Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-06-10
DAUGHTERS MARRIAGE.

HISTORY.
a DAUGEaTERS s MARRIAGE.
The departure ola son from beneath the
paternal roof does not present any speeta-
Gle of dessolation Masculine life has,
from infancy. an individuality, an indepen-
dence, an egcisfn, so to say, which is es-
sentiasly wanting 10 female existence
When son aballons his parents. to cre-
ate for himself !. separate interest, this sep
aration causes ~ Hezle interruption in their
mutual relations. "A man Tnarries, and still
maintains his friendships, his habits, and
filial affections. Nothing is changed in his
life; it is only an additional tie. His de-
parture is consequently mere simple sep
aration while the departure of young
girl, become the wife of few hours, is a
real desertion-a desertion with all its du-
ties and feelings still fresh about it. In one
word, the son is a sapling which has al
ways grown apart from the trunk while
the daughter has, on The contrary, formed
an essential portion oft, and to detach her
from her place is to matilate the tree itself.
! on have surrounded her youth with un-
r5tdf-nlOAC hCSo se-iC
derness of your pa.ernal and maternal
hearts and she, in return, has appeared
to pour forth upon you an equally mex
haustible gratitude; YOU loved her beyond
all the world. and she seemed to cling to
you with a proportionable affection. But
one day, enc iil-omene9 day, man arrives.
invited and welcomed by yourselves and
this man Of your own choice carries off 70
his domestic eyry your gentle dove, far
! from the soft nest which your love had
made for her, and to which hers had clupg.
On the morrow you look around you, ycu
listen, you wait, you seek for something
which you cannot find. The cage is empty;
! the tureful linnet has flown silence has
succeeded warbIings, it does not come as
! it did on The previous morning, fiuttering
/ its plumed wings about the pillow, and
awakening you By It's soft caresses. Moth
/ ing remains but painful calm, q painful
silence, painful yoid. The chamber o.
the absent darling offers only that disorder
which It is so melancholy for q mother to
contemplate; not the joyous and impatient
disorder Of occupation, but that of abaud-
onIacnt.
/ Maldeniy garments scattered here and
there; chairs heaped with half-worn dres-
ses; drawers left partially open, and ran.
sacked to their remotest corners ; bed IN
which no one las slept; q crowd of charm
witch Fhe younJyy wfre despTses, Z which are
Uttered over,,the carpet, ike the feathers
droped by the linnet, when the hawk made
the tirnid bird lis prey. Such is the depres-
sing sight which wfings tears from the mo-
/ ther's hear. Nor is this all; from this day
she occupies only the second place in the
affections of her departed idol and even
that merely until the happiness of materni-
ty shall have taught her whom she weeps
to assign to her one still lower. This man
this stranger, unknown few months, i
may be bat few weeks previously, has
assumed right over affections which were
once almost entirely her own; few hours O
fleeing. and it may be of assumed, ten
derness have, in a great degree, suffcet
to efface twenty long years Of watchfulness
OF care, and OF self-abnegation /; and they
have not only rent away her fright 10 be tht
first and best beloved, but they have alst
deprived her Of the filial caresses, the gen
tie attention, and the adored presence o
the hearts idol, whom she has herself givel
10 him for life. Nothing is left to the mo
ther but the attachment of respect. Al
the warmer emotions are engrossed by th'
husband, to whom his young bride owe
alike obedience and devotedness. If sh,
loves him, she leaves her home without re
great, TO follow his fortunes to the end o
the world; if she does not love him, sh
i will perform the same duty with resignation
| Nature and law alike impose the obligation
on her, and her own heart must decid
whether it viii constitute her Joy or he
trial; but in either case the result to tn
mother is the same. Nor can that mothe
reProach her with this painful preference
: for she has reared her in the conviction c
the necessity of marriage; she has nersel
offered to her its example in her own per
son; Heaven Itself has pointed it out as
duty whose omission is culpable; and there
fore, far from venturing to wish that th
lost one should restore to her all the ten
derness which tine and habit may enabl
her TO Withdraw from her husband, III
mother is bound, on the contrary, to pra
that they may every day become dearer t
each other, even at the expense OF her ow
happiness. This misfortune is the mother
last blessing.I WoakN,5 ,5y Louis Desnoyer.