try know the fact that
it required an appropriation Of $780,
600 to make good the spoliation ut
the white house, and let it be proved
who had tho benefit OF such plunder
ing"