The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-07-14

tilOhSiils VI tdIucs anu tue loNtlS
began 10 look forward TO a union. The de-
sire on both sides, TO concliatc the father
and gain his consent, was very strong, and
an attempt was made by the young man to
effect this. He called upon the old gentle
man, and stated the relation that existed be-
tween him and Mary, and earnestly desired
his appreciation and consent TO 4 marriage
union. But all availed not. The young
man he looked upon as carnal- minded, aud
given to worldly follicS. In his eyes mere
pleasure seeker: one who, without relg-
ious principles was ailoat upon the ocean Of
life, possessed of neither chart nor compass.
To resign his daughter into the hands of
such a man, he considered little better than
an act of insanity, and he would never con
sent to il.
The result was, that Mary left hcr fathers
house secretly, and was married to Baldwin.
When she wrote home, conjointly with her
husband, announcing the fact and earnestly
desiring that opposition to what was newt.
able might no longer exist, the old man re-
turned no answer. They wrote again, but
he remained silent. With her hand upon
her heart to repress its agitated pulsations,
Mary then went back to her fathers house,
I and sought forgiveness. But her fearful i'm
plorinC face could not move the intlexi-
bic old man. Sternly he waved her away,
utterng as he did SO, the words
Nou have dissolved the ties between US ;
you are no longer my child p
/ With iainting spirit, Mary went back
/ 10 her home, and fell, with a Gush of tears
and cry OF pain, upon the breast of her
husband. He asked no question, for he
/ understood all too well. But he held her
] tightly TO his bosom, while he cursed the
evil spirit OF unlorgiveneSS that had 80 wron-
ged his innocent, loving, gentle hearted
bride.
! No farther attempt was made on the part
Of the young couple, TO bend the old man
from his stern spirit OF resentment. Months
passed, nay, even years went by, and Dea-
con Prescott, in all that time, had not once
seen his daughter, who shortly after mar
riagc, removed with her husband. Mary
correspondent with her sister and mother,
but her father would not see her letters, MOI
hear with patience any alluSion that was
made to her. But he was not permitted ~
indulge his humor unoppOsed. The mother
often Strove with him, and sought by every
means IN her power, to restore Mary to her
old place in her fathers heart. She did no,
know how desolatc his heart was withou,
the smiling image of his favorite child, nor
how~strOncly nature pleaded for her to be
brought back again into his acknow lcdged
affections. BIT he could not forgive an act
of disobedience like that. Mary had chosen
her own way. She had gone from his side
and taken as her companion, one who he
he utterly diSliked and disdpprovei. The
act was wrong, and she must suffer the full
penalty.
lthappened, two years or 50, from the
time that Mary left her fathers house and
while her father still retained his uhbcnd-
ing position towards her, that the old man
was in company where some one spoke ia
voraply of MORA! fctions.' The person
who did SO was a stranger to the Deacon
and knew nothing OF his family history.
'Moral falsehoods, you had better say,
was half-rudely uttered by the Deacon.
sNo,' said the person to whom this was
!, addressed; moral tictions, or rather, mag
mary histories, in which we see, as it were
the hidden impulses Of the heart embodied
in living action; and thence we are NOR,
able truly to understand and sympathizt
with our !ellew-men.'
'Shcer nonsense = replied the Deacon
NO wire-drawn apologies like that will do
They cannot make a lie the truth. II i,
5 lying, sir, lying and you canmakc nothin.
2 else of it.
. what is lie p was asked.
'Anything that is not true
'Aud uttered with an intent 10 deceive
'Certainly.'
5 Chen a fictitious history, written will
intelligent skill, and regard to just princ
Z pies, is not a lie, for it is a true picture o
5 hnman nature, and seeks not to deceive a
e ny Onc.-Ihe end in view is to do good
and the means employed iniure no one, MOI
) violate single law III the Dccaloguc.'
) is not lying violation Of theDccaloguc?
) said the Deacon.
! SIN what commandment is it forbiddelp
, Chou shaltn not bear false witness againS
! thy neighbour
"Nery well. Now, wish to illustrate
} moral truth, and bring it home TO the mind
| of the people. know that principles onl,
have power when they influence our &C
G tons; and that when seen in their ultmat,
1 effects, ,hcirquality is more fully understood
! But have no pertinent example to hold W
| to the people; or, if have, the doing so, b,
= dragging forth persons, or families, and di
, rcotng towards them the public eye, woul,
5 result in far more harm than good. /, there
&. fore, imagine n series of acts, from cause
in the mind introducing actors, of course
and carrying them on through variety o
, scenes, all lcgtimately resulting from tn
| principles that govern them. Now, in do
t ing this, am carciulto show the difference
t between good and evil, and as carefully re
. lrain from presenting vice in any attractiv
form, but rather make it rcpnlSivc rs it re
! ALLY is am guilty of bearing false virtues
against my ncghbor? Am iguil,y of NOR
al wrongs
''Nou are guilty ofhaving given u,tcranc
: to what is not true; and you can't make Il
ny thing else out of it, argue as You will,
p replied Deacon Prescott dogmatcaliy.
pardon me for diSagrccing with you,
, said the person. "lf have presented falls
views of life if have made my story un
Q natural and improbable, and given it at tn
same time, power TO mislead the mind amt
receive itin regard to the legitimate tenoon
cy of either true or false principles, then
: have been guilty Of uttering what is untrue
but not otherwise. There is no attempt L
Q deceive Ola my part No one doubts that m,
i history ola llo or my representation Of
/. passage in life, is a composed history, no,
y literal detail of what has taken place.