The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-08-04

heads are whitened By the frosts of many
winters-whose age and experience have
enriched their minds with wisdom-eyin-
cling the deep interest they feel in the
construction of this building; for it is
here they look in the autumn of their
days for the same sure protection to the
lives, liberties, ard property of their
children, as they themselves enjoyed in
former times. In the course Of nature
but few years are left to them.
"How soon must they resign the very dust
Which frugal nature lent them for an hour"
With them all ambition has been graf.
lfed;, all dreams are over; all earthly
hopes are past; they are straining their
vision to see the bright shore across the
dark river. One thing only gives trouble
the ever present anxiety for the desti-
ny, the future happiness of their chill
dren. On them, their affections have
centered; in them, their hopes are bound
up. They care for little else; all other
wants are satisfied
The middle-aged, too, are here in their
strength-the farmer and mechanic, all
professions, trades and occupations, desi
ring the speedy completion of the bull.
ding. AS fathers, sons and brothers, they
know that here justice will be melted out
to all; that the laws of the State will be
enforced; that every wrong can be re-
dressed; that those who raise their hands
against their fellow man will suffer the
penalty of violated law; that their liber
ties will be guarded; that their rights Of
property and happiness will be protected
that their good names, won by years O.
upright conduct, and the practice of strlc
integrity, cannot be DETAINED with impu-
nity by the slanderer's breath; and tha
those who dare to invade the sanctity o.
home and family, aud drag some fair and
dear one down to ruin worse than death
will be held up to public scorn and ha
tired, and suffer some degree of punish
ment, though it is triAing and inadequate
Mrs. Stowe, of celebrated family says
"Of ofd it was thought that one who had
administered poison in the sacramento
bread and wine had touched the very
height Of impious sacrilege; but this
crime is white by the side. of his whc
poisons Gods eternal sacrament Of love
and destroys a woman's soul through her
noblest and purest affections. ."-Minister'
Wooing.
These are some Of the reasons why the
old and middle-aged manifest SO much
concern about the nep Court House.
And as the aged are here with their
wisdom and the middle.aged with theil
strength,so is woman hele with her beau
ty to give grace to the picture.
The poet asks:
"What is beautya"
He answers:
Not the show
OF shapely limbs and features. No.
These are but flowers
That have their dated hours
To breathe their momentary sweets, then go.
'Tis the stainless soul within
That outshines the, .,fairest skin"
Beauty in woman needs no embellish.
ment or decoration,
"-for loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is when unadorn'd adorn'd the most.n
Another asks and answers,
,aWhats female beauty, but an air divine
Through which tue minds all gentle graces
shine2
They like the sun irradiate all between.
The body charms because the soul is seen:
Hence men are often captiYes of a face,
They know not why, of no peculiar grace.
Some forms, though bright, no mortal man
can bear;
Some, none resist, though not exceeding fair.
Willis says:
aBeauty gives
The features perfectness, and to the form
It's delicate proportions: she may stain
The eye with celestial blue-the cheek
With carmine of the sunset; she may breathe
Grace into every motion, like the play
or the least visible tissue of a cloud:
She may give all that is within her own 3.
Bright cestus-and one glance of intellect,
Like stranger magic, will outshine it ALL"
Then, in other words, beauty is the re.
suit of purity of soul, sweetness of de-
pertinent, and intelligence, and such
charms we honor with our love. We pay
real homage to ability of mind and devo,
ton to virtuous purity. This is man s
loye-but the love of woman, how terri
BILE its power, how priceless its valuel A
gem SO precious, gold cannot buy; fattery
cannot secure; stratagem cannot win
Wealth, honors, titles, glory afford no
such delights!
When disappointment, betrayal, ,ingrat-
itude come; when care or trouble knit the
brow; when we walk in darkness and taste
bitter waters; when our heartstrings are
torn and bleeding, and misery with cruel
hand rudely sweeps its tender chords
aye, even when gaunt poverty threatens
with, skeleton finger, her love, like an an
gels smile, CLEANS around the soul, gives
a silver lining to the dark cloud, and
murmurs softly of brighter hopes to be
realized. Her love cheers US on through
gloom and storm, whispering of triumph
and success. Its brilliancy will not dim;
its depth cannot be sounded; its power
will not abate; its influence increases by
absence, and strengthens from distance;
prison doors cannot exclude it, for it fol-
lows the criminal into his lonely cell, min
istering to his wants; and in the silence of
midnight it plays around his heart, aud
in his dreams, free again, he clasps to his
bosom that beloved form that loves on
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