The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-06-11


The editor sf she NarR irh Aurora
~sk. sf his readers che very impor-
t.ut question. .. chat Is fhs use III
selliag marrirdls A few thoughts
musi give our reasons shy all men
shsari get married. -
The grtsI 5LIeet Of human life Is
happinrss. To This end. nan beads
every srlion. aud gives birth 10 ever,
thought. n he tolls. lie tolls for The
sccamplisamrnf'af this purpose onl n /:
ii he bess or besisss lasars-if he
receives or sdmiHisisrs the blessings
of farIsne--if be courts popularity.
serks Tor fame. ar spends his Whole
life ia scrumaixiing aeslIh. nc has
boz one grand seiisr proprilins prin-
eiple within him. ever prompting 90
thassht aud derd. aud that Is. de-
sire Ear hsppiness:
g. our beings end and sim.s
Man Is social being. fprmsd far
saciely aud intercourse, aud the very
elements Of his nature are opposed o.
aliIe Of saiiiaalr and =. single blessed
nrss." lie delights in having one
bson c0mpsnian. 10 when he can con-
ide uiih all the fsiihfulnrss aud free
don VI his osa breast. a IL il,err.
Gare Ailh q view 60 his social happi-
ass. for The enlargement Of bis do.
mrS,e comforts. aud tor ihe PLEASURE
az sharing his enjoyment aud cares.
that he selects that companion frnm
the oppusiie sex. The sexes are
sireaeherous among themselves, but
seldom 10 zach ether.
"A certain wrilsr remarks that
marriage enisrges the scene of our
happiness or. misery; the marriage Of
lave u pleasant. the marriage Of in.
trrest easy. aud the marriage where
bath meet happy" n Is even so.
But though there are cases shrre
m.n are so blinded by the ubjcci OF
ihrir pursuit as 20 overlook discre.
pancies and disparagements Which
afterwards prove .vrxatious lis u q
reason that there is no "use in get
ting msrriedw Man has iAr ele
mrnis OF happiness within himself.
which, when rightly exercised. never
fail 10 procure 10. II remains with
hm siIoseiher 10 comply With the re-
QUESTIONS OF nature. and support her
institutions. To fuIfiI the laws Of God.
and EJECT The great objeet~oi bis own
bring. 10 complying. hoseser. he
Is assured Of a happiness which he
Cannot Otherwise obtain. Therefore.
m he values his ,happiness---if he is a
q judieisus msa--if he Is noi srliish
and missnthrepIc. he viii sct out the
principlrs Of his nature aud get mar
ried. There Is no man but -feeis The
! iaIlucnce Df woman. delights in her
society. and worships. 60 certain de
gree, al the shrine of her charms of
personal hrAaty and brilliant mental
requirements.
..Nature has given her an influence
over man. mnre pow erful. more per-
peiual than his vssr Der; from birth
q death. he takes help and hesiing
from her hand. Under ell The mns,
iourhing circumstsnct of life; her
basom suecors him Ia infancy, soothes
him 10 manhood. supports him in sick
ness aud 10 age. Such inilaence a.
this. brginnins ~ The spring Of life.
and acting In ell its mast trying mo-
ments. must dcteriorate or improve
mans character --must dimiaish or
increase his happiness, according 10
The moral and intellectual graduation
Of uomrn. Thus, upon her imprnye-
mrat IN particular. depends human
improsemrat 10 general"
Settling aside inlividuSt-happines
and all The pisasuresof The socisl Cir
Gle. the comforts Of domestic life, the
rhrrring &c the smile and voice that
greet the husband and the father. the
nature Of sacieiy. urges strong rea-
sous Why men should gel married.
Because human Improvement. the
gnod Of The world, depends upan ~ot
man IN her proper SPHERE. Oar hrst
lr>sons are me Instructions OF her
lips, and uur earliestimpressiuns are
taken fran her examples. Thus y
is thai We carry iaio saciety her inii,
snce. which extends throughout al'
ranks aud flassrs Of mankind.
Womsn's influence. therefore. not
only sheds mid aud cheering lustree
over The hearts OF her friends. around
The liresiic IL her family. and within
the marrow sphere in whicb nature
has placed her. but upon the Whole
@nrli. I, enters The haunts Of vice,
aud drags firth aevictim oil the 'bowi'
dashss II rrpm his lips. and restores
htm 10 reason aud IN n virtuous lite.
II prevents The prostitution u thosr
qualities. Which ennoble. dignity, ann
al