Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-05-29
A Daughters Marriage.

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1shs departure Of son fror, beneath,
,ls internal rt,pf does not preseu, any spc.
.tnele of desolntion. Masculine life has,
g,otn ;nianev nm Individuality, NJ, inie poi-
tlence. mn epotIsm, no 10 say, which Ii es.
seltiallv wanting 10 female existence.
When : son aha,,dons his parents. to ere.
ale for himself \ separate interest the sep.
nrat;on canses lnu l;ttie ,uterruptie,i In
tleir mutual relations. Al maj, nnrries,
and sill mnintains his fr;e,dsl,ips. his bab.
|its and filial affections. Nothing ID chang.
ed h his life !; il IL only ri, additional lie.
IIia ,lerart,,ra d consequently /, mere SIM
ple seporntion wbiIo the departure Of d
vounr oirl beoo,pe tho wife Of |, few hours
/. : renl 4 de.er,ion--,, desertiot will, nil its
duties and feelings s,ill fresl, about it,
III one word the son ID d sapling wlicl,
i'm, nlwavs rrowf, apart from The trunk
while the dauylN or has, OH the contrary,
formed an essential portion of Ii, and TO
aetacb her from, her place il to mutiate
tho tree itself, You have surrounded her
youth with nnspeakuble tenderness, file
i,iexbaustible tenderness OF your puternal
and maternal hearts !: and she, In return,
has appeared to pour forth upon You l,o.l,
mn ea,,alIy. iDexliaus.ible gratitude you
loved her beyond all the world, aud rile
seemed 10 cling 10 you with proportion
able affection. But one day, ono ii.oneii.
cd day, man arrives, invited and wel-
coined BY yourselves; and this man Of
your own choice carries oil TO lis doInes.
iic eyry your gentle dove, fur from the
soft nest which your love had made for
her, and to which hers had clung On
the morrow you look around you, you lis
ten, YOU wait, you seek Tor something
which you cannot find The cage is emp.
ty; the tuneful linnet has flown; silence
has succeeded to It's melodious warbIings; ];
il does not come as IL did only on the pre-.
vious morning, hnttering its perfuined
wings about your pillow, and awakening
you by It's soft caresses. Nothing remains
but d painful calm, painful silence, q
painful void Tie ehamber of the absent
darling offers only that disorder which it is
NO melancholy for mother 10 contemplate;
not the Joyous aud impatient disorder Of
occupation, but that Of abaudonmenta
Maidenly garments scattered Lere and
there !: rirlisll fancies no longer priced /;
chairs heuped with half worn dresses
drawers left partially open, and ransacked
in their renlotest corners n bed In which
no one has slept crowd OF charming
trifes. whicl, the young girl loved, but
which, tile Young vile despises, aud which
are Uttered over the carpet, like the featll.
ers tlroped by the linnct, when the hawk
made the 'tin,id bird its prev. Such IL the
depressinp SIGHT wi,ict, wrinps tears from
the mothers l,eurt. Morris this all; from
this day she Occupies only the second
place ii, the affections Of her departed Idol
and even that merely until the happiness
Of maternity shall have taught her whom
she weeps L, assign 10 her one still lower
This man. this stranger, unknown few
months. Il may be but few weeks previ.
ously, has assumed righ. over affections
which were once almost entirely her own
few hours OF fleetiliy, Ii may be Of ass.nl.
ed tenderness have, IN d rrest degree, suf.
| feed TO efface twenty long years Of watch.
fulness. OF care, aud Of self-abnegation
md they have not only rent away Lel
rirht to be the first and best loved, bu.
| thew have also deprived her Of the fila
csresses. the gentle attention, and tile
adored presence or the heart : idol, whom
she herself has given to him for life.
Nothing is left 10 the mother but the at.
tachmeilt Of respect. All the warmer
emotions are engrossed by tile husband. te
whom bis Young bride owes alike obedi.