The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-06-20
Tho Lawrence Card Romance II Llc

] i'uiHdin tNHlaH u on liiP pubHc ear, eau
tioning persons from h'.rboriug or trust
Ing his wife Salle ". Lawrence. We
I could find no words in which TO express.
our SUI pnsc more dprOpos to this subject,
/ than those Of the Friar to Romeo where he
/ eAclaims, on hearing the lcve.loru lad protest
his affection for the fair daughter OF rich
/ tapulei.'
holy - Fmncs. what q change Is here
j. klalind whom thou dhsi love - dear.
| so -oUn iprsaken' Young mems love then lies
] Not truly IA their hearts but Ia their eyes
| II is nearly one year since the ia,hioua.
Bile world was CONFUSED with the sweet
! told story of marriage in high lie OF
union of two great iamilies-thc Law
RnNors of Massachusetts, aud the ARDS,
Of Kentucky. Newspapers commented
upon the gorgcousucss of the wedding
party, and even the bridal chamber was in
vaded by the friends Of the happy pair, +"
and the virgin white dcckings of the nup-
tlal couch, made the subject OF editorial re
mark furnishing food for the morbid APPETITE
OF the masses II we were not told that
the room, and lis appointment. were such.
that Adam aud Eve might have slept there
in, and forgotten that such u place ever OK
listed ms Paradise stories fell upon our ear.
in presence. if not in hearing of the bcaufi.
,ul bride, that liugled with much the same
import. Then the "horses OF the souls
OF many in the fashionable world were out OF
harness. aud ran wild with estate jov over
the triumphs which had been achieved by
the son Of the wealthy cotton factor.
We had heard of Salic Ward long before
Young LAwgrSCr claimed her hand. For
several years her beauty has been the
theme of themes in ihc southern States.
and in the fashionable circles of the North.
the ott.told eulogies 50 of her ply seal aud
mental charms found eager listeners. II
was said that a corner in her hearts ADM
ration had been sought by men whose
wealth consisted ia the solid gold Of mental
ability, by mcu of high station, and that she
refused them; aud il was even said that she
was lmpregnablc TO either the arguments
or idolatr, OF man, when his object WAS 20
do battle for her heart But this lallacv WIS
disprovcd hv her being woued aud won. and
that hv Young man. whom the majority Of
the people out Of Massachusetts only knew
minister to the court of ~. James II was
a woudermeut even to many osthe then
considered friends of the lucky fellow,
that his suit was so prosperous, They
wished him "much loy" We who are
still within the pale of hachclorhood, many
conjecture the nature of that loy and how
long it lasted
We met them while on their honey.
moon tour last summer. aud Us We care
fully studied each, with and without the
consideration OF their oneness came to the
consideration, that the happiness necessary
to make the married state the heaven ot
which poets have pratcd, could never be at
tanned, without extraordinary sacrifices ou
the part of both The husband had his
whims- pecularitcs-h iclt that he had
his rights, bat there was one important item,
which we feared from the rumors ailoat, he
had lightly considered. if at all.-that was
the nature of her whom he called his wife.
She was high. souled undetermined Ken
lucy girl H. different In her nature from
the majority of the Massachusetts maids,
10 a lion is more fractions than lamb.
She had been accustomed from the time the
bud of beauty, tina, commenced expaudmgln
girlhood. aud burst forth a flower of sur
passing loneliness. rs she entered woman
hood, to an attention and admiration, amount
ing almost to ldolatry. She counted ad-
mirors by scores. and not teW awarded
her that station among American ladies, that
Pauline Bonaparc and Madame Recamier
held in their palmy days among the French
ladies. Ii should have been considered by
a man about to marry such belle that she
could not drop all her gallanis at once and
devote her smiles and iair words entirely to
his qualification. However much It might
have been wished. we think 40 man who
fully knows woman in the sphere she HH
occupy, could have expected such a sacri-
nee,
She, ike most Southern ladies' regarded
"honor in a different light than do the de.
scendanis Of the purtans What you
might say to the latter, and receive only
pout OF the lips, and a scorntul glance, both
to be dispellcd by pat ou the cheek and
few soft words from the offender, would
crimson the cheek, and cause the heart of
.lhe hich.splrited former, To beat fast with
indignation. conscious that her nights had
been invaded and an insult offered TO tha,
honor" which is the soul by which she
lives and holds her high position. In not
consulting these. We think our young hero
made sad mistake. Now to the cause.
that has pushed our quill 10 this writing.
Here is the card OF caution. Young men
Il.