The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-10-18


and documents. which accompany or make
up the appeal to the generosity Of loyal men,
is he following written by Mrs Lincoln,
to her agent in this city, suggesting to the
latter to make her case known to gentle
man well and favorably known in this coin
munity 1t is as follows
Chicago, Sept. 4.
w. H. Brady, esq:
Dear Sir Please call and sec Hon. Alb
ram Wakeman He was largely indebted
to me for obtaining the lucrative office
which he mas held for several years, ald
from which he has amassed very large
fortune. He will assist me in my painful
and humlliating situation, scarcely removed
from want He would scarcely hesitate to
return small manner, the many favors
my husband myself always showered upon
him. Mr. Wakeman many tines excited
my sympathies in his urgent appeals for
Office, as we'll for himself as others. There
fore he will only be too happy to relieve
me by purchasing one or more of the ar
ticles YOU will please place before him.
Very truly, MRs. A LINCOLN.
The English language affords few things
more exlll5lte, in is way, than this letter.
Its frankness and simplicity are touching
Its Glrectness leaves open no avenue of es
cape. Mr.. Wakeman has often excited" :"
the sympathies Of Mrs. Lincoln on his own
account, and now she asks that he in turn
will permit her to excite him to manly ac-
ton. Mrs. Lincoln tells Mr. Wakenan
that he is indebted to her for the ''the very
large fortune he has amassed as postmas-
ter and as surveyor of the port of New
\ ork, and On that account size feels sure
'he will only be too happy" to relieve her
destitute condition ''by purchasing one Or
more articles" Mr.. Wakeman will not re-
sist this appeal? He cannot! National,
not less than personal honor, demand that
he respond fully and promptly 10 the APP
peal of the lady who comiortcd and sus-
tanned him in her day of power and his day
Of need Mrs. Lincoins wardrobe, now
on sale in New York, is apprised at twenty
four thousand dollars; bat she offers, out
of her sore necessities, to sell it for sixteen
thousand. let Mr. Wakeman instantly
take the whole lot, and send his check for
the amount The sum will be but drop
in the ocean of his reputed wealth. and all
loyal men will . rise up and call him bies
sed -
From the 1lbany -trgus.
The revelations which we publish else
where, exposing the inner life of the re-
publican court, as it was fulsomely styled
by It's parasites, show how shameless were
the coarscness and rapa;ity that centered
there. "The party Of great moral ideas y
enthroned vcnalty and greed in the White
House, paid to their embodiment tributes
of ''barbaric pearl and gold,'' dressed it ir
diamonds and laces, and oriental shawls-
knelt down before it, and prayed for its ia
vor The idol is stripped aud mocked al
now; but the worship is still as degraded
the worshippcrS as grovelling as ever.
| Let the people watch this shameless auc
tiun. That diamond was the price of a
| State paper betrayed before its time Those
aces purchased an Office in which specula
| ton has since grown wanton. That shaw
was the price of secret Of the war bureau
| That brooch that elistcned on the idol
bosom represented cotton permit Be
hind those costly wells contract was sole
which supplied our soldiers with damaged
guns and shabby clothing Those Russian
sables were the share of stock specula
ton, founded upon information of the Sc
crets Of the Cabinet.
The auction is but the repetition of tha
other auction in which during the hour o
National darkness and calamity, the right
of the people, the blood of armies, and tht
sweat of labor for generations, were offered
to the highest biddcrs