The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-08-16

From the Detroit Tribune.
Love aud Politics.
By n. z. C..

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| Anything but female politician!' said
Judge Compton, and his masculine lips curl
ed with most digniied contemps,as he threw
him sell back on the lounge, and unfolded a
fresh newspaper.
i And pray, whyf exclaimed Mrs. Smith
Hooking up from from her embroidery, with
a look Of mschie yous inquiry 10 her merry
black eyes. f4Ea
| Il believe, my gallant cousin continued
she, that Eve partook of the fruit of the
tree of knowledge even before her liege
lord and master, and what is TO hinder her
daughters from studying politics. or aughs
else they may choosc?'
| oh, if you are to commence an argument,
Jennie. l yield in advance, for you would
be sure TO have the last word. You know
tat when the angels threw down twelve
baskets full of TALK. in the days when he
world was young, tradition says that The
women took immediate possession OF eleven
| of them.
.Ab, yes, and did you know that when
ever a man is outwitted in an argumen. by
some sensible woman. (you needn't laugh,
such things haze happened, )there is sure 10
come out that vile slander about our talking.
No evasions, sirl Question 7
We'll. then, if you will persist in taking
the matter seriously, there are several rea-
sons why woman should not be polii.
clan. woman's sphere is home. and it is
hers to make that home paradise, if she
will, while it is incompatible with that deli
cacy, which is her greatest charm, to min
gle with the noisy crowd that fill the dusty
political arena. Imagine an election day
with female voters How disgusting
The very ground l expected you to take.
Let women say anything about politics, and
you men imagine we are pos
sesssd with an insane idea of rushing TO
the ballot box forthwith. No true woman
desires that, aud you know it, or ought to,
but she may keep herself informed concern
ing the state of affairs. or even appreciate a
good political speech without that
My dear cousin, what good will it do
her when she has done all that?
What good!' Ii her mind will not be as
much improved by such course of reading
as by silly romances ard sentimental poetry
am mistaken. But how much such
would your Highness allow us!'
oh, have no objection to your know
ng who is President. or Governor Of your
State. if you wish it 7
Thank you! How generous!'
~0A'~'AJ' oOhhy you hHc" 40 '" oiA 40 -
hat woman's sphere is not political ono,
md she had best let such things alone
Yes, sir. l think you made similar
mark not long since. Woman's sphere -
That means she is to stay al home and ad-
minister to the wants of some incarnation Of
masculine Incidence and self complacency,
for instance : and Jenny
fastened from the room in answer TO u call
from the nursery, while the Judge turned
for consolation to his cigar.
Why Judge Compton was an old bachelor
was question often asked without any sat
answer being given, but that he
was In a confirmed state of single blessed
ness, was beyond a doubt. Nevertheless,
forty summers had rested lightly on his
head. for pot a thread of silver cleaned in
his brown hair. and his keen eyes had ray
OF mischief lurking in them, that betokened
an unfaili'g fount of good nature some
where in his cspaeious heart.
A gallant man was the Judge, yet withai
some " hat fastdious in bis notions of female
propriety, and dreading strong minded
woman as if she were the Arch Enemy in
disguise. At present he was rusticating Tor
= few weeks at the pleasant county home of
one of his relatives. where he was gladly
welcomed, as inded he was everywhere.
The quiet of Maple Glen was broken
shortly after the above conversation. by the
advent of Miss Maude Lstimer, ward OF
MIR. Smith. and who had just finished at
boarding school. Though Cous-
n Jennie had much to say To our gallant
hero concerning her darling Msude. yet he
paid very little attention to it, not having.
n fact. much opinion Of the intellectual abil
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pleased to term them. Still, as cousins
guest, he was prepared TO receive her with
Difference, though it must be confessed his
were not Of the most pleasant
nature. 1t was late one evening when
Miss Maude arrived and he only caught
glimpse OF slight figure in sober. gray
dress, which figure was rapturous-
ly seized and embraced BY Jennie.
The next morning at the breakfast table
they were tremendously introduced: even
the Judges critical eye was at fault as he
scanned the 1.-THE. slender form before him,
the clear, dark. grey eyes. and the brown
hair lying smoothly above the high. white
brow. No sichly sentineutslisal was there.
but an earnest true soul had stamped its
impress on every feature. 1t would be
needless to state all the incidents that mark
ed the progress Of the friendship that sprung
mp between the Judge and Maude. Had
they met in society, the result would have
been very different. but being under the
same roof, thrown into constant companion
ship and with minds that perfectly accorded.
they could not but be friends.
Maude was we'll read in the best htera-
ture of the day. and her cultivated mind had
grasped the grand thoughts OF the master
spirits of the age. ani made them all her
own. The well furnished library Of Maple
Glen was the scene of many pleasant morn
ing hours spent in listening, as one or the
other read. to the strains of the great old
bards whose footsteps echo down the corri-
dors OF time.'
Then there were long rides, taken through
the winding woodland roads. and along tho
rocky banks of the picturesque river that
wound round Maple Glen. and sails on the
crystal lake whose clear waters were en-
bosomed In green hills. There were gorge
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