The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-05
Our love Of Home.

VuE move OI nome.
In our issue Of November 1st we CAV
our last Vacation Letter for the season
We wrote of our visit to the dear Ok
| Homestead. We little thought that oul
unaffected words would awaken such re.
sponse in the hearts ofour readers-botl
men and -women--alls Lover the land! But
they have made us glad beyond expression
by their responses-glad, because we find
underneath this surface current of unrest.
winch moves so many to slip their home
anchorage, deep waters which are not
moved, with the anchors still fast therein
and when we dropped our little pebble into
them they were stirred into surface expires.
sion such as we never dreamed of. With
no feeling of self-glorifcation whatever. but
to show how deep-seated is this love of
home in many American hearts, we cannot
forbear quoting from few of the letters
received, leaving out the verbal expressions
OF sympathy with and approval Of the SEN
tlments OF our letters, which have been
made to US personally. A prominent Off
cial in the government writes:
"Your story of your home-visit was
good, touching, and made me hungry
to go home! | most earnestly agree with
you in your feeling regarding system of
entail. II there is any thing young Ameri-
cans need it is some sort of an anchorage
such haven, refuge, place of rest as YOU
have described. Ofcourse, there is obiec-
ton to a law of entail but to what human
law is there not objection? God bless
you! and keep your good parents alive
many years to greet you whenever YOU
can get 'out Of harpessn and 20 there.
They will always rejoice as much as von
can that they have home far Won to reA
turn to-"
''To-night, as usual. 7 turned first to tho |
editorial column and read. with stream
ng eyes and a full heart. the sweetlv.told |
story of your visit to the dear Old Home.
stead My heart Of hearts RESPONDS to |
every word YOU write abont the beloved |
place where | have been one of the ham
Diest among mortals-the place towards
which my heart will ever turn with nnd;.
ninished love. If it is not asking loo
much of you, want copy of The M.
,er with your touching tribute to its nre-
,iousness, so that | can re-read il often
when | feel such weary longing for the old |
Home and mothers kiss and father,s o,I;et
Welcome, as frequently dol Ali IL I |
ould but have gone from that Home to
eaven ~
One more ouotation must snfy;ce TT we
7ere to name the writer evarv R,r.I
eader would recopnize a nama With
which they have become familiar i, onr
olumns.
"Last night. looking over the Rural T
rev happy in your hanninessnn tbe farm
low real were the expressions of iov and
that bubbled out in that edi-
,rial; and / fancy that if the ssausteritvu
on there would have baen mncb tbpt !.
1mirable wanting in the sons. Yon have
way of making your expressions so Incid
lat one can see what Won Law before them
lst as we behold the pebblv bed of a trans
aren't stream--so | have been walking
,stfully around over sthe farmu with yon
hough feel reasons to envy no one their
3nditions of birth and surroundings 7
lnnot help thinking how grand Il must he
grow up the hardy child of those sublime
aunts of nature which defy the teaming ef- s
rts of civilization. to feel thousand varied s
spirations warmed into life by their solemn
fuences-to turn to them always with G
proud feeling of kinslip and companion- 7
lip. l have had enough pilgrimage to
able me to enter into the ioy YOU take !,
the household. O, if give nv child no Is
her heritage, she will be rich can | but g
We her through all this life the memory of =
nament n nure free mothar.love and
ch treasures children are verv nni;kaiv
defiIe. II is onlv from Iovelesa houses A
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