Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-01

@ naIase that ne pefseas who have taken each other Tor
better OF for congena That very good ante.
nupuas ugt very bad postnupta objection. s mistakes
u nis matter may sometimes occur where there has quite
uolehey o. intercourse and intimacy prevent misudeg-
Standing Original character change time and crcumstane-
es % develop latent passions and modify Others 50 that vO.
man OF man 81 forty may be very different person from what
he or she appeared to be twenty years age. But these in.
stances rare, and form the exception rather than the rue
We are inclined to believe that in the great majority cases in
which husband and wife separate beoanse Of pesned disagree.
o natures real Of difficulty les not In any in.
herent moral disparity, buf IA gross Of habit or con.
duct AMI Eo disloyaly tie duties and
Of s munonai relationship, on one side or the other This
most probably the true trouble wherever the connect
On in the case Of Mr. pIcKE dissolved after enduring
ascore Of years in apparent harmony. can very easily i'm
agne that radically alter whole course and
habits Of his LIE not only render yirtuoUs faithful
wife wreched, but make eohabtaton with him next to po
si5le.
This is likely where brilliant literary success great
popular applause the fulsome aery Of Intellectual and fash
ionae circles and Ill the cnTuptng dissipation to which such
influences generally lead, dmorae originally amiabe char
aoter and destroy every generous and honorable sentiment with
which it vas once inspired Has this been the fate Of the gifted
author who has portrayed his many touching pic
lures Of lie aud taught many fitted to cultivate
our better sympaes and aectons7 We know that his
Of late years. have dsyated sadly the right line Of recude
and decency We know that lie squandered, most prOda
the rich revenues gathered from his sngulay profitable literary
labors that be has nul ged himself very free and fast style
Of living that he has moved amid circle Of looe reckless and
roou people, who have verb nice regard for scples Of
science the restraints natural conventional deosncy;
that he has descended from the dignity Of authorship, to public
readings Of his stories; and that from having figured
spcuous during the last few years, in private heacals, he
announced resolved take his place the dramatic
boards professional actor. the truth Of the Of bis
improper relations with certain actress whose acquaintance he
made in his honic experiences cannot vouch, but his init
macy with stage the world behind the curtain, would
rally lead to the associations and mpropretes with which
report charged him. Of course, be Inferred
from the kind Of be has been running lately, that his home
very tein his thoughts and enjoyed but small share Of
his society That bis wife has observed this change in him; that
she has demonstrated with him against it, that she has had her
feelings injured her domestic peace and comfort broken up and
her GENTLE patient suffering when rising into eostaatOn re-
toTted with unkindne and cruelty, at all improbable
Finally after every appeal affection had failed and the will
perse and depravsd proof against every cond
Grafton duty honor, and deCency told peace
full separation has taken place. and asked to believe that
parties twenty years eoniug union could agree in
dispositions Now inquire here whether wife,
intolerance husbands practical deseron and cen
ousnso Of conduct renders longer connection With her
Eenen dssgeeabe him, be Of pleasure un-
false impeachment temper? Is woman to be &C.
waiting amiabiy Of character, be, implicitly or
otherwise held up public vago, endured
in the same house simply will at the olous
errors innorali Of dssoute husband, who puts
in order give his brutal passions and sensual full
sWing2 the incompathliy between and Mrs
DIcKESs it IS which, fea lies the bottom Of large
proportion Of family disturbances. 1t is the irreconcabii
ty between vice side and virtue the other and the
world should such of wrong nqu,
proceeding the disruption Of the hottest of ties
ing the party with whom the blame rests the fullest
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