The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-23

| Aspcnwal. What man, who knows how to
love, ever cares TO expatiate much on a disap
pointed lovely It was strange perhaps that he
should love her so but 30 he did. He hat.
never been able to see any fault in her, from
the beginning of their acquaintance to its close
but one and even that his dszzled eyes saw
as something apart from her, not her fault, but
the fault of her training, or want of training.
Her soul on one occasion, and on one alone
had appeared before him In an ugly dress bul
that he ;nsdered as merely the fault of tho
dress. maker. His passionate tenderness i'm
mediately substituted for it the garb of a god.
dess; and in this her image stood evermars
clothed in his thoughts. She was that rare
thing-so much oftener heard of than seea--
perfect beauty, and moreover brilliant, ardent,
and, where she loved, ravishingly lovely; YET
she was certainly not, at this time at least, al
that be thought her.
but in extenustion l must state, that it is q
general, not to say q universal, one. Ensmored
lads and lasses, you see in each other not what
you have really found, bat what you have idest-
ly found, wha. Mr.. Dickens says you all see Ia
your looking glasses, "ths pleasing reflects d
of your own fancy" Sly Puck, believe !,
did not use up all of the juice of the little west
ern flower upon Titanis's eyes, nor on thoee
of the Athenian lovers. can see the traces
of it upon the dropping lids of almost all of
you. Cupid weaves and bats the snares for
you; but he leaves it to Chance to set them in
the way of tie unwary Tityrus. II, at the time
when you first saw Amaryllis in Italy, the Fatss
had thrown you in England, in the neighbor.
hood of trap with Phillis in it, Phillis would
have caught you and you would have preferred
her " herbs and other savory messes," even 20
the juice of all Amaryllis' figs and oraugi q,
and Amarylis, dit o, ditto. Collectively, u
would have worshipped your golden hair,d
and raven tressed divinities as extravagantly-
mean appreciatingly- you now do; sever
ally you would have changed idols. " Propin-
guilty." my desrs, as Mrs. Broadstone said
"PropiLquity
"Leaves have their time TO fall -
and when it comes, fall they do, headlong in
the dust, on the Hower.bed or among the net
| ties, as the case may be; and so have hearts
theirs, chiefly between the ages Of sixteen and
thirty, to fall in love and they do it likewise
in q rather precipitate and indiecriminate way,
as the wind may happen to blow; but Hermahs
fell upon a queen.ily, and chung to it hence
forth. He was not mistaken in thinking her
rare woman, if he was in thinking her more
than woman. He thought her more than q
woman, and suffered accordingly.
In the seccLd place, there was change in his
position in society, in consequence of his speech
speeches, rather--for he soon found occasion
to follow up the former with others equally clio.
quent and much more effective, because, with
growing tact, better adapted to his audiences.
That change in bis position can perhaps be
thoroughly understood only by those who,
members of Questionable political parties,
have moved in fashionable society when par
ties ran high. he had hitherto enjoyed his
share of the social consideration which two or
three generations of wealth, tastefully used, had
entailed upon his family. Without the least
selfconceit he had Hitherto, from pure inexpe.
rience, want of knowledge Of the world, and
confidence in the good faith of others, uncon.
sciously, as young persons are apt to do in sim.
liar circumstances, taken it for granted that 4h.
cordial welcome and charming courtesy witch
he had met with wherever he went, were the
expression of a sincere liking and respect for
his person and character, and, tina. they could
hardly be forfeited among the generality of his
old neighbors, unless by misconduc. On his part.
To his surprise, the welcome, the charm, the
courtesy, were not to be sure universally, but
very generally, altered. The well.bred COW
treated him With cool good. the i'll
bred with cool ill.breeding. Some of them
honestly thought his political course wrong
some, without caring particularly whether it
was wrong or right, thought it most inconteni
ent and exasPerating and some, again, 9th.
out thinking at all, took their cue from the
rest. 1t is no doubt a very trihing thing to
have single little drop of cold water thrown
upon ones head but very long succession
of such little drops, dropped upon the same
worn and intenerated spot, may in time Fave
an unpleasant effect, even upon ones ree<on
and it certainly must strike the sufferer eddy
at first, when be 6nds old acquaintances, whom
he has always regarded as friends as far as any
thing, volunteering, as amateur executioaers,
whenever he comes in their way, to administer
each his globule of the homeopathic cumulative
torment. When it falls upon heart that al.
ready knows its own secret separate bittet Aess,
the case is harder yet. Cold water, howaver,
is bad or good thing, according to tn, ma.
ture of the stuff it has to act upon. 1t st,ftens
plaster steel, it tempers. Let Tyranny, ,ocial
or individual, plunge in it the sword of Liberty,
glowing from the forge. The sword will hardly
drown in it, or come out again the more plant
for the treatment.
Herman would not mention to his sister the
petty daily annoyances to which he was sub.
jected. He thought that woman, bling ex-
cluded from the agreeable excitements of DO.
litical life, ought also to be privileged Against
the disagreeable. he did not wish to separate
her from her old friends. He knew her we'll
enough to fear that, howsoever the Opaque
polish of her manners might cover her inAgna-
| ton, her feelings, if she once saw how matters
stood, might be seriously and permanently al
| tered towards any of them who proved ickle
towards him. To Edward he did drop |, hint
or two. Edward administered conso alton
somewhat after the fashion of Eliphss. the
Temanite, Bildsd the Shuttle, and Zophte the
Naamathite, rolled into one. In the first ,.lace,
he denied the existence of Coventry; IA the
second, he extenusted, if he did not defeurj. It
You have always held yourself aloof from
other people, my dear man. Why should you
expect them to staOd by your You have been
perfect Peter the Hermit and now you come
out with q ragsmufRn party, and preach g cru.
SADIE against all their souls hold dear-or mean
to hold dear, if they csn-factory cottons and
| negro denims, for instance. Not being very
we'll acquainted with you usly-whose
fault is that ?--they were unwearied in request
ing the honor and the pleasure of your compa
ny-they naturally think you crazy. Learn a
lesson for the future and if you expect to in
fuence men, and have them stick to YOU in
times like these, show yourself among them,
and make yourself agreeable and necessary to
them at all tinjes."
IL always felt kindly towards our sconaint.
anees, supposed that they knew it,
"How?" III
"By taking it for granted, 1 suppose, as l
did, that they felt kindly towards me-"
You were guileless youth, if yoa took
anything of the sort for granted. The E. lerous
public, not being guileless, usually quires
stronger proof Besides, you labor unlzer the
further disadvantage of belonging to a c,nspic-
nous and rather wealthy family. DG't YOU
know that wealth and family are posit We sins
against the peace Of Demos, to be atone for at
| tho 1oua old fofowta frihn ocIc ~, ~,or.~