Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector., 1838-03-17

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27th ult. 1t is well pointed hint to The
3,oOO young ladies' who petitoned agains
the annexation of Texas. If the truth
was known, they are YOUNG ladies', ma.
ny of whom have been such for twenty.
FIVE years. They were young like the
Wears colt--it was colt once, and known
by that name, for it never got another;
when it was twenty-three years old, it was
called the colt still. The editor of the
Telegraph squints at this, who says they
are old and ugly, and all that we hate
heartily. He seems to think that revenge
and spite, more than any thing else, gave
rise to the petition signed by them, as
''many of the most promising young men
of Boston, have emigrated to Texas"
MEMORIAL OF 5000 BACHELORS.
TO the most beautiful-the most lopel,,-
ne most accomplished, and .fairest of
the fair; alias, the 5000 young ladies of
Boston, ,cho signed petition to the Con-
gress Of the United States, against the
annexation Of Teas to The UNION ofhe
North.
YOUNG LADIES'
:. We, your petitioners, bachlors, resi-
ding in the republic of Texas, deeply
aware of the important control which
your sex have over our destinies. have
witnessed with humiliation and regret.
your recent memorial to the Congress
ofthe United States, against the an
nexation of Texas to your happy Uni
on. We are the more mortified from
the consideration, that in thus frankly
expressing your disapprobation ola ma
tional union, you show disposition to
oppose union of a more domestic ma
lure, by which our happiness would be
more Immediately connected. We
viii not, however, shut out all comfort
md consolation from our bosoms.. Nv
that yorcannot persuaded
o change your opinion; but still hope.
hat a proper representation will in
luce you to change the position you
ave assumed, and adopt as rule OF
cton, course calculated to promote
our own and our felicity. S
We would, then humbly represent,
lat we have a acountry largerin extent /
IAN the Kingdoms of France and Spain: a
18th sky as bright, and a climate as 5
Md as the South of Italy; our soil is f
quail in fertility TO the Delta of Esypt: $
18th an atmosphere pure and healthful
the mountains of Circassia. Our
oPulation is composed of the chival-
JUS of all nations, who rallied to the
andard of the single star of the west, il
oppose the oppression of semi-bar- b
'rous race, and wrest from tyranny 81
I'd oppression the fairest portion of st
e habitable globe. The battle has p
zen fought and won; justice and chiv- o
ry have triumphed; and the god of o
titles has given into our hands coun- W
7 so extremely beautiful that it would 50
invaluable, could we Gull from our bl
;her-land that "last, best gift of hea- or
rs" without which Eden itself was a ry
sert. ga
We are here, dear objects Of our sa
ection, without wives; we have NOT in
woman to an hundred men; and fin
$ this reflection which more sensibly wi
bltters the course you have adopted sol
Yards us. We are aware that the fire
ncments of the age will not allow cal
o adopt the precedent set by the asc
this of Rome, in seizing upon the Gle
: daughters of their Sabian neigh in
$; that now females have attained dut
ir proper sphere in society; they arc on
longer looked upon as the slaves of
sterner sex, but as companions.
ali in mind and capacity, and super +,
in all the milder virtues which en- =
lie the human heart. 1t is this re- I'm -
ton which renders your course pain y
n the extreme; but we would ap- Pc
lch you with due reverence, hum eoP
throwing ourselves upon your mer- pon iS
hoping to find your bosoms glowing hal lngl
a different sentiment, than the one al' ,'el
'essed in your memorial to the Con 80 aoe'
s of the United States. I''ys
,e would further add, that ours is n noo'
APPS the only country on the face s ~.
e globe where a proper estimate ooh'
aced upon ladies. Even before
declaration of our independence,
woman was considered equal in r
, to three men; for a single man read
we'd from the government, as set. Lou
ent right, but one fourth Of a league soon
nl. mhnrn no ic lie LII - &c.