Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-09-07
Premature NIatrimony.

II was designed by Providence not solely as the
means OF keeping up population, or as mere So
cial and economical convenience, but as the blend.
| ing of two spirits into one-the masculine repre-
senting wisdom" and the feminine Affection
When there Ia true spiritual affinity between the
two, then the design is accomplished
Premature marriages are among the greatest
evils OF the times and II would not be bad idea
ia these days of reforms If an "ant pnarryinr-in-
a-hurry society" were instituted Nowadays peo-
pie leap into the magic life circle with no more
consideration than they would partake of din
ner-little thinking that when once in, they are
there until their end comes There Il but little
sometimes no mutual analysis of disposition, and
comparison Of taste and affections They seem to
fancy that If there any discrepancies, the fatal
| Gordian knot, which can be seldom cut and never
united, will harmonic all.
The numbers who have felt this truth--thc
numbers still feeling il TO their hearts core--aie
incalculablc. They recognise II as the great mis-
take OF their lives. The chain Is not TO them
silken one, bat cable Of iron, that tightens
around them more and more, crushing all hope
and energy, substituting hate for love- and eating
out with It's rust the very inner life of the sou
Boys and gitls now marry 10 greater extent
than ever before instead Of waiting till they be-
come fullgrown and matured men and women
The young dandy as soon as he gets out of short
jackets aud 6nds little fur1s gathered on his up.
per Up-uHu lue young MISS, as soon she
emerges from the nursery and abbreviated frocks--
think they are qualified TO assume the most so.
lemn responsibilities Of life And 80 II Pa and
Ma" won't consent, they pos, off to some Gret
ma Green, and there take obligations they will
never cease bitterly TO repent.
| Marriage should never be the result of fancy
The ballroom and the evening party rarely de-
| velop real character Under the exhilarating In.
tlucnce Of the dance, the glare Of lights, and the
| me- aatih nd he tha
may appear amiable, and that slatternly scold
loveable. Matches made at such placcs, or under
similar circumstances, are not OF the class that
originated in heaven. They more generally are
conceived In the opposite place, and bring forth
only iniquity. The true way to learn each ether il
to do il at home, In the parlor in the Kitchen, and
on occasions that test the temper We see the
result Of these unions in the almost daily divorces
that taking place, in the running away Of hus-
bands, leaving their wives and children TO starye
aud the elopement OF wives. Not only this, but
we witness It in the broken-spirted men, made
old in the prime Of life, struggling on for mere
food and clothing, and shelter, aud in women
cross, dirty, sluttish and wrnkled.
II would be quite impossible for us 10 depict
faithfully the multitude Of hysical and moral evils
that result from these sinful allisnces-for sinful
they are. They ruin the body, corrupt the morals
and stultify the mind. And the result does not
stop with husband and wife. There are the chill
drcn they partake Of the feeblcness and vices Of
the parents, both physical and moral, and 90 out
into the busy world stunted and gnared. God
pity them
We would not be understood speaking against
the institution Of marriage 1t Is holy, beautiful,
and benefccnt. But let every one take bis mate,
or none. Let not the brave eagle pair with the
stupid owl, nor the gcntle dove with the carrion
| crow. Like should have like. IL is a glorious
| sight to see two old people who have weathered
| the storm and basked 10 the sunshine OF life to-
gether 20 hand in hand lovingly and truthfally down
the gentle declivity of time, with angers norea
ousy nor hareds garnered up against each other and
looking with hopes and joy to the everlasting youth
Of heaven, where they two shall be one forever
That Is true marriage--for IL Is the marriage of
spirit with spirit. The love Is woven into woof
of gold, that neither time eternity can sever
| The Eclectic.