The Litchfield County post., 1828-12-18

Judge more weight, and a greater zest to his conversation, was the smiles of his lovely daughter. young lady about eigh- teen, who was also impressed with firm belief of the injustice of the Americun cause, and looked upon all its supporters as traitors to their king and country. Nat urally of an ardent temperament, he soon became deeply in love with her. But he could not have been smore unfortunate in his choice. A dcep-rooted and bitter en- mity had long subsisted between the heads of the two families. It was quarrel in which the Colonel and Judge had been engaged while young men, and which had never been healed. And when the colo nies were determined to bear the oppres- sions of the mother country no longer, and Col. Francis was found on the side of ius- tice, fearlessly advocating the cause of freedom, Judge -, as a matter of course, was jealous leader of those whose mercenary spirits prompted them to side with the British government, not on the score of principle, but merely because it was the strongest party. The breach now became wider than ever; and Edward Francis, in his frequent visits to the house of the Judge, was obliged to use stealth in order to conceal what he knew his father would not only rebrobate, but absolutely ! forbid. At length his feelings got the mas 1 tery of his judgment he declared to his father his affection for Julia --, the daughter of the Judge, and solicited his ] consent to their union. 1t would be diffi- cult to determine which preponderated, rage or grief,when Col. Francis first heard this avowal. To have his son-and that son an only One-fesre to unite himself with the daughter of his most bitter ene- my; one who was opposing the nearest and dearest interests of his country, and joining himself heart and hand with the oppressor, was more than he could bear to l think of. And to have that son not only desirous of doing this, but also firm sup porter of the political tenets of his adver- sary, was doubly distracting. He endeav- ored to prevail upon him by all the argu- ments that reason or affection could sug- gest, to relinquish all hope of such an un- isn; but to no purpose. He then tried the effect of parental authority, and for bade, in the most peremptory manner, any further intercourse with the family of his opponent. This led to the aItercation which took place between them when they were first introduced to the reader. That evening he bade adieu to his Julia, and the next morning found him on his road to Boston.
 The parting between him and his father was a mixture of suppressed feeling and apparent indifference, on either side. The fault was in the young mans education {: he had imbbed the feeling which major ity of the English people entertained with regard to the rights and ~immunities of the then colonies. In relation to his union with Julia -, he thought his father was unreasonable and who is there that does not think thus when the commands of his parents interfere with his own wishes in this respect ? His fathers feelings at parting with an only son under such cir cumstances, may be more easily imagined than described. But he could endure any thing rather than have him marry in such direct violation of his wishes, and perhaps espouse the cause of the Btitish government, as he feared he would do, fl he remained in the country. And when his son left the parental roof, the old man dashed the gathering tear from his eye, con soling himself with the reflection that he had not overstepped ;he bounds ofduty. Edward Francis on his arrival at Bos- ton immediately took passage for Engl md, l where he arrived in safety afier short voyage. Here his political views were daily strengthened, by being constantly