Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-12-06
Ii : polished sense Of rropriety, yet much

iwiih polished sense Of Fropriety get muci
should be overlooked in one swaye9 b the
tide of passion and a vivid fancy We takt
this opportunity to express our thanks to tht
very ingenious writer, our friend, for In
protested effort in our behalf, to reccue somt
of us from infamy and disgrace, though IL
justice to ourselves, can only thank hnn fol
his. intention, since in our esttm2tlon nc
made only very lame defence,
+ A fourth declares t'that the gi1ls tank Q
married man is rendered perfectly harmless
| by marriage, therefore, may sqneeze then
hards,n and "kiss them too. Here is IN
ether attempt to wound the feelipgs Of pooi
Benedict, that much prosecuted individual
Alas that the attempt had notsproyen, SIG
cessful, merely to have saved the rcputatio1
eff those unskillful archers, and would la.
dies RED. Unfortunate .'single ones What
have ye not to answer for Again and a
gain must. those gentle, yet appreciatirs
creatures suffer under the obtuse mauling b
your wit You presume to exercise great
er degree of familiarity towards Gle girls
than gentlemen. although married, practice
even towards their wives. 1t is difficult fol
No 4 to understand why the girls should
deem married men to be harmless and APP
parently confirm this opinion by ti1eir con
duct. We will endeavorto explain. 1t is
not because 1.-THE girls consider the mar
tied as more harmless than the ssaglc, in
any sense, tEat they are ON Better terms
with them than With the single. but because
they, 1.-THE girls have some CLAIMS to be
considered as reasonable beings: SO that,
when ore treats them as such, Instead Of
the reverse, they are pleased; yes, much
more highly pleased, than with mere bau-
bles and unrealities. This seems to US a
sufficient reason for their Conduct towards
the married gentlemen, which to No, q
seems SO unaeeountable.
'irow for No 5, the incorrigible old bach
elor, who has set forth, we must ia all can
dor admit, a very arch reason to account
for the matter under discussion. Years have
made him wise in his own estimation, and
ne doubt he has long since Che you'd have
us believe that it was entirely. voluntary Oh
his part) determined TO reinaiu single But
Why he should compare married. pen. to
foxes that have lost their tails ~ is diff
cult for Benedict to conceive, since not one
has ever yet been conscious Of sa9h loss /
moreover, the no-tails would be N q most
decided majority Welt--suppose we Do n9l
diSabuse the mind Of this incorrigihge ed
one, but let him still ohuckle over his sag
discovery of trickcry, and still fear the loss
of an appendage that he holds most dear
Indeed, we Benedicts would not have all
like ourselves, as he fondly imagines; for,
if such were the ease, very little amusement
would remain of such character as is now
afforded by these objects.
On the whole. we would advise the selec-
ton of a question less abstfuse for your
next discussion ; or if you viii still persist
in making your condition an entirely irrep-
arabic one, pursue the course you have
marked out, for our popularity with 1.-The
girls is even more. surely established than
before the publication CT Your ill-f.ted dis
cussion partly, or account Of the s5mpa-
TIN it has produced in our behalf ~ reason
of your ill-adtisea persecution Of IS, and
partly, because the girls are more firmly
convinced now than ever, that as yet they
have lost nothing hy their choice.
RENEBICf