. . . in Washington and Georgetown. They refuse to offer up the prayers which
their bishop has prepared for them, thanking God for the late victories over
the rebels! Two clergymen in Washington
refused last Sunday to read the prayer.
One in Georgetown read it with a protest, several women of the congregation
bouncing out of the church in sublime anger!
It is very singular what a hold this rebellion has upon a class of women
in this city. – They descend to the most abominable dirtiness of spirit in
their conduct. There is nothing noble,
nothing heroic, in their conduct, and but one thing will cure them. Let. Gov. Wadsworth order them to pack up
their baggage and be off to Dixie, and if any real estate is left let the
Government seize it – and this would make short work with fashionable treason
here. These petticoated fiends (for many
of them are downright fiends) have
had their own way long enough, and it is about time to compel them to go to the
people they say they love so well. On
the street upon which I live there are at least twenty female secessionists,
full blown, rabid, and some of them unquestionably engaged in the spy
business. Yet the government threatens
the loyal newspapers, and is exceedingly tender of these female spies. – Wash. Letter.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 5, 1862, p. 2
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