Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-08-31
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THE ANTI-MARRYING SOCIETY OF
NANJEMOY AND DURHAM.
Ertract from the Proceedings of 1.-THE
Anti-1Marrying Society of the Widowers
and Bachelorsof Nanjemoy and Durham,''
at their Cd meeting in august, 1S48.
WHEREAS, it has been observed for some
time past, that certain members of our be-
loved Society, hitherto most jealous and
devoted, have, after manfesting, a, first, a
most alarming degree Of lukewarmness for
the interest Of the good cause, then an abe
ration of mind distressing TO behold on the
part of their brother members; at length, al
most entirely Withholding themselves from
our periodical meetings., and, lastly, and
worst of all, some Of them, as it is whisper
ed, have become totally demented and fall
len victims to that imp of mishief,
''That wicked boy, that blind and cruel foe
Whose chief delight is a Bachelors VICE."
and contemplate { 0 miserable dictu!) per-
petrating, as it is further whispered, an act,
(which, to spare the feelings of the true
members Of this Society shall not be named
III connexion with any member thereof
but an act, which must cause every anti
connubialist to weep and every true Bache-
Tor to be amazed-'for nothing can they to
their" temporal "damnation add" greater
than that: find 1uhereas, it is deemed pos
sible, (indsmuch as the said recusant mem
bers have, by their long absence from a.
mongsl us, been without the benefit of hear
ing the enlightening doctrines of that sacred
code by which we are guided and upheld
that by causing to be published in some one
or more respectable public journal or news
paper, tina: may be most likely to fall into
their hands and meet their eye, such parts
of the Declaration of independence of this
Society, and, if they deem proper, Of the
Constitution also, as a committee of three,
to be appointed by the President, shall judge
mos, likely to arrest their attention and re-
call them to their lost reason: Therefore,
Resolved, That the President do appoint
such three members for the said sacred pur-
pose, and that said publication be made as
soon as possible.
Passed, unanimously,
DICK MARRYNONE, Pres't.
Tom CoURTALL, Sec'y.
Declaration of Independence of The .Anti-
Marrying Society Of the Widocers and
Bachelors Of .Nawemoy and DURHAM
When in the course of civil society it be-
comes necessary for the Bachelors Of the
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have hitherto connected them with the fair
sex, and to assume in fashionable circles the
single and unmarried station to which, by
the laws of reason they are entitled, decent
respect for the opinion of the married por-
ton Of society compels them to declare the
causes which urge them to secede from the
empire of love, and to rally around the STAN
dard of their inherent freedom and natural
independence.
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
That all men are created unmarried; That
they are endowed by the Creator with the
inalienable right Of remaining in a state Of
sing le-blessedness, until they are disposed
to cucumber themselves with the appendage
of wife; That to secure this right all
Bachelors should be firmly united in their
common cause, and steadfastly resist the
multiplied and insiduous attacks of the fair
the ancient enemy Of mans native free
dom.
Custom, and the manners of the age,
would, indeed, indicate the propriety Of that
domestic relation which in all previous times
has received the sanction of the world and
the appreciation of society. But when a
long series Of balls and parties, Of winning
smiles and killing glances, pursuing invari-
ably the same object, evinces a DIES ign to
marry US against our will, it is our right, il,
is our duty, to break The slken chains which
beauty weaves for Bachelors, and which the
Imagination inveighs US so fondly and so
Familiarity to embrace; and to provide for
our future safety and security in the "HaIl
of Celhacy," the abode o. freedom and the
home of peace.
The history of the present race of Ladies
in this country is one of repeated encroach-
ments upon the rights of Bachelors, tending
directly to involve them in absolute despot-
ism. To prove this, let facts be submitted
to candid community:
They have refused their assent TO offers
of marriage-the most wholesome and ne
cessary for the interests Of particular indiv-
thereby manifesling disposition to
exercise the veto power, with which the I'M
just customs of society has clothed them, 10
the direct injury of fallen man.
They have refused their sanction to others
of the community, unless they would re-
linquish their right of choosing wives for
themselves right inestimable to all Bach
elors. and formidable to match makers and