The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-20
District Electors :
TRRNATES:
GOV. sEYMoUR's ADDRESS.

In this mornings CRESCENT we publish Il
saddress recently delivered by Gov. Seymo
before the Agricultural Association of Sar
foga county, New York. This address is 1
markable from the fact that it is deliver
during the heat of the most exciting canvs
ever known in America, by one of the cane
dates for the presidency; and, for the add
,tional fact that it is devoid of even indire
,allusion to politics. It is simply the adore
,of an educated and cultivated gentleman or
subject with which he is familiar, and viii
he had been requested TO discuss before
friends and neighbors because they knew hi
to be not a trading politician, but an indr
: tfious citizen. 1t may be remarkable that
I man who has been so intimately idfSu.y'
J with political affairs as to be nop' am still
t; great party for the presidepset accustom.
( well versed in the.ss.seyen years II seems
< tonias .evsff 10 change it. However, I've
tianged mine by miracle, for nothing short Of one
tin effect marriage in Bin6eld. am sure do
ct wish to speak against my native place. II is the
Sweetest village In England, and for maiden adiesa
cost advantag eous locality as regards economy and
society; but, in my present position, may make
Fold TO say II has one drawback. There are no
lachelors in it boys abound, promising youths
SShf nothing 10 do are not uncommon, but man
NltI position snd an income, however small, Is
isver seen In Bin6eld without wife by his side.
IL il any wonder then that i, not at all beauty,
sforld have some little bewilderment in identity
Sig myself as wife Of 0linthus Lobb, Esq, and
distress of Cedar Villa?
Now I am going TO tell how II all happened.
Esrrela and are the daughters of colonel in the
Isrmy. He had retired as long ago as can re-
ilember; and when he died he left us our little
t.Ottsge and eco year. He denied himself many
4 comfort to do this, and the memory of our father
81 very dear to us. We tried TO do as he would
kave wished Us, and some years ago when Mr..
thompson, most respectable man, but miller,
offered me bis hand and heart, Pamela said "No,
qe have our fathers position to maintain" So
had 10 decline, very reluctantly must own, Tor
he was q widower, and my heart seemed to long
- take care Of those two dear little girls. After
tiat one offer / never got another, and began
81 resign myself TO what seemed my ordained
Fortion. Not that this was an easy task, for
I'm not like Pam. She is very extraordinary
iyoman; indeed, many people say she ought
10 be a man. Pam Is one of those people
who never give way, and really could not say
which Is strongest, her mind or her body, both
being gigantic. IL she had been walking about
all day and is brought to confess that she IS
little tired, the only way you ever see her take
gier ease lie by sitting bolt upright in her chair.
The suggestion of q sofa or couch would be met
by whitening look Of scorn emily to be produced
by one OF those long noses with bump in the
middle. Pam is very proud OF the family nose.
have often looked at her when 10 repose-I mean
tafter she has retred-lyng with her arms crossed,
really reminding one OF those noble crusaders, or
figures Of the Middle Ages, one sees in cathe-
.1fsls.
:. Things in this life go by contraries, else why
was not | christened Pamela and she Britannia
Our mother so admired the novel that she begged
her first born might be called by the heroines
sweet name. This was one of the few occasions
on which my father gave way, but even
then conditiODay-that he should choose the
name OF the SECOND, and he chose the name q
britannia, and, unfortunately, was the second.
When we were children be always called
me his chick, and IL we had a dispute, he
invariably whistled or hummed Rule, Britannia"
But this did not last long, for no one could rule
Pam. Even as child, felt her mental superiority.
Why, at school remember her repeating all the
rules of grammar perfectly; seorning TO copy the
answer of O sum and positively understanding
the use Of globes. There was but one occasion
jop which I felt the qualification OF superiority,
and that was when, during the dancing lesson,
caught our dear mothers approving smile as she
watched me. Pam detested dancing, for. having
long thin limbs. she did not show 10 advantage 10
that accomplishment. am still an sdmirer Of
Tegpsehore, but il stand up for quadrIe with
fke children, | always feel ! am making myself
ridiculous in PANS eyes. j am very fond OF chill
dren and young people, and nothing has made me
more pleased than when some dear girl, whom
have known from a child, has con6ded to me her
little love story.
/ am afraid Pam is right. I am rather
romantic. I have often felt so sorry for
myself that ! bad no early love story Of
my own TO look back upon-it keeps ones
heart young and fresh. Pam says women were
meant for higher things than sitting thinking
of lovers and whom they shall marry. Well, Of
course she is right, but really do not know that
abe women who take the chemistry, astronomy,
and all the ologies are bit the happier or more
amiable and ! am sure some OF the sweetest
natures and kindest hearts have met with have
belonged TO pretty vain pusses, who delighted IN
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matter whether they were eighteen or eighty. /
must confess have often felt grateful that men
are week. Nobody can thoroughly understand
this. unless IL has been their privilege TO be asso-
Ciated with q strong minded superior woman.
Pear me what repose they are then feel it
must have been great trial 20 dear Pam to live
with me, not being kindred mind. When have
thought her feeling dull on this account and have
tried 20 get up little argument. how completely
have fsiled-my knowledge has utterly forsaken
me. And positively, sometimes l had imagined
from her silence that she was getting interested
But when ! got to the end Of my say, then she
would fix her eye upon me with Britannia, may
ask you, as personal favor, neverto display your
Ismentable ignorance before third person /"
Either this, or committed taps'is
7ngli6 in my mode OF expression, and
Shen trying feebly to defend myself on the
Fcore of Walker or Maunder. Pam would
demand, in voice which seemed to run cold
down my backbone, {" Msy ask who Walker aud
Maunder may be2i really felt Quite confused,
because had not the slightest idea, for, except
in the dictionaries, had never heard OF either OF
abe gentlemen. Il is certainly most provoking in
me 10 be so stupid; and one OF my great pleas
ures now is, to hope that, by sending many nice
comforts 10 my dear sister, shall prove ! have
not been unmindful Of her forbeagapce.
SO Pam and began TO get old-She got thinner
and got fatter. The people We remembered as
grown up when We were young dropped o. one
by one. Il seemed such long time since We
were children; everything was altered; what
were facts then were idle stories nOW boys and
girls ten and twelve put me 10 the blash--the
parts oil speech were entirely confused. Places
which used TO be in one country were in another
now. There was no William Tell. and no Joan
Of Arc. HeoIy VIII was a good fAtherly man,