Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-06-28
MISCELLANEOUS. s.
!sircm The Boston Notion.
THE HAPPY HUSBAND.

| "' "S '"S ""PPS wiz W "H'S
strictly speaking. no present concern; ou,
business is with the happy husband. We
mag be permitted. however, 10 remark by
way 0f paren,hesis. that, as we mention.
ed last week, Whenever there is a Happy
Husband. il follows as sort Of necessary
consequence, that there must BE- q happy
wife.
IL is common Observation, and We dare
say lha, like n.ost OF The apo,heglms in
general circulation, il is in accordance
with sound philosophy, h,n' every wife
| wishes 10 be mother. Some rnHn's
spouscs, we know, profess 10 has no
such wish bu, these will invariably he
found 10 be married ladies who not only
are not. bul have no reasonable prospect
Of becoming moihers. Aud if we coul,!
only seI al The bottom OF the well IN which
truth is said TO have taken up her resi-
deuce, we have no doubt we should u,
once he in condition TO satisfy ourselves
iha, these chiiiless ladies' deciaim against
matrimonial pledges. for precisely Ihc
same reason as The fox in the fable did
against the grapes. Rcynard discovered
thar tho grapes were decidedly sour. tie
nomen, be became convinced of the hope
lessuess Of The attempt Ia reach them.
Married ladies ~ ho have no children, and
see no probability Of ever having any,
display a corresponding alacfily of dis
covering that j, is far belle! to be without
them.
it is reflection on The better feelings
and holicr aspirations Of human uaturc TO
say, tina, any two persons can 'lcvu,edly
love each other aud be legally united to-
selher, and Yet not anxiou.ly wish to have
living rud lovely illustrations Of their tnu-
lual affection. II any such pcrsons were
really TO be found. we would ark them to
go and receive the language Of sicut but
severe rcbuhc from the i-ru;iuna! creation.
The birds of he air onJ the beasts Of the
field concur without un exception in fur
nishing us with The most conclusive prouls
that lure OF offspring is one Of the ,,rnns
est instincts OF their 0aiurc /; Que which
grows with their growth. and strengthens
with thcir strength, aud only suffers ex
linciion when the moment has arrived al
which they themselves ur. destined To
perish.
The love of children, though pc,hap,
more intense in womnu's breast than in
that Of man, is nevertheless Que OF the
mos, deeply implanted passions in his
nature also. To be the father OF one or
more children is. in the Infinite minority
OF cases, "sine qua non" 10 u husbands
~, c,, .v,i,;nr
be able loclaim IFS parenIasc, Is indeed to
realize bliss beyond comparisons; q hap
riness far mure pure and perfect than ever
entered into poei's imagination, anles,
JUDGED, that poet was hiusf!i he pnpo o!
one O. more "lit,lc dcars." ushcrch in'o
being within the haiowcd bounds OF we'd
lock. and depend upnn il. that be oa'y
can faithfully or !clictou,Iy y paint the plea.
surcs Of the matrimonial state, who can
boas, of possessing otl>prIug of nj, own.
No one, i.dced. bui such pcrsun has u
right To euicr the sacred territory 10 ali
other il is fnrhiddcr ground.
,nc1prcssib!c are he pleasures Of an
adeclinnalc husband aud tender faihcr,
when lie gaZcs OH his loYc!y infant tas in
our pictorial ilus,ra'ionl reclining in the
law pfil :nurher, a!t looking up'o her in
all the innocence ot lis smiling playful
counlrnauce nI The wife aud mo,her rs she
recipFoca;es The happy glauces of her IN
iaui's eye, c!uwus the bliss oi' the husbaul
and father. CompaIe,i with this pare aud
elevated felicity, ihc ishcsi narplucSs ol
him wln!ives iu single sccluSion rust be
misery i,sci:.. :.
We have Il :heury to PROFOUND in which
we ourselves have been polen, believers
ever since our social position quniIlieJ Us
10 fotn au opinion on The subject. Tint
theory Is, that whe? Socrates pronounced
his celebrated eulosium on the felicity Of
the married state, which made The married
part o. his audience run home in breath.
less haste 10 their wives. and HE siugle
men ,n rush EeaAlong into motrimony-
he must have painted With all the lascina-
lons VI! his unrivulled cloquencc, such q
sceue as that TO which we have pointed
attention. rather than vainiy sought ,c
| portray. Mere abstract phiosophizins on
The blesscduess OF marriage, however ah!.
and ingenious, could never haze w-ouci;
such woudrous ,resul;s--coud never have
operated like n charm. Oh, no; the ;i!uslii
Gus philosopher antiquity OF must have re
called 10 the minds ol the married men tli,
supreme felicity which they had ellen Gu
J ioycd al their Own hearths. as they saw
their wives lavish their love aud ihei
kisses OH t:,eir iuiau, offspring. or as they
lhem. elves dandlrd the lirtlc cherubs OF
their knees. In The case Of lhe bachelors
Socrates must have brought before thei
mental eye, with all The viyiducss an,
fidelity o: we'll executed painting, tn
exquis.ely delightful scene in The matri
noniaI panorama Of every day life. |,
" hich we base alluded. Barred, indeed
TO all the better aud boiler feelings Of hu
man nature. must be the bachelor breus
u( him who could hesitate 10 enter IN
sanclorum Of lie married state after :
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