St. Mary's beacon., 1860-01-05
Confession Of An A5o'i.ionis'; or, The
Might Altar Marriage.

" man | have ever met with. says a st
Louis editor. was Jack p. now a pros
porous and influential attorney.
JACK Was r.l-hDi abplitiuIist. and h.,
chief plcasur. seemed in making "a. f,cl
~ np'1ripus aS possible He friends an
assoc,a;-s with ono consent, pronounced
jack bore. and his politics a nuisance,
but with stranger the thing was essen
tally different: Ssiz,1 hy the buttons Al
the moment of Introduction. Jnck would
astonish him by rapid rehearsal Of tn
articles of his political creed. and branch
gu; into an f:ter,ninable rhapsody on the
NANTES. destiny % tha grea, Eigg If PARTY.
Such was JACK D. AT tn. tim. Of
our story, AMI acknowledged on ever side
as firm AMI incorporating aboltionist
One day, Jack met at the house OF some
fricni. a young lady Of great personal
baauty an accomplishments. Attracte
by her loneliness, and cap:iva,ed BY her
intelligence h. became assiiuous in his in
tnn,ions. forgot FIR awhile his principles. y
and without inquifing what might be the
political Preferences Of his lady love, I'M
prudcntiy proposed, was accepted, and
they were married.
The wedding was over aud all the quests
had departed, the happy pair had retired
70 their chamber, and were snug!y en-
tconced in bed. when Jack in the course
of quiet conversation with his wife, M
Willingly alluded to his fayorita subject,
by caslalIy speaking of himself as a Re-
publican.
WRIT" exclaimed his VIII, turning
sharply ani suli,nly towards him, ARE
you a RapIbIican:'
Yes replied Jack delighted with the
idea OF fin ling p1sient listene. - his long
unrss aap-.i oratory "Y:s. mn lam.
an aSnspublican. attached 20 the prilci-
pies of the progressvs party. regular out
AMI outer, dor3!,-iyal AM twis'el in tie
wool"
'Jast doIbl: AMI twist y1,trs,lr out Of
this bel. ,hna.--intcrrup5ei his wife
Pm a Democrat. / am; will never s',rp
with man protesting the abominahlc doe
trines you do
Jack Was speeches. from absolute
amaEcmcn'. That the very vile % his
bosom should prove traitor, ", horrible:
sh, must b" jrStinc "" demonstrated. /.
but in vain: trie.l persuasion. twas useless:
cHtr.aty. twrs ~ -: Sac w, in earnest,
nnl the only alt'raa,iy, let him. W.,
p-omp, r.nln;iation of his h:rccy, or
separate bed in another room
Jack DID not h,.it1t". To allure IL
established doctrines Of his p1rty-to re-
nounca allegiance 10 lat. which hal b. !
come identified with Il nv > in. - sur- I
rem lrr til )sr Curious p:iu"ip which hi .
grown with his growth. AMI ST 9Th II Il
with his str.ny H. t., III, MGR, wai.m and
capc:cs Of a wn.utn. Wa r'',riy r; ,icr'rl~
AMI absurd; and throwing him r f.1m
the bid. h quiz the apartment \ s"n<.
Of in~uital dignity aui = iicn can::.,ion
that h" was a mar'yr to tla right cause.
strengthened hy his pril". ra,plv.I him
to holl ont til h" fDr: ii dis WI. in;o
capitulltion with him.
In tha morning shn met him az il moth
ing Ia hrpp.n'd; but when .v>r JACK ven
turai - aliujc Ia III" night pr ,yio;,s. IN re
was a laughing dcYil in her eve Which ,
bespoke h'r power, AMI rxtingdiS.eI hop..
\ second time h repaired To- his lon "
couch. AMI a second time h. clleI on his
pride to support him in tha s,ru4gl". which
he founI was getting d"sp"rat,. H. ven
tur"d curses no: loud but deep" on the
waywarlness AMI 4 caprc. Of tn s.x in
general. and his wife in particular. won
derrd how long Shr would hold out,
VIII Their she suffered as acu,,Iy ~ Il, did
and tried hard to dcluie hinecl: into the
belief that sac loved him too much - pro-
long the ostrang mem, AMI wal some
TO him in the morning. perhaps that very
night, and sue for a reconciliation
But then cam" the recollection of that
inlcxihle countenanc". of that uHbcnling
will AMI of that laughing AMI implying
eve. h, fit convinced that he was hoping
against hope; and dcspairingly he turned
against the wall for Oblivion from tn.
wrctchainess Of his thoughts.
The second day was 4 repetition of the
first No allusion was made to the sub
jcct on either siic. There was a quiet
happ ness aul chccrfulnrss about his wife
that puzzled Jack snrrlv. and h. felt that
all idea of forcing her to surrender must be
abandoned
The third night h was alone. His re-
Elections were vet more serious than the
p:,viou night -yhltthrv were Of course
was only known To- himself. but they SEEM
cd to result in something decided, for
about midnight three distinct raps were
made at his wifc's door
No answer
The signal was repeated in lou Ter tone
and still all was silent
\ third time the door shook with the
violent attack.
Who's thcre?" cried the voice of his
wife. as if aroused from deep sleep.
"A little of the best Democra, YOU ever
did See."
The revolution in his opinion was radi-
cal and permanent He removed To- anoth-
er country and became popular. offered
himself as candidate on the Democratic
ticket for the Legislature, was elected
and for several sessions, represented his
adopted county as firm and decided Dem
ocrat.