Year: 1873

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To every right feeling man whit
can sympathizc with fellow being
in CARROTS situation it must be {
source of manly pride to know from
the sworn affidavit Of that gentle
man that his mcckness and humili
ty was SO great that Mary Ann Su
san grow weary of her tyranica'
reign ovcrsuch a submissive subject
and did actually abdicate and depart
from the state. Gle that is slow
to anger is better than the mighty
and he that rulcth his spirit, than
he that takcth q city" Garrett is
striking proof Of the wisdom Of
this saying Of Solomon. BY pre-
serving an even and quiescent tem-
per he drove from his house and
beyond the borders of.he state one
of the most formidable and unre-
lenting tyrants we ever read of.
Picture to your minds this model of
meekness, humility and forbearance
sitting by the frcsidc, an infant on
each knee enduring with almost SER
vile and humiliating feelings, the
furious, foamlng, frantic abuse of
Mary Ann Susan. His soul within
him quakcs as she advances towards
him, and he involuntary bobs his
head to avoid what experience has
taught him to expect: blow or a
hair pulling. Behold him at night
patiently trying to soothe to their
slumbcrs his colicy twins whose
squalls arc so loud that he trembles
for fear that they arouse from her
midnight sleep that mortal enemy
of his peace, Mary Ann Susan. FL
nally from sheer exhaustion the
twins give over and 60 to sleep,
and after brcathlcssly putting them
in bed from fear of their waking.
he disrobcs, and stcalthily creeps to
bed by the side of her whom in his
rashness he had weighed against the
world and found her when too late
wanting. Woo to him if he wakes
her! To wake her at that time of
night would bring upon him train
of disasters too frightful to be
thought of. He would not only be
drenched with abuse, but her noise
and clamor would awaken the twins
who would clam his services until
the next morning. He therefore
lays so still that he hardly brcathes,
while listening to the nasal melody
of the unconscious tempest at his
side. We presume no one will be
so incredulous as to doubt the state
ment of Garrett, or the fact that Ma
ry Ann Susan did abdicatc and aban-
don the states ofMatrimony and Ar
kansas and leave Garrett master of
tho situation, and that those scorns
which "patient merit Of the unwor-
thy takes" had been compensated at
last. To suppose that any other
force was resorted to by Garrett
but his invincible meekness would
be simply absurd. The fact that he
published his suffcrings to his fel-
low citizens of Arkansas, indicates
an artlcss simplicity of character in
perfect keeping with an even an
quioscent temper. No, Mary Ann
Susan discovered that it was impos-
siblc to rouse o spirit of resistance
in tho breast of the patient Garrett,
and having nothing to keep her in
fame, she retroated in dispair and
anger to her people, When left to
himself, the subducd, chained wrath
of tho injured husband broke out
in print and the chanoory court
and he mado q declaration of his
grievances and of his independence
ut ono and the same time. If Mary
Ann Susan had been q close obser-
yer, she might have anticipated this
noble stand. AS it was, the words
of Mariana, in Tho wife," q tale
of Mantua, would not have been in
appropriate in tho mouth of Mary
Ann Susan,


Il saw struggle,


Dat knew not what il was. | wondered stili,


That what to me was all content, TO him


Was all disturbances bat my turn did come


At length, he talked OF leaving us; at length


lie fixed the parting day but kent ID not,