The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-27

aud you will perceive that she who ha:
: founded her power by occasioning quarrel
between you and the mother of your chill.
dren was not worthy of bringing them up
You feared the influence Of your wife, who
always loved you beyond anyihing else, and
you lave become the football of the caprices
of that unpripcipled and unfeeing woman
only asked TO be allowed to retain the
position am naturally entitled to--that OIL
your wife, of the mother of your children
She sought my place, and you have given il
to her. Oh, when placed such confidence in
you, was far from thinking you SO weak,
so easily led astray That weakness which
Is the cause of my misery is your excuse
without that nconceivable blindness, you
would not, you could moi, have acted so cruel
y towards me.-Farewell, Theobald if a
sentiment OF false pride prevents you from
making me amends, God is witness that
leave you with broken heart, offering up
prayers for your welfare, know that what.
ever change may take place in your feelings
towards me, your ideas Of dignity will never
allow you to make it mp with me it is then
only in the interests of your children that
wish you to take the bandage from your
eyes they are in unworthy hands. Fare
well Have pity on your poor children,
who are under bad guidance.
"My dear Theobald-All illusion is past;
l feel that my brain is Keeling, In the name
Of your children, have compassion upon
their mother; do not excite me against my
will when am already distracted. Why
apprise all the world, if you wish 10 avoid
me? Is 1t not already enough 10 leave me
alone and abandoned' Do you think thai,
is happiness for person who loves you !;
who, after passing my nights and mornings
in tears, endeavor TO appear calms Doyou
fee! secret pleasure in speaking before all
the world Of plans which must be the more
painful to me if love you, and if feel that
they are meant as punishment.
81 am morally and physically worn out,
by this long and cruel struggle, but you
yourself surely could not advise me to buy
repose at the price ofmy conscience. Even
should be doomed to die without having
obtained one sonsoing word, l should MOI
hesitate to tell you the truth. You have
entered a darksome path you are leading
our children towards perdilion, and teaching
them TO dcspise their mother, by showing
them the example Of internal diScord at
home, where a third person is allowed to
usurp the place of their mother-of your
wife. You must be aware that plea OF my
i'll health will not be plausible excuse to
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out of the family for it is evident that if
you thought me i'll, and we were not separa-
ted by your aversion, and especially by
direful influences, both you and the children
would endeavor TO console me, instead of
thus abandoning me.
JANUARY "a, 1872 Every day brings a
fresh sorrow TO- my wrelched life. am calum-
mated 10 you, and you perhaps think me gully.
But for that, however bitter your hatred and
your vengeance Tor my bursts Of passion and
my jealousy, you would not have taken on
yourself to tear my children from me. What
ever may have been your abandonment oil me.
and your mysterious conduct for so many years
past, have loved you enough to entertain the
sweetest illusion, 10 believe in a return, and
even-oh! do not laugh at my credulily--to
still believe in your tenderness and your fidelity
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children 10 give them 10 an euaporee, whom
you scarcely know-to whom you have trans
ferred all the duties which had 10 fulfil, all
my joys, all my authority has the right
TO dispose of my dearest properly, my children
who is the companion OF my husband-who
has acquired the right of entering at any hour,
| under any circumstances, into this apartment,
where !, your wife, the mother OF your children,
have no longer the right TO enter even when
you are i'll. Oh under the mask of an open
caIriage, there is much intrigue, want OF mod.
esty in this person, who is wanting in religious
sentiments, and without which female virtue
is but a quicksand. This person, under proper
control. might make good govemess Tor the
instruction of the children; but to make Of her
the mother of my children and live 10 see my
self replaced May God forgive you; as a
Christian, pardon you. But you have made
me suffer too much; you have snapped asun,
der our last lies. There is hatred and con,emp,
in your heart towards me. Was il not enough
for you 10 have abandoned me, 10 have created
at home, joys, occupations, and interests, Of
which was ignorant? Was 1t sllll necessary
for you to have torn from me my children and
filed my place before my eyes2 have been
calumniated. Before God, swear that have
never loved but you. Oh! if [ had not sad proofs
that your heart is forever closed against me, |
would attempt last effort, would throw my.
self at your feet, would beseech you in the
name of your father, of his old days, OF our
children, OF the remembrance of our love, to
have pity on her who has never ceased 10 love
! you, and who would still sacrifice her life for
you. But know that my grief aud my suffer
ings are odious 10 you, and make no impress
sions on your feelings. Oh, when AT the mo-
meht Of the death of yourpoor father although
you well knew that, perhaps more than any
other, entered into and comprehended your
gliei, when at that cruel moment you avoided
and repulsed me, feel that you no longer
loved me, for zoe no longer lore those Nth achon,
zoe do not uish to pecp. And, nevertheless,
when some days after you spoke to me of a
new era Of happiness, with what ardour did |
bless you, for placed confidence in what you
uttered. And now for long time you know
that am unhappy, suffering from the effect
Of grief caused by your abandonment, and the
loss Of my children, uneasy about Madame S.
whose death separates me completely from you
my well beloved-you avoid me, you fly from
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