Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-02-24
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~ IS,tfD 80 So1iGe AAVAH u
8 down east" paper, sent us by some
friend, marked with pen
for our insertion. Whether our friend,
"a resident Of Berlin, Conn, has car
go Of Yankee girls intended for the
Western market, and wishes first to
ascertain the truth Of the quotation,
previous to the shipping of his fair
freight, we are not informed; but, how
ever, we will just tell him and the oil,
bachelor of the Pearl & Galaxy, that
they need not be frightened about the
matter, as it is all fabrication-no
Wisconsin paper, except the Miners
Free Press, would be guilty of telling
such a falsehood; and as the editor of
that paper is an old bachelor himself,
we do not believe he would tell such
a story. The fellow must be as easily
gulled as Col. Stone, or it never would
have been treated by him as matter
of so great Importance, and caused such
an expression Of humane feelings for
the young married ladies of Wiscon-
sin. No bachelor in Wisconsin after
taking arib, ever babe his wife good
evening, and slept alone in the tavern,
unless he was first kicked out Of bed
by his DEAR wife.
I" WESTERN PECUL1An1r1Es.--
eastern contemporaries arc very assid-
uous in their assertions TO make their
readers acquainted with western pccu-
liaritics. But the following has, as yet,
escaped their notice. 1t has recently
come in vogue at the West, as soon as
a marriage ceremony has closed, Cor Il G
bridegroom to take his hat, say to the
bride "good night. my DEAR'' leave
the house, go to a tavern and sLtEp A.
LIONEL"
The above, although written under
the guisc of penitential confession, is
doubtless the product OF pride and van
ity combined--a desire to Chain noto-
ricty by an affccta,on Of honest frank
ness, and humility. But the writer has
stepped beyond the mark--hc has gone
too far; and in the confession of sin
there is often a hardy disrespcct for
public opinien lurking at the bottom.
II appears to us that the confession of
such glaring and high-handed practi-
ces as the above, may be regarded rath-
er IN the light Of oycrbcoring bravado
than repentant concession.
The offence, although not punisha-
bic by any existing law, should be
made penal, inasmnch as society is not
only outraged, but its very existence
endangered by such inopportunc leave
takings as that described above See,
too, the taunt, the insult added to in
jury--in the words "good night MY
DEAR" Call you thissuiting thcaction
the word or the to word to the actions?
Surely not. What! to tell virtuous
and sensitive young lady that she is
sdcar' to you, and then incontincntly
desert her for the nearest tavcrn-pro-
wing Individually that however dear
she may be, there are other things
still dcarcr. II is true there are some
occasions in life wherein you may de-
scrt a thing in cx ct proportion as it is
dear. You may tell shop keeper or
a poultry man that his articles are
'sdear," and you may then turn away
Tor the very reason that they are dear.
But this apology will not answer for
the newly married gallant of the West.
Dear or not dear, he has made sure Of
her, and TO forsakc her, without giving
my sufficient reason-nay, not even
to assign cause; for if he
rad done SO, no doubt the cxtcnuating
would have been men
ioned--bctrays in the gentlemen Of
he West fathomlcss darkness of
;oulan impcnetrable hardness of
.eart--and a reckless disregard of pub
ic sensibiIity, in keeping with the con-
|uct and temper Of the ferocious ami
nails Of food and forest, who prowl or
win in the unc,viIized regions Of the
ar West. ~
We read the above article again and
gain. We trembled for the honor of
uman nature; for the holy institution
-~---;-ss u tfampIed upon, dcs-
lsed, and set at nought--we trembled
y the boundless regions of the great
Vest al unpeopled as they are-the
'ces YET unfelled, the rivers yet un-
avIgatH, the wild varmints vet un-
lot--ahd the nhvsicians va.