The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-11-04
From the st.. Louis Spirit of the West,
The Way She turned Him.

The most bigoted and unreasonable party man
met with was Jack D., now a prosperous and
influential Attorney in s. county. in this State
At the hour of which l am writing, he was
rsd hot democrat, and his chief pleasure seemed to
consist in making the fact notorious AZ possible
to the world. His friends and acquaintances. who
knew him well, and whom he had repeatedly ssyic.
tiInized," with one consent pronounced Jack
bore, and his politics nuisance !; but. with
stranger, the thing essentially different Seiz.
ed by the button. at the moment Of Introduction,
Jack wonld as'onsh him by rapid rehersal of the
articles of his political creed-branch out into an
lnterminabe rhapsody on the manifest destiny of
the great progressive party, and if the victim was
unusually passive, wind up BY an eloquent eulogy
on the great " l did, /" as the living embodiment Of
his peculiar opinions, and, in consequences, the
greatest man OF the age Such was Jack D., at
The time of our story, acknowledged, on every
side firm and incorruptble democrat. But,
alas! let us, however, not anticipate-but to our
story:
One unlucky day, Jack met at the house of a
friend, young lady Of great personal beauty and
accomplishments !; attracted by her loveliness and
captva,ed by her Intelligence, he became assid-
in his attentions, forgot for while his "prin.
cgies," and without inqIrlng what might be the
political preferences Of his 81 lady love- impru.
denty proposed, was accepted AMI they were mar
ried. lf
The wedding was over, the guests had departed,
and the happy pair had retired TO their chamber,
and were snugly enseonced in bed. when Jack 10
the couIse of quiet conversation with his wife,
unwittingy alluded to his favorite subject, by
ually speaking of himself as being democrat.
"What!" exclaimed she, turning sharply and
suddenly towards him, " are you democrat!''
"Yes, madam" replied Jack-delighted with
the idea of having patient listener to his LONG
strained oratory, "Yes, madam, lam democrat ;
real Jeffsrsonian democrat, attached to the pin
cipes of the great progressive party a regular
out and outer, double dyed and twisted in the
wool" ~
"Just double and twist yourself out of this bed
then," interrupted his wife, 81 am whig, am
and will never sleep with any man protesting the
aoomnable doctrines you do" 9sB 2
Jack was speechiess from absolute amazement
That the very wife of his bosom should prove q
traitor was horrible--she must be jesting. He re.
monstrated-in vain-tried persuasion-'twas use
Iess-entreaiy-'twas no 60. She was in sober
earnest, and the only alternative left Rim was a
prompt remuneration of his heresy, or q separate
abjure the great and established doctrines of his
party, to renOunce his allegiance TO that faith thai
had become identified with his very being, to sur
render those glorious principles which had grown
with his growth and strengthened with hi
strenglh--to the mere whim and caprice of
woman was utterly ridiculous and absurd, and hs
threw himself from The bed, and prepared to qui
the room.
Az he was leaving the door, his wife screamed
out to him, 81 say, my dear, when you recan
your heresy, and repent your past errors just knocf
at my door, and perhaps will let you in"
The door was violently slammed, and Jack pro
cesded wrathtully in quest of another apartment
A ssnse Of insulted dignity, and the firm convic
ton thai he was q martyr in the right cause,
strengthened his pride, and he resolved 70 hold ou
until b iorcsd bis wife into capitulauon.