Southern planter., 1832-06-09

Posts, places, and pensions woro showered on all
sides; iii rained eringocs and kissing. g.com6lsr
What wonder, therefore, that every fortunate youth
married and had a family, or that habit ofiuxury
md expense was introduced into every household
establishment, and become an indispensable critic
ficn ofgonieei lifei Well, the goose has been cut
up,l and no more golden eggs can be hid, the bub-
ble has burst theday Of reckoning has arrlved
Reform and is sure concomitanls, economy and 70
irencmont, about 10 Top off the last remaining
snug berths and slhecupes, and hero we aTe--tile
present generation Of ofyoungsters-- -periorming pen
unce for the mistakes Of our spendillsih parents,
brought up to nothing, accustomed to all sorts Of
expensive indulQencies, and unable 10 afford sin
gle luxury except that Of living single. A trim
reckoning, but. unfortunately true onol To per
portrate maIrimony, under such circumshnccs,
whore both parties are afflicted with impecunosiiy,
were 70 realize what the French called the marriage
Of hunger and thirst. Il Is not our fault, we are
more slnned than SHINING; more 10 be piea than
condemned nay, we may be justly proud Of our
single blessedness, since il enables US 70 say with
truth, thstwe are a mdtchless race.
hialthus Is quite right; that is ito sy, where pru.
Dental consideration and moral restraint a. IN el.
ter classes ofsocety, are allowed 70 apply the pro-
per and only remedy to the evil Of overpopualion.
of the pesent g0niee generation none but tho rich
will or can marry. Twenty years hence the polite
world will consist, with these few exceptions, ofold
maids and old bachelors, who IN due timc will
disappear, and the surplus supply Of both sexes,
under which We arc now laboring, will be no lon
gera subject Of complaint
To beguile the tedium Of their involuntary bach-
eloshp, The male sufferers have devised sundy cx-
pedienis, whereof the most notable IS tho ihstilu-
ton Of those splendid clubs which continue 10
spring up in the metropolis, and arc rapidly spread
ing into the provinces. Their pleasures and COM
pensaiions such as they are, should be restricted
TO the victims Of celibacy; for would seriously
counsel every married man 70 initiate the gallant
and, doughty Hercules, who, when he took On
phale to his bosom, gave up his club. Dr. john
son was not altogether right when be snid, that a
married man may have many cares, but that sin
gle one can have no pleasures. l deny the latter
clause, so long, at least, as tho oRlibae s juvenile
and nubile In the present scarcity Of fconiugating
gentlemen. know not tho animal, hiped. OF quad
ruped, that s 90 much conFed and caressed, feast
edand iondled, pesied and patIonisods aa the young
bachelor, provided always that he be no, notorious
4 ly branded pauper and detrimental. The for
tunate youth IS the spoiled child Of society. III
FneVer keeps ias-day, not even Il he live al Cham
berwell, and be ereated to Mr.. Perceval. For bin
are balls perpeiually given, in the hope that he Ray
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ects for the first quadrIlle. His days are a round
Of fetes and entertainments, and for him do the
corks Of long Qnecked champagne bottles pop into
the air, as If TO remind him that he should lose
time in popping the question TO the ongnecked
girl beside him. Thus he roams from Jcle TO- tete
and from foyer to flower, slipping sweets, likethe
bee, and like him, too, humming his entertainers
since, e has never cherished, perhaps, single mar
tial thought, and even piques himself upon thend
dress with which he can gather the lime from th'
twig, or the bait from the hook, without being caugh
or compromised. Whether this be honorable Of
not, viii not determine. There Is a we'll known
character going about town, and often brought ~
before our magistrates, who is in the habit Of seat
ing himself al his edse in taverns and coheehouses
gormandizing upon rare vands and rich wnes anC
declaring when called upon 10 dischaTgethe reck
onIng, that his very narrow circumstances will no
allow him 10 pay shilling, fact which his emp
liy pockets unansweraby confirm. Woe, however
toths seindling epicure, and to the dinner-cozen
ing bachelor, too, lDhen he Is found out When th'
latter is no longer youngsor is discovered TO be
decidedly non-marrying man, tho community o
mammas and misses take their revenge upon him
Adien TO the feast, the favor, and the ball, the smil
ing welcome, and the perfumed, three-comeres
billets Of invitation. He has received his congo
ne - cpliiy oNulaaeu5 put upon ine -'lot ~ hoho
list, and gradually dropped as an acquaintance
Now is il that our forom bachelor who has sac
fced the latter half Of las life for tho beiter en-
(, ioymont Of thefrst, who has given bis birihrighi
as il were, for mess of potaQo, relires TO his club
and congratulates his fuuowed brethren, that tho
have secured TO themselves such comfortable an
= luxurious home. How dare they proiane that bal
: lowed and delightful name3 They have formed
indeed, a.litle world Of their own, but it wants III
; cheering sun TO impari to is warmth and light, an
, give edevescence 10 the charities and affections Q
its inmates Their framework Of domesticiiy
2 like the cold, inerl, though comely and well prc
y poriioned figure Of Pfomeheus, before il was an
mated with the FIRE stolen from heaven. So far as th
y statue Of which Pygnalion was enamoured II
+ mancd mere marble, the studio where his friend
2 met to eat and converse with him, might be terme
y his club, But when the image was conHered int
u breathing, beautiful, and warm hearted woman
= when he took her 10 his bosom, as the sweetenC
d ofhs Joys, the allevd,or ofbis cares the compaI
ion Of his solicitude, the Charm Of his sooaihou
, when she became the mother Of his children an
the delight ofhis whoelife, then, and not TIL the
G Pygmalion had home.
Dark-robed danisel and yo.i, her fair-haire
but not less beautiful companion, whose sghs ha'
, been waited to mine ear. as | saw yOu with n