The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-03-05
THE LOVE OF WOMAN.

There is something infinitely touching in the love
its devotion, it knows no limit to its duration inten
sty and becomes identified with the very existence of
the fair being with whom it has taken up its abode
Alike forgefu of self under all circumstance, it is
not seduced by the ostentatious displays of wealth and
magnifcence, is its fervor abated amidst the dis
heartening scenes of penury and degradation. Well
may woman say with the poet
"The heart that truly loves forgets,
But as truly loves to the close,
AS the sun flower turns on its God when he sets
The same look that it turned when he rose.
for her affection knows no change 1t ascends the
scaold and traverses the battle field unconscious of
disgrace danger; no GOODNESS chill its ardor,
and unworthness diminish its force, whilst re-
CARELESS of the smiles Of prosperity the dark lower
ings of adversely it Identifies itself with the destinies
of its object in the cold embraces of death itself.
What contrast does it present when compared with
the calculating attachments of man. and how nobly
does cast back upon him the slanderous mpu'atons
of fckleness and seIfshness. Let look around
us and see the beartIess Indifference that too often
characteristics the lords of creation towards those
who have sacrificed all that is to be priced here and
hereafter, at the shrine of coniding measureles aec
ton, and then let u.s. if we can feel proud of the
to which we belong. The circumstance to which the
following brefnotice refers, furnishes admirable
iiiustra, of the undying attachment that has cha
ractelised Goods last best gift man. in the long
catalogue of cases of which it forms single item
Let the read it and tell frankly if they Not
ashamed to treat such beings with harshness OF I'M
kindness
WoMAN's LovE.-In one of the New York pa
pers, under the editorial head, are few affecting
cumstances OF Mcdonald Clarke, raving in
mate of Lunatic Asylum. Poor CLARK was a man
whose ideality" constituted almost his sole claim to
the poetic character He was always partially de-
ranged and imagined himself another Byron, shaved
the hair off his forehead to increase its elevation
his collar turned down and initiated in other respects
the noble bard's habits and appearance To complete
the resemblance he got married, choosing for his wife
a Miss B1undge an humble and INDECENT actress In
his Byronic mania, Clark treated her badly
that she was obliged to leave him. "He at that
time says the Advertiser $50 poor, that at times he
had not place to lay his head crust to appease
his hunger. He then slept wherever he could find a
and he has told u.s. the tears gathered in
his eyes, that his wife, living upon her slender wages
would steaIthiIy supply him with such food as she
could, by taking from the table potatoe and crust
If bread and wrapping them in her handkerchief,
meet him at some appointed corner in the evening,
where unperceived he could eat from her hand the
,canty fare she could thus supply" What a beauti-
ul picture this Of womans pure, unseltsh, abiding
ve,-the holy passion which wrong cannot weaken,
which penury cannot chill, which time cannot waste-