Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-04-01

were this the proper place, great number
of weighty reasons, both moral ana Puysi-
cal, for the dogma am about to propoano'
The maxim, then, which / would lnculcate
is this-that matrimony should not be con-
tracted before the first year of the Fourth
SeptenIIiad, on the part Of females not BE-
fore the last year of the same in the case OF
the male; in other words, the female should
be at least twenty-eight years old. Ihat
there should be seven years dlf1erence De-
tween the ages of the sexes, at whatever pc
riOd of life the solemn contract is entered
upon, need not be urged, as it is universally
admitted. There is difference OF seven
years, not in the actual duration OF life IN
the two sexes, but in the stamina OF the con-
stitution, the symmetry of the form, and the
lineaments of the face. The wear and tear
of bringing up family might alone ac-
count for this inequality; but there are 9TH
er causes, inheritent in the constitution,
and independent of matrimony or celibacy.
ain respect to marriage, as far as it con-
Germs the softer sex, / have to observe, that,
for every year at which the hymenial knot
is tied below the age of twenty-one, there
will be, on an average, three years of
premature decay of the corporal fabric,
and considerable abbreviation of the usu-
al range of human existence. 1t is in vain
to point out instances that seem to nullify
this calculation. There will be individual
exceptions to all general rules. The above
will be fair average estimate. ...-- ....
"On the moral consequences Of too early
marriages, it is not my intention to dilate {;
though | could adduce many strong argu-
ments against, and very few in favor of the
practice. It has been said that 'matrimony
may have miseries, but celibacy has no
nlo Ac Gar 81,
conceded, the adage ought to run thus
marriage mast have miseries, though celib-
acy may have no pleasures
"The choice of wife, or husband, is
rather foreign to my subject, and has occu-
pied much ADLER pens than mine, to little
advantage. My own opinion is, that, were
the whole of the adult population registered
as they come of age, and each person, male
and female, draw a name out of the urn,
and thus render matrimony complete lot
terry, sums total of happiness, misery, or
content, would be nearly, if not exactly, the
same as upon the principle IF selection
This, at first sight, will appear a most start
ling proposition; but the closer we exam
inc it, the less extravagant it will be found"
NAMEs.-Andrew Jackson and Martin
Van Buren, made great, and in some res
poets successful efforts, during the whole
course of their administrations, to abridge
the power of the people, and concentrate
power in the hands of the Executive-and
vet they were styled DEMOCRATS by the
members of the party who supported them.
William Henry Harrison declares that gov-
eminent should be 50 administered as TO promote
the greatest good of the greatest number--and he
is stignatized as a FEDERALIsT. sA
CAurlestospn ChrOnicls
JACK DOWNING has written a very excel
lent letter to John Bull, in the N. Y. Express,
about war, and things: his introduction is
worth quoting.
IL did think at first, I would send this let
ter to the QUEEN hcrscff, troEo would be
no mistake about it, as l find the best way
after all is to go right to the head of the fam
ily-but it's now going on IL years next
grass since wrote letter to any kind OF
women folks, and the last was to Miss Hep
sy Ann Appleby, who kept school at Saco,
about q little counting matter; and riled
her considerable by calling her an ANGLE in
stead of an ANGEL, and she sent me back
about as sharp and sour an answer as ever a
man got-there want bit of that paper that
wouldn't turn pan of milk as quick as a
piece of runnit-and all owing to that acct
dent of my putting an L before an E. and
she having little crook in the back that
never thought on-but women are particular
folks in such things, and if you touch 'em on
soft spot, the fat is in the fire right off, and
so said never would again try my hand
in writing on 'em letter again and that is
the main reason why don't send this letter
to the Queen, instead Of to YOU"
From the Richmond Wing of Tuesday.
| vi. ..a VIRGINIA. .
! Last Act Of the Drama.-There was ycster.
day great fermentation in IN" rai;''e"i cir
cles mere. The reader is appraised that or
Saturday Gov. Gilmer, without any previous
notice, and to the establishment of every DO.
dy, resigned his Office. On that morning
many members of Assembly of each party
had returned to their homes, in the belief
that the business of the session had been vir.
tually brought to close. Al the moment OF
the reception of the Governors message. for.
ty-6ve seats were vacant in the House of De.
legates alone. In five minutes after the
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