The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-08-04
MARRIAGES IN FRANCE.

The subject Of the last letler Of q. p.
q. to the editors Of the New York Ex-
press, u The marriage Of the Duke n Or
lfaps with The Princess Helena ~ Meek
lenburg Before proceeding 70 consider
the event IN Is political bearings. the wri-
INDUCES IN the following remarks on the
manner in which marriages are generally
made up in France. In large majority
Of cases. according To his representation,
the heart has lille or nothing to do with
the affair Of ,nalrImOny:-
81 have SORT Of feeling If pity-I
confess | haye--lor this paur German
girl. who comes all the way from Schwe-
rln TO be married 10 man she does not
know-and TO prom;s- 3. ,ovs, i,onnr and
obey man. with VIII s..Ison rsen, to
say no,hing Of his m,rd and heart, she
Is not acquainted She brings her mo-
iher with her. Y ,.,aeI sy tiings round
the oak! Tie go IL u has ever
known, its defence IA many storm, and
us protector IN maay tempest.
1.-The auxlou, and devoted mother,
reversing the original history, seems TO
say aud whittier thou goesl. my
daughter. ! val go--and aere thou lodg.
esI | w,l l",ige: thy ~ lie shalt he nv
poaple, Whors than dies, ] 3ill die. aud
there will he hurried
This l. the poetry Of the event
which has been This dai contaminated by
a royal marriage. And really ihere is
need OF some poetry a'aut II, fur oiher-
wise royal marriage is sorry affair.
No sympathy, M mutual acquaintance
, with each Others tastes aud dispositions
no heart aff-clI0n. or even personal
prelerence--are required TO farm parts Of
these alliances. No--Ihe victims are Sc
/ lecled nv the parents or rrla,ives-lhey
are led out 10 the sacrifice, as cattle 10 the
slaUghleT-and u afterwards in life they
should discover thai they have no one
taste in common, and that all their predi
lecuons, opinlnns and views are opposed,
they eau only lament that they were born
princes. and submit, for the sake Of ex-
ample, to the daily annoyauces Of a forced
and unsuitable marriage.
"In France. indeed. this evil is Eel.
less tn be one, than in Great Britain or
| America. In France, nearly all maria
ges are affairs Of convenience They
wish tn marry me- SAID an officer Of the
empire to me. only a few days since;
and they propose that ] should marry
either the daughter Of General, who
has 10000 francs Of rente--or a young
| widow OF merchant who is a mistress
OF capital of 100000. Which do you
counsel me to accept | did not ask
him il he knew them. because ! knew he
did not. Nor, Of course, whether they
were good, amiable, or intelligent, or
| agreeable in their manners aud conduct
for | was certain he was ignorant on
all these points. merely asked him
iheiFages, and counseled HIM TO select
lhe.elder Of the Two; it SO happened this
was his opinion and therefore the advice
he followed.
- Il was only month ago. said Ma
dame de b. that young Mangin called on
me to consult me. as anold friend Of the
family, relative to the choice he should
make Of wife. He had three 10 select
from. One was handsome. but rather poor;
another was so. so, as TO beauty, but was
very rich; and the third was very good,
and very amlable, but plain, and had a
comfortable income. told him, thought
he had better marry the richest. He took
me at my word. and did so, for yesterday
was at his wedding .
| 81 mention these as facts which have
come within my knowledge in the course
of the last few days-but they are Of
hourly occurrence; and marriage a Ia
mode in France in the times in which
We live, is nothing more than matter Of
conUenience. ..1~
| " There is then nothing revolving to a
French mind in Royal Marriages. |,
does not strike Frenchmen, or French
women either. as at all extraordinary