Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-02-06
ted States, against, the annexation

ofTexas to the Union of the North.
Young Lddies:-We your petition
ers, bachelors, residing in the Repub-
llc ot Texas, deeply aware of the i'm
portant control which your sex have
over our destinies, have witne ssed, with
humiliation and regret, your recent
memorial to the Congress ofthe Uni
ted States, against the annexation of
of Texas, to your happy Union. We
are the more mntifed from the con-
sideration, that fthus frankly ex>
pressing your disApprobation of a
national mniOas, you show a disposition
to oppose union of a more domestic
nature, in which our happiness is moro
immediately connected! We will not
however, shut out all comfort and
consolation from our bosoms, by sup
posing that you cannot be induced to
change the position you have assumed;
but, like love sick swain, who has
been once rejected by the fair object
ofhis affection, hope that a proper rep
rcsentation ofour situation, will induce
you to change the position you have
assumed; and adopt, as rlle of action,
a course more calculated to promote
your OUn and our felicity.
We would then humbly represent,
that VIC have a country larger in ex-
tent than the kingdoms Of France and
Spain-with a sky as bright, and a
climateas mild as the South of Italy.
Our soil is equal in fertility to the
Delta Of Egypt; with an atmosphere,
pure and healthful as the mountains of
Circassia. Our population is COM
posed of the ch,valry of all nations,
who rallied around the single star
of the West, to oppose the oppres-
si0ns ola semi-barbarous race and from
tyranny and oppression, the fairest por-
ton of the habitablc globe The
battle has been fought and won-jus-
tice and chivaIry has triumphed, and
th God of battles has given into our
hands, q country so supremacy beauti-
ful that it would be invaluable could
VIC call, from our tatherlaad, that
"Iast best gift Of HeoUen," without
which Eden itself was a desert.
We arc here, dear objects ofour afcc-
tons, without tUiUeS: we have not one
woman to an hundred men; and 1t is
this reflection which more sensibly
the course you have adop-
ted towards us. We arc aware that the
refinement of the age will not ALLOW
US to adopt the precedent set by the
youths of Rome, in Selling upon the
fair daughters of their Sabian neigh
bors: thatnow females have attained
their proper sphere in society-they
are no longer looked upon as the slaves
of the sterner sex; but as companions;
equalin mind and capacity, and supe-
rior in all the milder virtues, which
ennoble the human heart. 1t is this
reflection which renders your course
painful in the extreme: but we would
approach you with due reverence
Eumbly throwing ourselves upon your
mercy-hoping to find your bosoms
flowing with different sentiment than
that expressed in your memorial to the
Congress of the United States.
In conclusion, if you will emigrate
to our fair land, we will bind ourselves,
individually, and collectively to fur
nish you all with good husbands. with
in mine months afer your arrival upon
our coast, and thus furnish you with
| better empIOymentS than meddling
with political questions, which should
inI rest you much less than yOur O,on
domestic felicity.
Allofwhich is respectfully submitted,
ISigned by three thousand .bache.
lors, whose names arc omitted fSl
want of room.-Ed. SOutkern Argus.
Yankee Enterprise Outd.ne.-There
lis an Englishman in this city WIN
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