Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-09-19
Premature sIatrimony.

Premature marriages are among the greatest t.
wills Of the times and it would not be bad idea
in these DAYS of reform, if an 'aDIl-marry-in a
hurry societyn were instituted. Now-a-days,
neope lean into the magic life circle with no more
consideration than they would partake OF dinner
little thinking that, when once IN, they are
there until their end comes There is but little,
sometimes no mutual analysis of Dispersion, and
comparison of taste and affections. They seem
10 fancy that, if there are any discrepancies, the
fatal Gurdian knot, which can be seldom cut ano
never united, will harmonize all
The Numbers who have felt this truth-the
numbers still feeling it TO their hearts core-are
incalculable. They recognize it as the great mis-
take of their lives. Tie chain is not 10 them
silken one. bnt cable of iron, that tightens a.
ronnd them more and more, crushing all hope and
ENERGY. substituting hate for love, and eating out
with its rust the very inner life of the soul.
Boys and girls now marry toa greater extent
than ever before. instead of waiting till they be-
come full grown and matured men and women.-
The Young dandy, as soon as he gets out OF shorf
jackets, and finds little furze gathered on his up
per lin-and the young miss, as soon as she emer
ees from the nursery and abbreviated frocks-
think thew are qualified to assume the most sol
snn responsibilities of life. And so if "Pa" and
"Ma" won't consent, they post of to some Gret.
pa Green, and there take obligations they will
never cease bitterly to repent
Marriage should never be the result of fancy
The ball room and the evening party rarely de-
velope real character. Under the exhllirating IN
f1uence of the dance the glare of lights, and the
merry snuib aud Joke, the dssolute young man
NAV appear amiabe, and the slatternly scold love-
-, ,Ja or eprh placeo n 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 inioui,y. The true way to learn each other
is to do it 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 are taking place, in the running away OF nus
bands. le. ing their wives and children to starve,
and tie elopement of wives. Not only this. bnt
we witness it in the broken spirited men made old
in the prime Of life, struggling on tor more TODD,
and clothing and shelter, and In women, cross
dirty, sluttsh, and wrlnkled.
Ii would be quite impossible tor us to depict
faithfully the multitude of physical and moral e.
wills that result from those sinful alliances-tor
sinful they ale They ruin the body, corrupt the
morals, and stultify the mind. And the result
does not stop with husband and wife, There are
the children; they partake of the feebleness and
vices of the parents, both physical and moral and
90 out into the busy world sunted and gnarled.-
God pity them.
We would not be understood speaking against
the institution of marriage 1t is holy, beautiful
and beueficent. But let every one take his male
or none. Let not the brave eagle pair with the
stupid owl, nor the gentle dove with the carron
crow. Like should have like. 1t is glorious
sight to see two old people, who have weathered
the storms and basked in the sunshine OF lite to-
geher, go hand in hand, loving aud truthiully,
down the gentle declivity OF tlme' with no angers
nor iealousies, nor hatreds garnered up against
each other, end looking with hope and JOY to the
everlasting youth of heaven, where they two
shall be one forever. That is true marriage-for
it is the marriage of spirit with spirit. Their
love is woven nto woof of gold, that neither
time nor eternity can sever.-Ihe Eclectic.