The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-01-08
FOR TuE NIRG1StAS
ON RACHEL ngS


al do much wonder at, man, seeing how
much another man is fool when he dedicate his be.
" haylours to love, WILL aor hnvihT laughed At such
shallow follles IN others bccomo the argument OF IN
+" avn corn, by FILLING IN loye-l viii ne lac worn hui
love may transform me- to oyster but, III take ny
oath on IT, TIL he hath made Inc oyster, ia .lhnes
"a make me such "a fool.
Bentaick, in Shaksp.s Much Ado aJom Sothtag.'
Doft not The appdite after 4 man loves the meet
in his V0nfh, thut he cannot cndurr hrs arr. Shnll
qps, aud sentences aud paper bullet Of thu BRAN awe
" man from the career ot i- hninor No -" world
mi,t be- penpled. Ahet aid would dIe iinohg l"r,
did not think should live I'LL Were lnurIed. hifm.
Such were the contradictory sentiments winch
Shakespeare put into the mouth of one of his IA
yoritc characters IN one oil his faV0flte Plays
Shakespeare was AN excellent Judge Of human
nature and inter therefore, tha bachelors are
like other people except in thclr n.isioitunes, to
day one thing another tomorrow 1acy are
visited with heavy hand by Fate, which d, MES
10 them alike the qualification afforded by the
communication to d kindred spnIt OF such Joys rs
may light in their path, and the consultations OF
sympathy when ortunc irowns' and they can
neither draw pleasure from the past nor indulge
hope for the uture They are not mafried---not
because they wouid mol, but possibly bccause
they could NOT obtain a vie II IS not cve1y
Ddrby that can obtain J0dB. " iimg and ne
cidem happen unto ali men, bat " trts are gwen
only to the iayorites OF Fortune; unless, indeed
it be where the parties are 'Pnped, and MOI
Hidichtd.p II has always, therefore, appeate ed 10
me 20 he singularly unjust, that this unfortunate
portion of mankind should have been subject
from time immemnrial. 10 oppression aud rid-
Guile. Grave Law giycis have deemed them nlliaz
ances aud pests 10 society, and have according
decreed against them severe penal iniIcoab--
scourging thcir bodies and taxing their pockets
because they were not hazardous euough 10
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death of Hope, and viewed by others, who shrink
with horror from its embrace, as they reach is
brink, as "A gulf, whose tortuous course no eye
can follow aud whose depth no skill can fathon.
This was the case in ancicnt times, however, and
was the work OF hediteH dtnees should have
been glad to say that thicr iHi0ieTdm quit had
not descended to later age In day ceebfa-
ted for its Christian bcncyolence not more than
for its profound Wiaom, 1 have seen it stated thar
"A proposition was grd,cly made in the rennes-
SCI Legislature 70 tax TINS unfortunate class OF
people 10 their pctsOnS and their properly, %
per cent higher than their more favored brethren
and that the proposition was graScy passed by
one House and only failed ecoming lar by
the veto OF the Senate. presume thai a major.
" ofthe Senate consisted Of Bachelors, else this
odious tax would have heen levied and collected
IL this had been the case | would have taken up
On myself TO have called meeting Of the Bache-
lors from the four quarters of the globe, at some
central point, aud We would have doubtless cmi.
grated TO a lone and desoIaie land, penned "A new
Declaration Of hdepcadeaee, and defed at once
the authority OF peticoats and legislatures. !
have some hope, however, (and that hope has
been fortiiedby recent events )---tliat no man o,
woman who aspiles to be ranked above idocy. o.
who assumes to be possessed Of common CHARITY
will in despite efthe light of reason and thf
breaking down ofold prcudees, hereafter urge
she Hos'ortgqs Of hring Bachelor as iusl