The North-Carolinian., 1850-09-28
From tho Richmond Republican
HENRY A. WISE ON BACHELORS.

In MS rate MOI tndiHptOH duuTeSs Oh De'
half Of popular Education. Henry A. Wise
makes proposition which will be resist
ed to the death by all those GO miserable
men," (as our netsh bots of the Enquirer
feelingly call then,,'') who live in state
Of single cursedness.
| That we may not do Mr. Wise the sligh-
test injustice, and that we may place him
in his position Upon the mOmentous ques-
ton which he has mooteti, we give his ow n
words. from the report Of his speech in the
Richmond Enquirer.
After describing the subjects Of taxation
for the support of his Free School System,
| MIR Wise, with stern and in3exible gravity,
speaks as follows:
! "The rich bachelor or man who had no
children and much property. should be tax
ed most of all, if any distinction of PERSONS
at all were made. fle who has wealt,
and no children needs the protection Of the
State and community in which he lives
for the security ofhis person and Of his pro-
periy, Has the childlcss miser salt
pending Involving thousands Of his hoarded
gold Who is to be the jury to try the
fate of his dollars? Can they read and
write and cypher? Does the bachelor sue
for injury to his character ? DO the juries
where he lives value reputation Does
| Hc wait u piece VI NOIk uOHc requiring
skill ?-Are the mechanics where he lives
men of skill, we'll instructed in their bust
| ness The free schools would give him
juries capable OF constructing his will when
he dies, and a mechanic skilled enough to
construct his coffin, or it might be a Divine
to preach his funeral sermon! He has
lived for no one but himself, has helped
no poor man by supporting his daughter for
his ,vife, has Obcyed not Gods command
to increase and multiply his earth, and
ought to be made to aid in instructing the
children Of those who have obeyed that
command, perhaps too well, by having
more children than they can provide for.
If bachelor would get the worth Of his
free school tax, let hi IN 90 aud get wife,
and then beget lawful children, which he
will not be bound to support"
We think we do Mr. Wise no Injustice
in supposiug that it is fact Of bachelorship
rather than Of rich bachelorship against
which he would level his batteries of taxa
tion. poor bachelor, we'll as rich
one may have ''character," to be pro.
tected by intelligent juries;" may .'want
piece Of work DONE by ''skilfuI me-
chanics;" in fact, may need - coffin"
more than a rich bachelor. AS to the
''funeral sermon.'' no bachelor, rich or
poor, ought to expect the pulpit to hold
him up as ah example to the rising genera
ton. 1t is then against bachelors, against
single life, that Mr. Wise lets loose his
taxes, to worry and devour.
Poor wretches! Is not the condition Of
these bachelors deplorabIe enough now
Homeless beings, who only know the genial
warmth Of household fire when they drop
in upon some more favored friend, and
thaw their frosty souls at the glowing
shrine OF domestic happiness. Wrctchcd
men, whose puddings are at the mercy Of
some unknown cook, and whose linen is
superintended by barbarian iaundresses.
Men Of long, lonely hours, who have no
companions but musty old authors, and
with no mourners but the heas and chin
ches who were not to revel in their neglect
ed sheets. Yet some consultations are
vouchsafed even to these unfOrtunates.
They congratulate themselves even in their
misery that for them there are no elaborate
bills Of rent and marketing, Of dry goods
and shOeleather, no days Of gnawing care,
no nj ght made hideous with cries Of off
spring Poor, deluded beings: Even
feeling perchance sort Of compiacent con-
tempt for married acquaintances! Alas,
miserable wretch of a bachelor. Little
knowest thou the dangers that are hov ering
near thy peaceful couch.
beware, thOuShtleSs man! "A COnven-
ton big with the destiny Of thy tribe is at
hand. The man Of Accomac is after thee
with sharp stick. He has resolved to
make thee pay for thy character IAN article,
he admits, which is Of little value) for thy
ricketty washstand & single bedstead. He
will compel thee to settle in advance for
thy coffin and thy funeral sermon.-He
will force thee to pay for the education of
other mems children. lie will exhaust
them by taxes, till he succeeds in his ini-
quitous design Of obIigins thee to renouncc
they solitary joys, and drive thee at the
point of the bayonet to multiply and re-
plenish the earth. Poor, miserable vic
tins, we think We see thee in the hour Of
thy calamity, thy independent brow droop-
ing and relaxed = poor mans daugh-
ter holding thee by one arm, while at the
other elbow comes the tax gatherer, egs'ng
thee on to thy perdition. At the foot Of
the altar, IN flowing robes. stands the
clerical sheriff; moose in hand, while Wise
Of Accomac. with grim triumph upon his
curling lip, "gives away the briJc,'' and
adding insult to injury, exclaims to the
oppressed and insulted captive, :. Go, and
beret lawful children"
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