The St. Landry whig., 1844-11-28
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The dscord of The present stillings
Calming NIL Its troubled sea.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.:
WOMEN AND MARRIAGE.
Our readers who have been snrfeited with po-
iticaldisquisition for months past, will, We doubt
not, be glad to turn from The turmoil and strife
Of party, TO a beautiful and touching sketch, such
as we subioin from the pen ofN.P Willis. The
gifted and %poetieal editor Of the New York Mir
ror has the happy facility, which so few possess,
sof impartinlg interest, pathos and beauty to every
thing he touches. The following is in his hap
pest vein:
81 have speculated a great deal upon matrimo-
NY. / have seen young and beautiful women,
the pride Of gay circles, married, as the world
says-Well Some have moved into costly houses,
and their friends have all come and looked at
their fine furniture and splendid arrangements
for happiness, and they have gone away and
committed them to their sunny hopes cheerfully
and without fear. 1t Is natural to be sanguine
for the young, and at such lime lam carried
away by SIMILAR feelings. Hove to get unob-
served into a sSSrner and watch the bride in her
attire, and VIII her smiling face and aoit eyes
moving befor me ia their pride Of life. weave q
waking dreasv. over her tnt)Dsre happiness, and
persuade mysSsf that 1t will true. | think how
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light falls, and build gay hof Is, and Inurmur IN
low tones the now forbidden tenderness andhow
thrilingIy The allowed kiss, and the beautiful en-
dearments Of welded life will make even their
parting Joyous, and how gladly come back from
the crowd and the empty mirth afthe gay to
each others quiet company. picture 70 myself
that Young creatures, who bushes even now at
his hesitating caress, listening eagerly for his.
footAcps as the night steals on, and wishing that
4 he Gould come and when he enters at last, and,
witasE an affection as undying as his pulse, folds
hef.to his bosom, | can feelthe very tide that
gods flowing through his heart. and gaze with
hint on hde graceful form as she moves about him
) forAha klsd offices Of affection, soothing allhis
uns IA iss ares, and making him forget even HIM
se};rSn VIII young and unshadowed beauty.
rgGpe lizard for years, and see her luxuriant
hs \ BIZ SOB away from her brow, and her
gil IshSgraces Tiped into dignity, and her bright
! o~yslinlss chastened with the gentle m%eelSness
&c l"natFhrnal affection. Her husband looks on
\ her win d proud eye, and shows her the same
feryeni love and the delicate attentions which
n first won her, and fair children are growing up
e abont them, and they 20 on full Of honor and un,
troubled years, and they are remembered when
they die
Is isay love to dream thus when | go to give
d the young bride Joy. Ii is1he natural tendency
E of feeling touched by loneliness, Tint fears moth
I inc for itself; and fever yield 70 darkened feel
ings, ii Is because the light Of the picture Is chan
ped. am not fond Of dwelling on such chan
Y, pes, andI will not infinitely now. Iallude TO
= only because | trust that my simple page will b
read by some Of the young and beautiful being
who daily move across my path and | woub
whisper totaem, the secret of an unclouded fu
ture.
The picture | have DR. IN above Is not pecr
Y. liar. ii is coiorcd like Il 1~fancics Of the bride
and many, oh many af2aour will she SIT, wit
her rich jewels lying lss75se in her fingers, On
u dream such dreams ms yese. She believes thei
at too--and she goes on "a the while undeceivet
= = me evening L not too hong while they talk
II plans for their future blppiness, and the quiz
Is MEALS still a pleasant and delightful novelty
mutual reliance and attention. There come
M soon, however, a time when personal topics b
come bare and wearisone, and slight attention
M Ia will not alone keep up The social cxcitemen
rs, There are long intervals ofsilence, and detectt
los symptoms Of WEAKNESS, and the husband, first,
his manhood, breaks in upon the hours they we
ls wont 10 spend together. ! cannot follow it ci
I'D cumstantially. Then comes long hours q unha
il by restlessness, and terrible misgiylngs OF ca
ms; others worth and affection, till, by and by, tn
can conceal their uneasiness no longer, and
out separately to seek relief, and lean upon t
hollow world for the support for which one W
has promised to be their lover and friend COZ
'ost not give them
inc Heedthis ye who are winning, by your inn
~, ,u cent beauty, the affection Of high minded q
ina thinking beings. Remember that be will q
M the brother Of his heart with whom he !
had even a fellowship of mind, the society Of
contemporary runners in a race offame, who ha
held with him a stern companionship and I
fine %oucntly in his passionate love, he will bre
away from the arena Of his burning ambition,
of come and listen TO the voice Of the charmt
arr II will bewilder him at first but il viii moi Ion
,en- And then, think you that an idle blandisbrn'
will chain the mind that has been used for yc
and to an equal communion Think you that
nds, will give up for a weak da%lliance, the aninat
iaeh theme Of men, and search into the mysterie
sing knowledge7 OH no, lady believe me, :
q in Trust not your influence to such light letters
thai Credit not the old fashioned absnrdity, that
mans is i secondary lSt, ministering to the
n@ ~cessities Of her lord and muster. lfyouf INN
the tality is as complete. and your gift ofmind as
pable as ours, | would charge you TO water
~ TO ~undying bud, and give it a healthy %culture'
y open its beauty TO the sun and then you J
COS hope that when your life is bound with anot
- Won will 70 on equally, and in a friendship
al Il will peryade every earthly interest" Pr