Columbia gazette. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne County, Calif.) 1852-1855, 1854-12-09
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The Way She Turned Him.

A most bigoted and unreasonable par
ty man was Jack D., now prosperous
and influential attorney in S. coun-
ty, in one Of the Western States.
At the hour of which I am writing
he was red hot wing, and his chief
pleasure seemed to consist in making
the fact as notorious as possible to the
world His friends and acquaintance,
who knew him we'll, and whom he had
repeatedly victimized, with one consent
pronounced Jack bore, and his poll
tics nuisance; but, with stranger,
the thing was essentially different Seiz-
ed by the button, at the moment of in
PRODUCTION, Jack would astonish him by
a rapid rehearsal of the article of his po-
litical creed, break out in an intermin-
able rhapsody on the first principles of
his party, and if the victim was unusual
ly passive, wind up with a great eulogy
on Harry" as the living embodiment
of his peculiar opinions, and in conse-
quence, the greatest man of the age.
Such was Jack D., at the time of our
story, acknowledged on every side as a
firm and incoruptible whig. But alas !!
let us not anticipate, but to our story.
One unlucky day, Jack met at the
house of friend, young lady of great
personal beauty and accomplishments !;
attracted by her loneliness, he became
assiduous in his attentions, forgot for a
while his "principles,'' and without en-
quiring what might be the political pref
erences of his ''lady love-" imprudently
proposed, was accepted and they were
married.
The wedding was over the guests
departed, and the happy pair had retired
to their chamber, and were snngly en-
sconsed in bed, when Jack, in the course
of a quiet conversation with his wife, I'M
Willingly alluded to his favorite subject,
by usually speaking of himself as being
whig.
"What :" exclaimed she, turning sad
denly towards him, care you a whig -
eyes, madam" replied Jack, delight
ed at the idea of having patient list
ener to his long restrained oratory ;''yes,
madam, am whig attached to the
principles of the great federal 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.
1 am democrat, I am and / will new
er sleep with man protesting the abOm-
Unable doctrine you do"
Jack was speechless from absolute a.
mazement that the very wife Of his bo-
som should prove traitor was horrible,
she must be jesting. He demonstrated
in vain tried persuasion !; twas useless
entirely-'twas no 60. She was in So
Der earnest, and the only alternative
left him was prompt remuneration of
his heresy, or separate bed in another
room. Jack did not hesitate. To alb
jure the great and established doctrines
of his party, to renounce his allegiance
to that faith which had become identi-
fed with his very being, to surrender
those glorious principles which had
grown with his growth and had strength
ened with his strength, to the mere ca
price of woman was utterly ridiculous,
and he threw himself from the bed and
prepared to quit the room:
AS be was leaving the door, his wife
screamed out to him, 81 say, my dear,
when you recant your heresy and re-
nounce your past errers, just knock at
the door, and perhaps I will let you in. i"
The door was violently slmamed, and
Jack proceeded wrathfully in quest of
another apartment.
A sense of insulted dignity and the