The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-06-11


Those dire ahodes where lIymcn once has been.
My hcarcrs-Thcrc is 10 sweet with.
out It's bitter-no pleasure without lis
pain-and morally speaking, no harmony
without its discord. In the midst of the
worlds most harmonious music the harsh
tones of discord crate upon the ear, and
make one feel about rs uncomfortable rs
does the sound of fire shovel when rub
bed over the gritty surface of stone
hearth. 1t is true there are few habita-
tons on this crustaccous globe where the
children of Harmony reside, and from
whence we are greeted with dulcct strains,
rs smooth and as oily as the silvery
notes of an angels lutte A.; but these. com
blncd with the wretched jangling Of the
world At large, make music as hdeous as
Fra Diavolo played upon a tin whistle
and accompanied with a string of sleigh
bells. Many, who pretend to be sharp
sighted enough to see through brickbat
IN a cloudy night, cannot discover but
that unison OF feeling and of motive
bind man TO his brother man in all civil-
zcd and enlightened communities but |
tell you, my friends, that sclishucss,
ambition, and avaricc have ruscd many
of the brightest links in the social chain.
and dcadencd the harmony of its reverb
cratlons.
My dear fricnds---apart from the gencr-
al conflict that agitates the human family,
there is domestic discord more disagree
able and more TO be dreaded than any
other. 1t haunts the deserted castles of
love, where llymen once sang the SONGS
of gladness and JOY. 1t Jars the happi-
ness of multtudcs who are fastened firm
ly in the matrimonial cage, and renders
life to them series of pcrplcXilics and
wo. When | see two congcnia hearts
welded together III feeling, sympathy and
Iovc--two souls blended in one, like the
calm meeting Of two peaceful streams in
ilowcry vale-it does really appear as
though they would never be disturbed by
any of the conflicting storms that sweep
over the world and beat in upon the dom
este peace of human families. All with
them is JOY and rapture. Not cloud
mars the blue heaven of their enjoyment
the atmosphere that surrounds them is
scented with kisses and cOlogne-cvcrv
passing breeze whispers of connubial
lovc.-and while one flower fades upon
the bush of indulgence, two more are
expanding in the dcws of reciprocal allec-
ton, and promise gay blossoms for the
morrow. But oh, my friends, how soon
are these delightful cXtrayagances Danish
ed from the sight What a change too
frequently comes over the scene even
before the last horn of the honey moon
has disappeared and such a change, as
Byron might remark-O night and dark
ness, devour it up forever! What was
before all light and loneliness, is sudden.
ly changed TO gloom and sorrow. That
which was harmony has become dls.ord,
and the dcwny pillow of peace is cram
med full of the thorns of discomfort.
Earrings, chickering's, frcttings, seedlings
and upbraidiugs, make Il bcdlam of the
bower OF love, and Brighten pleasure far
beyond the pale Of its precincts. With
the unhappy couple it is now-you will
and you wont-you shall and YOU shant
and you'll catch it if you don't; where
as but little while before the one would
have been willing to wade through a sea
oil soap grease to comply with the wish
cs of the other. know all how the
matter lies, my friends. When a Young
fellow aud girl love each other sincerely
and truly, all they want is satisfaction, as
the dueIllst says. Well, after they have
been married month or two they get
satisiaction-and yet for all this they are
often more dissatisfied then than ever.
Instead of holding on to each others
hands while travelling down lite's slippe-
Ty road, they sometimes separate, and
one falls into one ditch, and the other
into the other, where they lie unnoticcd
by the world and hardly recognized BY
the hogs. Thus Discord dwels IN the
,iabltation Of Hymcn, and slackcns every
concordant string of the human heart.
My hearers--if you would like to be
more particularly informed of the original
home of Discord, | can only say this that
the monsters native place is said to be
lar away on the frontiers of the Internal
Regions, near that dark and gloomy shore
upon which the waves of Chaos dash
their sulphuric brine. Here, high upon
craggy cliff that received mighty ,hund-
crs upon its front, and never lodged at
lightning, was the iicnd originally bound
ny an enormous brazcn Chain. She used
TO sometimes set up such hidcous wells
ahat the tide dared not come in for cipht
and io'ty hours; and Night would even
turn pale with fear. She had thousand
ugly mouths, and each mouth had twenty
clamorous tongues. She would tear her
OWN entrails with her wild cat claws. and