Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-01-03
PREMATURE MATRILONY.

Marriage is divine and beautiful ar:
rangement. 1t was designed by Provi-
dence not solely as the means of keeping
up population, or as mere social and eco
nomical convenience, but as the blending
of two spirits into one-the masculine rep
resenting wisdom, the feminine affection
When there is true spiritual affinity be-
tween the two, then the design is accom-
plished.
Premature marriages are among the
greatest evils OF the times; and it would
not be bad idea in these days of reforms,
if an 'anti-marrying- ina hurry society we're
instituted. Now days people leap into the
magic life circle with no more consider;.-
tioE than they would partake OF a dinner
little thinking that when once IN, they are
there until their end comes. There is but
little, sometimes no mutual analysis of dis
position, and comparison OF taste and aEec
tons. They seem 10 fancy tha. if there Gre
any discrepancies, the fatal Gordian knot,
which can be seldom cut and never united,
viii harmonize ALL
The numbers who have felt this truth
the numbers still feeling it to their hearts
core-are incalculable. They recognise it
as the great mistake of their lives. The
chain is not TO them a silken one, but ca
bic of iron, that tightens around them more
and more, chrushing all hope and energy,
substituting hate for love, and eating out
with It's rust the very inner life OF tie soul.
Boys and girls now marry 10 gre,.ter
extent than ever before, instead of waiting
till they become full grown and matured
men and women. The Young dandy as soon
as he gets out of short jackets and finds a
lille .tur=e gathered OH his upper lip-and
the young miss, as soon as she cmerges
from the nursery and abbreviated frocks-l
think they are qualified to assume the most
solemn responsibilities of life. And SO if
Pa and Ma won't consent, they post off
to some Gretna Green, and there take obli-
cations they will never cease bitterly to re-
pent.
Marriage should never be the result of
fancy. The ballroom and the evening par
ty rarely devclope real character. Under
the exhiIerating influence of the dance, the
glare of lights and the merry squib and
joke, the dissolute young man may appear
amiable. and that slatternly scold, lovely.
Matches made at such places, orunder sim |
liar circumstance are hot of the class that
originated in heaven. They more general
ly are conceived in the opposite place, and
bring forth only iniquity. The true way
to learn each other is to do it at home, in
the parlor, in the kitchen, and occasions that
test the temper. We see the result of these +
unions in the almost daily divorces that ase
taking place, in the running away of hus-
bands, leaving their wives and children 10 !
starve. and the elopemcnt Of wives. Net
only this, but we witness it in the broken !
spirited men, mad. old i'll the prime OF life, !
struggling on for mere food end clothing, !,
and shelter, and in women-cross. dirty, |
sluttish and wrinkled.
Itwould ~ qnite impossible for Us to de-
pict faithfully the multitude Of physical
and r,o.al evils that result fro-A these sinful
alliances-for Sinful they are. They ruin
the body, corrupt the. morals & d stdltify
the mind. .And tie result does not stop
with huaband and ,ife There ere the !
children, !hcg part;be Of The seobleness and
vices OF tho parents, both physical and NOR |
al, and 90 ous into the busv world stantsd
aud gnarled. God pity them.
We would not be understood as speaking
a against the institution OF marriage. II isl
holy, beautiful, and benifcent. But let
every one take his mate or none. Let not
the brave eagle pair with the stupid owl
nor the gentle dove with tic carrion crow.
Like should have like. II is a glorious
sight to see t~o old people Who have wealth
cred the storm end basked in the sunshine
oflife, go hand and hand lovingly and truth |
fully down the gentle declivity Of time, with !
no singers, no jealousy, nor hatreds gsrner-
ed up against each other. and looking with
hopes and Joy to the everlasting youth of
heaven, where they two shall be one forev-
er. That is true marriage-for it is the
marriage of spirit with spirit. The love is
woven into woof of gold, that neither time
nor eternity can sever.
The following Banks are reported to
have failed: Monson, Massachusetts; Cen
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