Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-11-20

as WdHueIcIS III uIStdut TtSIoHe, Stooiiy auu
sad, with hearts all scared and scored, as
one by one the ties of parent, child, sister,
brother, kindred, home have each been bro
ken and dried up. The fate that has atten
ded others, that fate will attend upon US and
ours if we follow in their footsteps. With
us Of the present day, fear, Mr.. President,
though the modes of folly may have chang
ed since fifty years back, the folly still ex-
lists. We do not race, nor cock-fght, nor
drink, nor game as much, hope, as once
was done by our predecessors, but we ape
the towns and cities, we affect magnificence,
we pay court and Difference to the fas,idious,
we are exlravaganl in our habits and our
modes Of living, and we do not cultivate
enough the love of home and neighborhood,
and all their sweet and simple pleasures
sweet, because they are simple and true to
nature. Here, sir, here lie. our reform be-
gin. Let us remain more al home, and save
the means rambling costs us. Let us learn
to love, respect and encourage one another
in useful employments of all kinds. Let us
bring less from abroad and sell more. Let
us learn that home people and homemade
things are al least as good, and generally
much better, than those from abroad. Let
us paronlZe amongst us our own honest
and fair dealing merchants, mechanics and
manufacturers, recolecling that if they sup
ply us as cheaply, we have all interest in
giving them preference, for they are much
less likely to defraud us, and the wealth
they may acquire remains amongst US and
adds to the value OF our property. Let US
Gu, up our ex,ravBgancies by the ROOTS
live comfortably, abundanlly, Hospitality,
yet plainly, and save all the money extra
vagance and af1eclation Of style have cos,
US heretofore, and we shall begin to find
we have means with which to improve our
lands. How often do we see amongst US a
young couple jus, married and about TO be-
gin life, possessed Of small farm, which,
if improved, would render them wealthy,
but without improvement will afford only
a scsnty substance, instead Of cul,iva,ing
neighbourhood associations, praclicing E.
economy, enrching7 ad orning and improving
their own home with all the means in their
power, and making it the home Of happi-
ness and love, 60 off TO squander their little
means in some city or other place of fash
ionable resort. perhaps 10 plunge them
selves in debt by the purchase of fashtona-
bic gewgaws and cripple their energies for
life. They then have not, they canno. have
means to apportion to the great end Of i'm
proving their farm. Their fate is seen and
amen,ed by the wise and discreet, but their
own folly has rendered it inevitable How
often do we not see here at home, fine
coaches and horses, KEEP, only for the road,
whirling out from dlla pida,ed dwellings and
impoverished, neglected, quilted, half-culll-
waited fields, carrying their freight of silks
and jewels and empty heads! | have no
means Of ascer,aining the fact, but believe
there is not less than fifty or an hundred
thousand dollars annually sunk or expend-
ed by the people of the county in these
equipsges; counting the grooming and keep
ing, perhaps much more! How many Of
our exhausted fields would not that sum,
annually applied with judgment and dIscre-
ton, soon bring TO the highest state Of fer
til,y? Tell me not, gentlemen, it is the
ladies that do or require these things. J
know it is not so. The fault is your own.
Their hearts are pure, their affections strong,
their perceptions keen. They admire beau
ty, and they love pleasures. But the beau
ties they most admire are substantial, the
pleasures they love best are pure and holy.
Their clear perception teaches them It
choice is 10 be made between them, to give
precedence to the useful over the beautiful.
But where woman rules there is no such
choice 10 be made. She blends them both
in one, and keeping them always united,
makes each contribute to the other, and so
delightful will she render her domInions,
her home, whether cottage or palace,
tina, it will always be left with regret and re-
turned to with eagerness. Lay not your
sins unjustly at her door. She is good,
kind, con6dng, and follows where you lead,
and too often, yes, much too often, pines,
and Ianguishes, aud suffers from your ex-
travagances and hose you have led aher into.
Which Of you have ever set about good
work and did not find your wife, sister or
daughter joining in it with alacrity-cheer-
ing you on, aiding, encouraging and assist
ing in il. How many are the homes amongst
you, which are kept snug and comfortable
by the virtues, economy, and untIrIng IN
duslry of the wife alone yea, not only
without the aid, but in spite of the negli-
gence and dissipation of the husband
Where is the Charles county wife, who, see
ing her husband striving to improve his
farm and perceving him pressed for means,
will not produce her Little horde Of pin
money, and offer j, with such an endearing
smile and bewtching grace as almost TO
make the heart bleed for very joy. Yes,
sir, and this gone, she will strip from her
own person first this brooch and then that
ring, and say here, dear husband, take these
, and sell them, can do withou. lhem-my
best Jewel is your love-lhese, and the saw
ings in the cost of our children's clothes,
which this year ! will spin and weave, will
help YOU to improve that field, TO build that
, shelter for your stock, or to drain yonder