The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-04-10

/ to make the havoc among them they have made the
last ten years, hardly specimen Of tho will be
left by the close of this century.
MEMORIAL OF 800 BACHELORS.
To the most beautifu--the most lovcy-the
most accomplished and fairest OF the tair;
alias. the $500 young ladies OF Boston, who
signed a petition to the Congress Of the United
States. against the annexation of Texas to the
Union OF the North.
YOU'VE LADIES we, your petitioners, bach
elors, residing in the republic Of Texas deeply
aware of the important control Whch your SEE;
have over our destinics, have Witnessed with
humiliation and regret, your recent memorial 10
The Congress Of the United States, against the an
nexation of Texas 10 yo1T harry U3l2n. we are
the most mortified from the consideration t!lat IN
thus frankly expressing your disapprobation al Il
National anton, you show disposition 10 oppose
Il union of more domestic nature, by which
happiness would be more Immediately connec.
! ted. We will not however, shut ont all comfort
and consolation from our osoms, by sUpposing
that you cannot be persuaded TO change your
opinion, but still hope, that proper representa-
ton will induce you TO change the position you
have assumed, and adopt as rule of action,
course calculated to promote your own and our
felicity.
We would then, humbly represent, that we
have country larger in extent than the kingdom
Of France and Spain with sky rs bright, and
a climate as mild rs the South of Italy Jour soil
is equal in fertility to the Delta of Egypt, with an
atmosphere pure aud heathiul as the mountains
of Circassia. Our population is composed otthc
chivarous ofall nations, who rallied to the stan
dard of the single star of the west, to oppose the
oppression of n semi-barbarous race, and wrest
from tyranny and oppression the fairest portions
of the hahitnble globe. The battle has been
fought and won ;justice and chivalry have lri-
umphed and the gods Of battle have given into
our hands country so supremacy beautiful, that
it would be invaluable, could we call from our
fathers land that ''last best gift ofheaven," with
out which Eden itself was desert.
We are here, dear objects OF our affection,
without wives; we have not one woman to
hundred men, and it is this reflection which more
sensibly embiters the course you have adopted
towards us. We are aware that the re(inements
OF the age will not allow us to adopt the prece-
dent set by the youths ofRome, in seizing upon
the fair daughters Of their Sabine ncighbors ;;
that now females have attained their proper
sphere i'll society; they are no longer looked up
on as the slaves of the stern sex but the COM
panion equal in mind and capacity, and superb
or in all the milder virtues which ennobe the
human heart. 1t is this rehection which renders
your course painful in the extreme; but we
would approach you with due reverence, hum
bly, throwing ourselves on your mercy, hopingto
find our bosoms glowing with different senii.
ment from the one expressed in your memorial
to the Congress of the United states.
We would farther add that ours is perhaps,
the only country on the face Of the globo where
proper estimate is placed upon the ladies'. T.
ven before the declaration Of independence n
woman was considered equal in value to three
men, for Il single man received from the govern
mont as u settlement right but one fourth of
league of land; whereas he had wife, he OBJ
tanned four times that amount. And such is the |
anxiety of our government officers to promote an
emigration OF the fair from other countries, with |
probability OF securing to themselves happiness
in domestic life, (jeng nearly all bncholors,) |
they have granted two thirds OLA league of land,
[asn dover to her husband,1 who shall marry in
the next twelve months. These considerations
should prevent you from forming hasty opinion
against It's.
In conclusion, If you will emigraie TO our fair
land, we bind ourselves individually and colIec-
lively, to furnish you with good husbands, with
in from eight to ten months after your arrival
upon our coast, aud thus furnish you with
better employment than meddhng with political
questions, which should interest you much less
than your own domestic felicity.
All OF which is respectfully submitted.
HoUsToN, Texas, Jan. 10, 1888.
Signed Ivy 5000 bachelors whose names are
Quilted for want ofroom.
NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY.-T Republic, two
years ago PHOSPHORUS and powerful with thirty