The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-02-21

selves spoil in a day or two, or upon your more
horrid aud disgusting animal food. A food
pah !-which, as soon as life is gone falls into a
rapid dissolution. live upon fresh hriag roots
and fruits, and receive their life into my veins.
All! believe me, shall live hundred years in
spite Of the necessarily defective physical organ-
zation inherited from meat-eating ancestors. And
believe me, that the reason why the antediuvians
lived 80 long was, that they lived upon the living
vegetable productions Of the earth-not upon
the dead, and disguised cooked food, and the hor-
rid animal food. And believe me, that the Bib
lical account of the original sin, and the heather
fable Of Prometheus' theft, referred to the same
| epoch in the worlds history, namely, the time
when the curiosity or the luxury of man tried
animal food and fire, the fierce element, was cap
tured and debased to culinary purposes, just to
disguise the oannibal meal of meat, and then TO
change, cook, and kill the living fruits that were
to have been the healthful and lifegivipg food of
! men, And what have been the rcsuhsl' The
human race has become luxurious, sensual deba-
sed, and even amidst the advance of civilization,
has declined in size, in health, in strength, and
in length Of life Instead of living nine hun
dred years, men do not live ninety. Water was
made to drink, and to battle in, and not nteep
tea and coffee in, or to dilute wine and4E{6ndy
| with and | battle in water like q duck, and
drink water, which is aiiUs as the fruits are, and
not your tea. and your coffee, and your wine, aud
your brandy, which, with all their spiit have no
life or Ht-gipisg power And that is is the reason
why have glorious health, strength, and spirits
that Is the reason why can defy the storm, when
| wish to do it; that is the reason why shall
never be ill-never decay, till am past an hun
dred years old-never die till then, unless some
body sends bullet through my head or heart"
"You may break your own neck! ~ exclaimed
Brutus, in tone as if he wished she might do so.
Break my neck-impossible There is not
horse in the wide world could throw me, and
not fall on earth from which | have not the
agility to recover myself could ride lion! I
wish some enterprising man would bring one
here and dare me to do it You are not lord of
Creation, Brutus nor do know one man who is
luxurious and enervated pack But am la
dy of Creation, and | tell you | could ride q
lion ~
"Should like to see you try-wonder how you
would accomplish it'll"
"By STRENGTH, Brutus God bless you, Bru-
tus, look at me | am STRONG. could subdue,
bind and lay at your feet, the strongest beef-fed
man in the State ANY man but yourself, Bru-
tus--by mere muscular force I"
ayes, by mere muscular force you will new
CT subdue man by the force of your beauty,
Gertrude, although you are beautiful or bind
a man by the letters of love, Gertrude, for you
are not lovelyn
GAS your Zoe!n
GAS my Zoel Now why, Gertrude, do you
disapprove of Zoe?-why do you hate Zoe 2
III dome hate Zoe neither do hate humble
bees, but do not particularly affect either and
will not have little cofee-brewing, cake-bakine
| fool in the house,
"You despise her for her birth ~
~ do not despise her for her birth, although
latto!n
"a mulatto y echoed Brutus, in dismay.
Eyes mulattoo
"For Gods sake! how. do you know Dc
You know anything Of her origin -
ado be quiet, Brutus, and let 20 my shoulder
Yes, mulatto! No, know nothing of her or
igin that personal observation does not teach me-"
= N oJhsng circa n
| "No, say -
"Then am easy. really thought that you
had warrant for what you saidn
"What warrant did want more than my OWL
eyes2 Zoe is Of mixed African blood, tell you
| Look at the dead white skim
'Susan Somerville's is the samen
"Susan Somerville's is pue whte--clear white
Zoes is opcque white. Look at the darkness;
around her finger nails look at her ripping
black hair-not brownish black, like the English
| or American hair, or blush black, like West OF
Ireland hair, or purplish black like Italian hair
| but jetty black like African hair, and with the
little, undulating, wasy curl all through itD
"Pooh Nonsense! The devil! II is not
true You know nothing about it! exclaimed
Brutus, very pale, and very much troubled.
at is so, tell you ~ said Gertrude "And
tell you that that circumstance does not trouble
me great deal, and that ! shall 20 by for Zoe
this evening, and wrap the little one up in cloak
and take her in my sleigh to Miss Armstrong;
wedding Ha ha, ha Little does Mrs. Armstrong
guess that in Zoe Dove she will have mulatto
guest"
"Gertrude what do you mean ~
"Little does Mrs. Armstrong suspect that her
daughters second bridesmaid is mulatto-a
sldpe IN
/" Heavens! Gertrude ~
But, reader, we are on our way. This is the
wedding day Of Louise and Louis, and, tempestu-
ous rs IL is we must visit other houses before the
breakfast hour
The family at the Isle Of Rays was up az the