The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-09
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from 4 bianess, end his s.as;Iy con i.
inooed toincreasei three at time, d
git so cussed poor he'd starve, and
;tharefore he knew it 'ud be better to
clear out, for the wimen would be sure
to take good care; Of, his wife and the
babbys. .s,,, ,5.......,
Old DR.. Wilkins wur appointed by
the men to wait on meetin' Of the
6Wimen, and inform them Of the fact,
that ttha wur annoyin' the fathersof tile
three babbys, and had aImos. driven
him out'n the settlement. The doctor,
accordin' to appointment, informed tho
wimen, and arter he had retired tha
went into committee of the whole upon
the marter, and appinted three of thur
number to report at a mcetin', on the
next evenin' a set Of resolutions tellin'
what tba'd do in tho premises, and gov
ernin' female action in the partickler
case of 10 Allen, his little wife, and
three beautiful healthy babbys. s...a
Wien the hour of meetin' had arriv,
Mrs. Sutton's parlorsl wur2 crowded
with the wimen Of the settlenaent, and
arter appinten Widder Dent to. tie
cheer, tha reported the comittee on re-
solves reddy, and Mrs. Sutton bein' the
head Of tho committee she sot to work
and read the followin' drawn up paper:
Whereas, nItlhas been sed .byi.the
wise Solomons of old that the world
must peupled, itharfore, we holditito
be the tinviolatc duty ,ofSevery man to
gittmarried, and, moreover, rear up cit5
izens and future mothers to our glorious
and, 81, srs @,;e,l..
Whereas, It is gratifyin' to human
natur', the world in genal, Missury. at
large, and Liberty in partickler, that
this settlement has set an example to
the ancestors Of future time, which will
not only make the Nimen Of this en-
lightened state pattern for thur chill
dren, but envy to the royal wimenof
Europe, not forgettin' the proud moth
er the Lions of Ingland, but will ele.
vate and place in and among the furst
families, fur ever hereafter, the mother
that has shed such lustre upon the sex
in general; and,
Whereas, tits the melancholy lot of
some to be deprived of doin' thar duty
in the great cause of human natur', be-
cause the young men is back ard about
speakin' out it is time thar some meas
ures be taken inimical,to our general
prosperity, and encouragin' to the, ris-
in generation Of young fellars round
town; tharfore, {. 49,.
Resolved, That, as married women,
our sympathies, like the heaying of ma.
tur's bosom, yearns with admiration
and respect fur that little womin, Mrs.
Allen, and as We see. her three little
babbys reclinin upon thur mothers fe-
male maternal bosom, our beatin' hearts
with one accord wish we could say
ditto. n
Resolved, That in the case Of Mrs.
Allen we see an illustrious example Of
the intarnal and extarnal progress of
that spreading race, the Angel Saxons;
and time will come, when the mothers
of the west will plant thar glorious
shoots from one pinnacle of the Rocky
Mountains to the tother, md until thar
cry Of liberti will be holiorcd from ono
pint to the next in continooal screetch!
Resolved, That Mr.. Joseph Allen,
the father of these three dear little
babbys, shall receive a monument at
his dcth, end while he is iYini, the
wimcn shall ony visit his shop once q
week to look at him, 'cept the married
wimen, who shall be permitted to see
him twice aweek and no soffener, per-
vided and eceptin tha want to+git meas
ured fur a pur Of shoes. i55
Resolved, Mister Joseph Allen shall
hav the custom of tho whole settlement,
for he is o glorious livin' example of
dotin' husband.
Arter these resolutions had been
unanimously passed, Mrs. Sutton ,ad.
dressed the meetin' in stream Of ele-
gance, wharin she proved, clar as
whistle, that u family war tho farst
consideration fur settler III o, new
country, and town lots the arterSqnes-
ton. i.She acknowledged tho corn,'
sho sed, shat lit war soothin' to look
often at thur neighbor Allen, but his
peace of mind war the property Of his
family, and she hoped the ladies
wouldn't disturb it, cause the loss of
sech a husbind would be suferin' ca
lamity to the settlement.
.l The meetin' adjoured, and 10 o.Ment
back to work. sinpin'f and .whistfn,. as