The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-01-08
ground for ppaistmtnt, e.tller BY corporcal or Pc

ground for ptaisi.ntni either by corporeal or pr.
cunafy penalties.
| Oppression was succeeded by Tidiouie aud the
cups and quirAs' OF wis, aud of simpleions
WHO wished TO b, thought wits, have been level
led NJ the ancient aud honorable fraternity oil
Bachelors with all the malignity winch thG favor.
ties OF il,mcn are 50 apt Ia display towards those
upon whom rests The Dan OF iLc c0pphfg DeHg
lac masters OF the dramatic AT more especially,
/ have Iound IN Old Bachelors corious field ior
i the exercise of their and sarcasm. They ap.
/ pear TO have considered them hcteud the puf-
/ view OF mercy, here or lereaferi aud, with
dcmonIae disposition, winch. wc are obaritably
disposed 10 attribute unl, 10 derih iHehfHaie, eho
arc Disposed TO indulge Their Hrshtg apptiitts on
the mnttflaf cnrcases OF then sIctinis before they
shuttle oil this morte! COIL and become food
Tor iRuatefidi IRE. have not only onfeluciantly
tortured them bodily, bat nave seemed TO feast
their inlagnatons with the more awful punish
meut which Threatens them when they shall, have
crossed tue Siyx, eAclaimng. as thes entcr the
+ gloomy receptacle ol.he damned with Mai9as
/ DtrR.
| Hall horrors, hail and thou proioimdest ieH
But oppression aud ridicnle, however chectual
they ma, have proved, In some cases IN inducing
Bachelors, even after inc has splinklcd then
heads with the SHOWS OF accumulated winters,
] and iufiowcd their checks with the deep impress
OF msF1ring sesthc, TO lofsake the freedom
OF their single bIcssc,mess' ior III. yoke of
matrlmony, have not always succeeded IN their
object and for, very good reasons. Men, of dill
icrcnt temperanents, resolve 10 live and do
Bachelors from very different motives. some,
therefore, as may be supposed, change with cir
cuinstanoes while others are faithful 10 then
| pig htod trothn One resolves 10 die Baohe.
| Lon hal Ia
aIeciions--anoiher. because he is framed ofsneh
soft and plant stun as 10 yield to every impress.
sion his heart resembling an elastic substance,
at which a host OF bullets might be a,nicd, each
olwhieh may make u temporary impression, hut
| tan IN reaching the seat vi HE winch, tncle III
yielding submission 10 every equnoeal glance OF
a paIf oisoti blue or picfeiag bfdeh eyes, ~ yoi
undetermined, on each occasion, until TOO late,
whether that submission snail loo permanent of
| temporary. lie loves 40 many OF the " dur
creatures that he finds IL utterly impossible to
decade which one OF them 10 make ms own. An
other, would fam marry II he could muster
courage 10 dreak mt ice 10 the far objtcl OF his
alcctionss But his mag nation a. 80 CONSTANT,
at work, investing her with all the charms oil a
Hour, that he, IA TIME, deems her OF more than
mortal mould, and trenbes AT her approach, as
though he were IN the presence OF beng Ola
hocr sphere. Like the tabled youth who bc-
came cniaptured with his own ,Isage IN the
stream, Ia iorgets that although apparently stu
tionary, It's continually passing by, until he IS
awakened rom his vision OF bliss, by seeing an
Other lead her 10 the altar. Then, indeed, the
dream OF her angelic nature passes away aud he
sees heiore him dUonldH, oil ike passions with
himself reaction Is thus produced. lie
then degradcs the whole SEX 10 n standard as int
| below Thur deserts US he had before exalted
them above their nuures--tlc consequence Is,
that disgust takes the place oi admiration md lac
resolves TO die BafitiOr. Another Is so mod
est and dlllidcnt, that he cannot male u bow To
ms ddored, without his knees uembing as dla
those Of Belshazzar When be speaks 10 hef,
the words lnltcr ON his lips are brealhod forth
IN half smoihrred aspirations, even though the
topic he oltltc mosi indifferent character 80 that
II may be said of INN thai his hcan conVerses.
@hilc ms tongue is mute HIS laughter is ne.
yer beyond sicltly shipper Ii, by accident II
were 10 assume the tone Of u cultural, br would
Nicw IN the Offensive sound thu hncl o1 bis hopes,
aud almost swoon viii .,m at the "noisc HIM
sell had nude such Il nun As tins will let love
" feed On ais dana-n cheek" OF his check per
chance, be dahasl,.) and when he dies, viii 90
to his grave the victim OF green ind yellow
mel1neholy.' Another, again, is intrepid =
nougll=-buf then nc Is too childish and is apt 10
fancy every woman 10 he Ia love with hun who
sense IN fbeIr hall listening ears, OF who hangs
with II careless familiarity upos his ann such
men die old bachelors, from sufiell of caf.sses
, the victims al " nrOHidtie aWrttsa They nj.
ways intended TO be marrlud but they were the
chdptt6Hfs 81 80 maiy that ihcy could not lind
tin then heart, 10 decide which ol them to tie
scrt but, whenever you nd a Bachelor who
rails against the female sex and lg aisl marriage
IN t0t0-who rdicuics married inen. and quotes
allthe pleasant scraps and fnu.ly anecdotes lac
has heard or rend against husbands aud WIVES
who talks Of scoldng DANES and crying children
! --oi Iy sicrcs aud doctors biIls--lnd WHO sing.
. with gee, the merry calch
" Marriage IS a rablle rout,
" They mho are out would finn gel IN
" Aud they Re who IA would tam get oul =
whenever you Gnd 4 man, who AT the age of ,ik
! ~, viii say " We single fellows DIN me. will
g do what We plcase--no wife 10 quarrel when We
get home, and 10 children 10 squal'-sct hin
down Us one vino has tired, M rum 10 gcta VIE
Tel bun Of the t0r dhdHe 8our gf6pes aud h,
l. dumb. j am happy 10 say, tlIn oil the liuIel
class, our good town of Linchbufg bonsts bu
= very ita II any. We are all a merry and n 10
vial cftw, VINO having buileled the world thu,
far without ihe assistance oil II partner entrol,
because accident never has yet thrown partner
exactly IA ouT WY, are not therefore disposed to
ran al HlNlifHNhliDn WllpAt fNil@ We pre-
pared 10 appreciate, non disposed 10 admit ",
arc unwilling, however, 10 live like an horites
and 10 ST, ,nese long winter nights. IN solitary
mood rolling segur from side of ON
mprHhs 10 the other. and gazing, with uninter
rupled stiffness, ON our cherries fires while me
mory BRINGS up, nneallcd 70. the hey-day scene.
OF oui boylsh irolcs WHEN with the play mates q
ON youth, vc caper q nmlbly" 10 the music b
the vol, 81 whlled away our hours AT " BsHo
H1H's Buff" We are seciahe spirits, aud Iik.
10 src ri around us, whether males OF females
so,iahie also hope yet 10 dance at some o
thc weddings oi my Bachelor associates for. re-
ally they vino estimate 50 epffec,ly the relation
ships oi social liie-Ah no know now To- inibcnd ID,
gravity, without impairmg the dignity oi nGtm,
aye, ought not 10 linger oat the better pari oi
their lives in cherries cebacy. Belonging, As
do TO the respectable class u society called Ba
chelors, | feel particularly ANXIOUS that some o.
| tl,a -, Mt II.