The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-04-03
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continue the thread Of my discourse The
character cf the thread, its color, itsrelation
Ito proceeding and succeeding threads; these
and many other circumstances, sstoo tedious
TO mention, are all underlined, until the vel
LOT life, is extended 4 reasonable distance, be.
Iyond the aforesaid thread. When it takes
hts place or as politicians have it, sdefnes
its position, /" as distinct individual thread
then, and not until then, can any autobiog.
rapher,or chronicler of other mems lives, Of
i of women's either, detach it from the great
wool, and present its individual characters.
tics \
Since writing the above, met, in one Of
my evening rambles, a lady yes, . bona-fde
lady, if I am any connoiseur in the goods, Of
which she was most beautiful pattern. In
the course Of our walk, the subject Of ssthese
same threads was introduced by myself
of course. Before you charge me with van
| ity reoder, let me ask you one question.
Did you ever go burdened with great lite
rary project, for ten minuets, at least
and after actually beginning that long-ear-
Eried project, meet a lovely friend-5tenadle
friend-about the time when the sun is set
ting--the flowers fragrant and the air hushed
that hour of the day, when good spirits
WOO you to kind things, such as heart-confi-
dences, &c: say did you ever? "No, I never
was such a ninny" Ahem! Well, if you
ever had, you would know how to appreciate
my course with the aforementioned friend
female friend. At all events, have very
impossible nature-can be won by kind
looks, and gentle particularly when
these are blended, with pleasant memories;
and the aforesaid friend # female friend-had
large blue eyes, reminding me of pair
once saw, which caused certain piece of
mortality, situated near my left yest-pocket,
to experience sundry strange and uncontrola-
BILE sensations All I remember but a
want memory, with thy intermedlings, till the
time comes, when I can speak of that one.
The above tenderly mentioned companion
of my walkgafter hearing me state substan-
TALLY, what had written, before meeting
her, intimated her conviction, that the rea-
son assigned by me, for giving precedence to
inclination, rather than judgement, in the
proposed plan of these Threads" would not
satisfy the public, who, (she said, and to
which, Flowed profound acquiescence) would
be on the qtt rire, at the uprising of a live
author in their very midst. My reply was,
quite Byronic, as it certainly became me, to
make it. Itwas, "What is writ, is writ, my
friend, Ctenno1e friend, remember and cannot
now be recalled" By this time, we were
near the place of separation. Satisfied there
fore, that my words conveyed a clear express
sion of my meaning, and that they gave IN
equivocal evidence of what my course would
be, (for I pride myself, on my frmness, with
the SEX she withdrew those melting eyes
blessing on them land with quiet yield
ing assent, which I understood to say very
plainly, "you are much wiser than I, and
know what is best" left me alone
1t may be due you reader, as well as the
kind friend female friend-whom / an
swered, it may be, rather too positively, to-
say, that the title to these adventures, &C.,
was written down, before any plan, as to
what would follow, was formed or even con-
ceived of-other than to write something a.
bout myself, and ga .feeo PARTICULAR
friends
Some reflection two-thirds of min
ute-led to the determination, that in accord
ance with the title, would draw from the
t'woof" of my being that was, an occasion
al "thread, . and present it to such as might
fancy it enough to accept it. | may be able
to furnish, once and while, parallel to-
some chequered one, now quietly sleeping in
your own Life Web: and if I should draw
mine with more candor, that you are wont
to give utterance to-refecting, as often
will perhaps, the pride, and vanity, and self
ishness, of which you and ], if we were but
honest enough toconfess it, have full share
do not castit away, as something you have
never felt Go into your boyhood, and girl
hood time, and from thence, you can bring
forth many "Threads''-eyen as I shall
forwhich, you viii feel disposed now to blush,
and from which, you may, if you will, reap,
not only the material for laughter, but for
improvement also.
Finally, I shall lake occasion to write, as
7 may feel, and to say what I please--felici-
tating myself, meanwhile, that the few whose
good taste will prompt to the perusal Of these
articles will have the good sense to say Of
that which may not please them, that cts
nobody but Hal Hankins that said it. !
With this extended nothing, as q preface, j
bid you kind adieu, until next week.