As Long As It Served His Purpose,

If It Is A Crime To Love The South, Its Cause And Its President, Then I Am A Criminal. I Would Rather Lie Down In This Prison And Die Than Leave It Owing Allegiance To A Government Such As Yours.

There Are Those Who Maintain That In This World Women Have No Right To Interfere In The Affairs Of State, In Politics, In Plots And Counter-plots. Others That Are Who, More Chivalrous, Are Willing To Admit That Women Have As Much Right To Act, Think, And Speak As Men.

Fortune Has Played Me A Sad Trick By Letting Me Live On And On.

Meanwhile, My Residence Within The Federal Lines, And My Acquaintance With So Many Of The Officers, The Origin Of Which I Have Already Mentioned, Enabled Me To Gain Much Important Information As To The Position And Designs Of The Enemy.

I Do Not Set Myself Up As An Advocate Of The Woman's Right Doctrine, But Would Rather Appear In The Character Of A Quiet Lady Expressing Her Sentiments, Not So Much To The Public As To Her Immediate Friends.