Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-30

The following, both in sentiment and TACT.
will find ready echo In tho hearts o. most
parents. Il is from the Hide U'or'4

aurY az iu+AFduGltA, an lneeP@Ua- teA. IA
~ tti-ui. - T. say, which Is osS utIaiiv
watt 70 feualc xis,enc- Whom a sou
A5a dgus III parents 10 crete fer himself
sel artte Interest. 'his naFato9 csgsss but
i;t!e Interruption Ia ;'.eiF mutual relations.
! n.sa nsfTies and slil main; airs his
Ills habits aud his fltal affections.
Nothing is etaaged in life; il j. ohlv an
additional te. hsdel ar,ure is cons quent
!, mere mp'e separation; while lis &c
sarturc Q. young girl, to become the wifi,
IN lev hours, is = real desertion-a deser.
ton with oil its duties and feelings abou, IT,.
In one word, the con 10 sapling which hss
nlwsys grown apart from the trunk while
the daughter has. on the contrary, formed
an essentisi portion Of il, and TO de,ach her
from her place is TO n,n,il,,c the tree itself
You have surrounded ner youth with IN
sreakabe tenderness the exhaustless ten
derness Of your paternal and maternal
hearts; and she, in return, has appeared to
pour forth upon you both an equally in
haustibie gratitude, you loved her beg ond
all the world, and she seemed to cling
to you with = proper tionable affection -
But che day, an ill>omencd day, a man ar
iiaes, invited and welcomed by yourselves
and this man Of your own choice carries on
10 IN, domestic circle your sentle dove. lar
from the soa nest which your love bid
made Tor her. On the moron Aou io.i.
around YOU, you listen, you wait, you stes
! someih,tg which You cannot find. ~.
cage Is empty the tunelul linnet LA. iiown
silence has succeeded 10 IFS ineiodsus
wtrhlinGs; it does not COM, as il did OILY
~ The pieaiOu. morning, liuttcrns IT. per
Tuned wings about your piiiow, n q a"ah
enng YOU by iis sou csrcsses. Nothing
remains but pliniul calm, "a painful silene {,
q painful VOID. The chamber Of the alb, "a
dailing offers only that disorder whicn
is 90 melancholy Tor a mother TO conicm
plate not the Joyous and impatient disorder
81 occupation, bu, HAT OF ahandonment.-
Naidenly garments scattered here and
there; grlsh isneles no longer priced
chars helpei with hai-worn dresses
drawers lett partially opea and ransaeked
to their remoiest corners; bed IN which
no one has slept, crowd of charming tr
lies, whleh the young girl loved, but which
the young vile despises, and which ART
Uttered over the carpet, like the feathers
dropped by the linnet when the hawk made
the timid bird It's prey. Such is the de-
pressing sight which wrings tears from tie
mothers heart Nor Is this all; from THU
day she occupies only the second place in
the afitcton s OF her departed idol and
even hat merely until the happiness Of ma
ternity shall have taught her tor whom sh,
weeps To assign TO her one still lower =
This man, this stranger unknown lie Y
months, IL may be but a few weeks, prcvi.
ou,y, has assumed right over those aifec
tions which were almost entirely her own
a few hours OF fectlng, and il may even b,
OF sumed, tenderness, have IN . great de
gice suiiiced to eiiacc twenty .ong years o
watchiulnsss, ct care, Of self abDcgation
aud they have not only rent away her righ
to be the first and best beloved, but they
have also depriy d Ter OF the ilial carcsses
the gentle attentions and the adored pres.
eucc of the hearts idol, whom she has her.
self given to him Tor lie. Nothingis lett I,
the mother but the attachment oi respect
j. she loves him, she leaves her home with
out regret to follow his fortunes to the end
Of the world II she does not love h,m. 81. q
will stll perform the same duty with rcsig-
nation nature and law alike impose ths
oHi tioa GA hsr. aud .cr o1n h,sfi mas
as va w etitcr a NAa tph ft.'e n = ~
hof uul 81. ia ii. ss.t case thu result 10 tl,,
motl,r Is TO anne. Aul - thst moth
ich ber Wta th- paiuid! prsicr.rec
les Sis has reared iSr III the opnya.i a O
tie necessity OF marriage; She lbs herse
eiicr, / to her its example ia her an per
o. heaN,n use.i ha pnAte1l cut n aslu
whose emission IS c.p4Uie an,i, t-efe
str iar from vcatuting Is wish that
~ uns S Ylfd rest iy ~ hen a. tie u.
5.is.t-s VIII tine au! As.h.t may cHahlt
her to Wisht4 .rom ncf husband. Ia,
mothcr u loum,, IN the contrary. 70 pray
that ihcy NAV escfy day HEROINE dcarcr t,
Zach other, even at the expe;sc OF her CIV,
happiness. This laisi9rtune i, the mother
last blessing.
Senator nooliisic or slac Coi"rud,
niii.
Af,r proving to the Senate ihat Colorad,
has only $4,000 people and 1900 voters
) ns,or Dooilt,e SAID:
Mr. President, have read at some eng
The alemtnt made 10y the Governor o
COlora Ia a. To a census Which wns takci
nd r % law &C 49, last lrrill,vc assembly
=. .Aa ien.iefy re4uln.s 4. assy -ofs 1.
Gk aH utawEt5n IA thp population
e5A taE Ny en H.t.tFau all e..
tset =. hs, twen', scsen t:-rSsna
ahahputs in tbs Territory OF Iolors,lo
@'lat "a 80 q sew l'n,
+ e Il condition 10 teir the
Se-s Gofcrioe.t. ihev wil
a Nete-s ~ bc .uyog,d il debt ana II !,
ie admitted m,o the tuiou the scrip &c thi,
: ew saie wiihih one yer from lhis date
viii be sehius at les tina hity ceats Of tao
dollar yand all question, ald TIE people
hufdcnca with a taxa ian they camel WEI
bear.
Me- rre,,Jsai, when such sire Tie ia
" ay ) 1t that the admission Of this reiri,
tory us Stste should be - Aessed upon
the Senate 81 the United States The Sem
ator from Oho Mr.. Wade Las over aud
cfcf ags,h declared the real purpose Of
this T,rrtory in A. State, al
though lac himself in the beginning of the
discussion, and before the political ncces-
sites had pressed upon him as they have
been pressing upon him oi late, in an ar
gumett which he has not answered and
which has not been and cannot DO an.
sw cred, showed conclusively that this
Territory Of Colorado was IN no cond ton
10 he admitted ~ State into the Union.
But, sir, there ere other reasons, press
lng reasons, reasons Of political neces
Sly he would have US understand. II
Is necessary to rc-entorce majority OF
three fourths in this body by the
admission Of new members from tho new
state OF Colorado, and that is the reason
why this is to be pressed. Sir, I should
not speak Of this il the honorable Senator
had rot over and over again asowed that
his purpose was 10 bring in re enforce
ments; and this is the great anxiety which
he has for the passage Of this bill. Sir,
is new Argument in the Senate Of the
United States to press upon the Senate what
their Judgment does not approve, from con,
siicra,ions Of political nee ssi,y, 20 strength.
Ell party or for any political purpose what.
ever. Aud. MIR. President, n new style Of
argument has arisen, too, in reference to
constitutional questions, which | he ger
heard before, to wit: that the Senate are
called upon to vote in favor OF measures
concede to pc unconstitutional because i!
Is sad being unconstitutional they are per
iectl. ntisatoFy. or course | will tos as
~ TO Judge foc ether psr>ons; hut do
n : sec how il is possible iar me - consent
Is vote Cor a proposition which believe IL