Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-02-23
From tie Poughkeepsic Telegraph.
LOVE STORIES.

taken distinguished name; as. for IN
stance. :.the age Of superstition --'the
age Of cl.ivairy ''---'s he age OF discovery
&c. &c. The one in which we live, has
Deen 50 remarkably favored by wonderful:
achievements, and variety ofsuch dolngs,
that it Is a matter of infinite speculation,
what title it will take among posferity
Some say the '.enIlghtened era, others
1.-The birth dav Of freedom or '';hc age
Of Inventions, such as steam engines ,and
patent churn dashes For my part have
not the slightest Doubt but u Will be de-
nominated ..thc are ofiorc stories
The world is full Of them. The press
labors constantly in their birth, and
breathes unreinitted signs Of '.lovr, still
love-" while those pretty little cupids. cal
led printers devils. bear them forth upon
every breeze. The swarms of novels,
magazines, journals, periodicals and
newspapers, are so plastered with this de-
licious honey, that you cannot touch a
single leaf without soiing your fingers.
Every page, every column, Is crowded
with melting words, burning kisses, and
angelic forms. Ills dangerous, absolute
iy dangerous ~ read them-the heart Is
IN jeopardv--it must dissolve beneath
their influence human nature cannot
stand il. Oh We, whom men call our
iorcf,thers; ''ye who s'wcnt a counting"
by stealth, aud made love in silence
could ,our blessed spirits descend among
us-would they grieve over our backsli-
dinys from their examples. or would they
exa!t their voices and exclaim, ''the mil
linium Of love is come, embrace all We
children Of the earth'
But to be serious Is it not mystery,
that in day of ligh, and extended intel
i'sence like the present, people of educa-
ton and common sense should take de-
light in such things: What are these love
stories which people are SO fond Of writ
ing, printing, and aPplauding; and which
are re,d with avidity by the young and
the Old? What do thew contain? Truth
-iLstruc,ion-moral influence? Alas.
neither They contain nothing but LOVE
and such lovc--'tis enough to make a
dog sick.
Can it be possible that sensible mortalS
do behave as these delectablc stories tell
US? have seen some strange things in
tal- ~sIiG, some very strange. but never
brokcu heart. And have been through
= rgspeciab,e numhe, Of love passages IN
tie r,urSe of my illc--hut a. hope to he
saved, never yet made regular sentI-
neufa, speech, or had damsei faint IL
Fss IN my arms.
Upon nv soul | wish I could cone a
c;,ss one ~ the everlasting devoted crea-
tureS, who live ~ siohs nr sentiment, and
40 would sit al day with her head upon
.lcr hanI TO muse upon my periecfio.>(D
and lay awake all night to pray for me !;
and 90 into an interesting swoon whenev
or | said .'good bye"
How pleasant 1t must be!
B;:. the truth is, such specimens of SEN
sIbilhy do not exist. This Is a plain
matter of fact word-tiIl Of unpleasant
truths and stern realities. In our leisure
hours we ma e love to some agreeable fe-
male. who happens to move in the narrow
circle of our acquaintance In sober prose.
She goes into no ecstacies on our account
she Is made up Of human weakness like
ourselves; and has thoughts, and feelings,
and cares, whic!, are not of us. to engage
her attention. In the course Of time we
get married, and then go to house keep
ing rs economical as we can; aid in tins
the happlcst state of our existence
we hive embarrassing duties to perform.
and hirrassing disagrecmcnts to vex us
IN every other And this-thIs is the ro-
nance of life! You may work it up into
scenes aud adventures, ecstatic meetings,
AMI aart-rending tirewells, IS much as
Won please. You ma, MAKE Wilhcminas,
Georsiani>, Dalphencs, and Angclicas of
the women and Fitz Geralds, Fitz Georges.
St Cia,ir-, aud DE Veres of the men.
ion may n. then. iii Spanish cloan., or
En..,>h epaule,ts, or French frllls but
III al all must resolve itself into this !!
foar hest scenes will be but moonlight
walks: YOUR raJst wonderful adventures
te" overturns In a snow bank: YOUR
meetings will only be sladdened with a
sini'e; and Jour partings by perchance
Il ter. Your NIihelminas will be weak,
Your GeorSiannas vain, and your Angeli-
cas- ignoran' and earthly minded. Your
Fitz heroes will pe tickle, base born and
profit gate; and the less that Is said Of
them the better
Reader, ifyou are possessed of a pro-
portionate share of this worlds credulltv,
| pity von. What manstrous lies 1o;i
must have .aliowed-ehl
There Is spirit of untrut!l abroad. II
: peryerting every taste; 1t Is enrcnGcr-
ing errors III every class of society. II
whispers Ia the little maiden who sits pat