The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-01-05

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dREAT MEMS WIVES.
The Story of Lafayette and His
Bfile--THV Bachelor Presidentb.
II vou ever read the life of Lafayette
yen will learn that be married when he
was sixteen yea old His wife was the
daughter OF fhe Duke de NoaiIIes, and
she 6. as she unehtto have been, the
younger Of the tSo. When Lafayette
resolyedto colDeso Ameriva ahd give
his services 10 our forefathers In their
struggle foT liberty be was laughed at
by his fatner-in-!aw, who was al that
time The French Atnbsssador at the En-
glish Court, aud all his hluod relatives
who belonged to the French nohilhy.--
His young uise alone OF all his family
sympatb ;1e.s with hssS sas his nsible and.
unseitisb resolve She urged him to 90
and hade him q ID speed whom he sailed
from Bordeaux in April, 1777, to join
his fortunes with what every nation in
Europe considered TO be lost cause.
Through all the months and wears OF
uncertainty and danger she wrote him
the most afeelionate and encouraging
letters, and when in a'ter years he was
thrown into I'm American prison, she
voluntarily joined hith as soon as she
was permitted to do so. and suffered all
the privalions and tortures that we're in.
flc'ed on him, and was so broken in
heal b when they were finally liberated
that she never entirely recovered. This
story might he len9tbenet out and CIV
en- in beautiful and touching detail.
only refer to 1t betause when feeding il
| happened I'd he struck with the idea
that nesrly all the men who have done
really great and beruic deeds IN the
world have hpen married men. Who
ever lived through more tempesruous
times than lafayette, and what man in
history has left behind him a fsirer
uame7 He lived to be six'y-Hve, and
more than forty-6ve years ofetnat time
we're passed in tumult and revolution
N, man was ever more devoted to his
wife and iamily.
The same may be said Of washing
ton, who was married before the Revoo-
l1tion hegan and whose wife wos bis
steadfast friend and counsellor through
all the dark and discouraeing times tina,
befell the American army. .Isfsvette's
vile fastened TO join her husband ID an
Austrian dungeon, where be lay for five
long. weary years Wasbington's wife
FASTENED to Join him at Valley Forge
when the fate OF the country hung in the
balance and almost every heart failed
Napoleon won his creates, victories, and
reached The apex of his fame while jose.
phine was his wife, and while he loved
her. When his overwesning ambition
tore him away from her his star hegan
TO decline, anil bis desertion OF her for
the Austrian princess did more to create
disrust and dislike Of him In the mind
of bis own countrytnen than any Other
act OF his lie. Nearly all the great sol
diers have been married men whose
wives we're devoted to them through al
the uncertainties and horrors OF war =
Ope wonld think the man who leas
needs wife is soldier. and yet The bes
soldiers, whether in the ranks or in CON.
mand, are married men. All the erea
commanders Of the late war we're mar.
ried men.
The pathetic story of Gen. Grant,
devotion to his wife and the q1iet inf 1.
ence she ex ,rled over him is too well
known TO need recital. Gen. Lee was ,
married man, and the historian has no,
yet arisen tn describe the beautiful de-
votion of his wife through the feariu
conflict that ended in the surrender a,
Appomattox. Gen. Mcclellan was Q
married man, AMI the happiest moment.
of his life, we're spent al his own fireside
The domestic lives of three most cele
brated Generals OF the late war maks
their memories precious 10 the friends
of each and teach lesson for ell man
kind All the Presidents OF the Unitet
States have been N ,rriei men except
two-Bachsnan and Cleveland -and, as
everybody knows, wife you'd have
been good thing Tor each Of the nota
HE exceptions. Mr.. Blchanaa was .
courtIy and elegant gentleman, and Mr.
Clevelsn makes COOL, prac' ical, bl.
siness-iike President, but Mr. Buchanan
will alwavs he regarded with cold re
serve, and Mr.. Cleveland cannot be call
ed social favorite The world at large
wants to hear of the domestic q iali'y Y
of its heroes. II II is young man who
dies on the battle-6ald, it likes to know
that be loves his mother or his sister, OF
that be had q sweetheart who would
have been his Wlie In time.
The dearest traditions. the tenderest
sentiments. the most touching ro,nances
the greatest Lictures and the noblesl
sculpture have their origin in some scene
or incident that leads up 10 the family
altar. The poets are the only reputable
people who DEFY marriage. Shakespeare
would not let Romeo remain the happy
husband Of Juliet, hu' kills both of them
And this is the fundamental loye-plsy
OF the world, vet II It could be recor-
structed according to the wishes and
svmpsthies OF 'nine.tenths OF mankind,
Juliet would recover from the sleeping
potion before Romeo takes the Verona
apoihecary's poison. Goethe does not
allow Faust to marry and have chance
to attain the full development OF the
perfect man He shows clearly enough
that knowledge will not make a man
happy. Faust si's ir his laboratory and
knows everything, bat is vet unss,ishsd
He bears the voices OF happy children
and goes out into the world TO see what
there is for him. He finds poor Mar
guerite. hut II we're better for both him
and her IL be had not, and his genture is
failure He returns more miserable
than ever. and so does every man who
tries this experiment.
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