The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-11-04


contrast between what he is and what he should
oe, for that voice, like the worm that never
aies" Is etafnaly in lis eqrs-zthe tongue that syl-
apiss lts words IN q perpetual motion. Poor,
hisEKABLE, MARRIED wretch, he can only respond
70 IL win sigh or groanl and inwardlY wish
that ne was back again in his happy bachelor
hood or that he Was clad in widower's weeds, re
| celying the congratulations of his friends, uttered
III broken words OF solemn coincidence But,
| shade OF Candle let as draw the curtain Let us
glance again at him, the happy bachelor, who has
no such nightmare to galop sleep from his weary
! pllloW--to him the proud monarch OF himself who
| caa ENJOY lis otsu,a ctan digtttate whenever
| wherever, and however he blame peases--the
memiest, happies:, jollest fellow alive, who lives
III the best OF houses--Liberty Hall -of which the
| song says srr. lgg gg., g.i@
Oh, bachelors hail l vow is the best, "ijTg
be drunk or be sober, you go TO your rest ; r .t
With no wife " scod no children 10 squa 81. M
How happy is he who keeps bachelors hail.
The unfortunate family man or man Of a family
has to play dry nurse TO brawlmg little bfat---to
candle 10 on his knee-to rock it in the cradle
TO lull It 10 sheep with "husl-a-by babyn-to get
up IN the cold NJ night to give 10 milk, water OF
paregoric, Wide he heartily wishes that infanti.
eide was no murder, ana the baby externinatol@
veritabc patented machine in general use. He
must play the gallant, too TO the dear Mama, of
the kicking, fretting squalling, wretehed little
limb OF responsibility He must be on hand to
| fetch and carry when and where she pleases, and
to obey her every whm and atFectation, and en-
dure her peevishness and petty cxactions, and
winnie her lady visitors con gPatnlating him as
happy father he inwardly wishes that women and
babies had never been invented, curses the pecu.
har institution OF matrmony for entailng slavery
upon man, aed VOWS that If but once out of it, no
wiz reform and live decentiy the rest of bis life,
hDl saiT t.
~ Cursed be The man, the poorest wretch in life,
The crouching vassa to the tyrant wife '.'
Who hiss no will but by her high permission
Who has not sixpence butin her pos session. l.1
who must to her his dear friends secret tell .5
VINO breads curtain lecture more than hell
u Were such the wife had fallen to my part ..
q break her spirit, or I'd break her heart .
ia charm her with the magic of u switch '.
ia kiss her maids, and kick the prverse- -huzze."
Oh, the poor wrctch-the deludad mortal The
spell OF the mother Of ain is upon him--of that
sin that first brought slavery iAto the world, and
forced upon him and his generation the labor that
knows no rest-the sorrow chat knows no alleyia-
tion-the- slavery that must forever toi--Lha h0r-
rible--the terrible bondage Of the husband Yet,
strange inconsistency of humanity. In the midst
OF all his suiferings no would fam make the world
believe that he is happy, and while he curses the
evil hour III which he yielded to the syren bland.
ishments ei woman, he still yields and yields una
ble 10 escape the destinations Of his destroyer
lie affects to adere his wife, and even pretends to
derive pleasure from gratifying her wants and
whnns He viii escort her 10 pnJlic places and
show her divers little attentions before folks merely
for the purpose OF making believe" and she
affects happiness in his soeiety-a the while wish
ing him i'll Jericho, or in some much warmer eli
mate. .... ..... ...... ...... 49,. ..
He, in his early boyho6d, took delight in rolling
ms hoop, and now in his manhood he affects plea
sure in trundling whole barrel full at u time up
and down. Pennsylvania avenue. By such silly
proceedings does hc think to blind the world. He
is always trying 20 cajoe whole being cajoled As
| he passes the shop windows with his dear wife"
bis "Uory dear wife hanging on his arm, she be
holds g love OF bonnet, or an angel of
nlantilIa, and his darling is dying for ust such
one. " Its O1,Ly much, and It's a great deal
handsomer than Mrs. smiths and much more be-
coming than Mrs. Brogns; and besides his dar-
ling hates those Smiths ana those Browns they
suut by her with such naughty air when they
arc dressed up--and t4ey are such low vulgar peo-
pie. She can't bear ~ be Outd0ne by them. Now
Charlie, dear, buy il for me, wont you? THAT a
love" And Charley deaF" thus appealed to,
resorts to his portemoniae-planks up the cash
and lets his note gV 10 protest next day.
Sir, marriage is immoral. The state Of matri-
mony Is the very worst state Of the union. To
what numberless multitude Of subteriugrs and fbs
does 1t drive an economical husband TO resist the
extrayagance OF a speudthrJt wife--what teasing
and cooking aud hypocrtCal afectatiOns does il
induce Az extrdyagant Wic 10 practise on hur con
tiding bette half" lt drive the poor distracted
wretch forth over the threshold within which he
had yainly hoped TO find peace and comfort, to
seek consolation at tue theatre, IN the billiard sa-
loon, at the faro bank, or in the drinking house
IL peoples those places with the victims oi home
mscrias, Of family isrs, Of emptied pockets, Of
squaling children, and curtain lectures
Sir marriage is not only OF vast. immoral ten
dency, as have shown nut it Is also uiegdi--and
not only in this District, but, unless by special
enactment, in every state Of this ConfedeFacy, ex-
cept, perhaps, in the state Of matrimOny-(iu
which Ucry fortunately, ! have never been but
even that would tell YOU Young lldy-likg in
coming Kansas, must first settle the question ol
pro.slavcry and anti. slavery before it can become
bright and shining star in the glorious hrnameut
OF o'T Union.
have said, sir, that marragn is Hegal, u-
expressly forbidden by IAN, sir, IN this District
There is a special enictncrt against H. tl al.
nit that marriage Is . lottery Sir, il is the very
cora kind OF lottery. whpee there are thou
sands--aye, tens of th Gsaiid1 Of blanks 90 one
prize. The aws Of Congress prohibit any and all
lotteries IN this District. Marriage Is, therefore,
illegal here. And let me tell you Of my audicncc--
those OF YOU who have had the Ceremony per
Oilh-H lU TINS DiSlrCt--VOV are not married al
Ill. Lotteries being Illegal your marriage are nan
and void
know that there arc many persons Of both
sexes, who are not only willing, but exceeding
anxious 10 take chances IN this matrimonial lot.
terry, as IN other games of chance, but il is no
less unlawful, demoraizing and wicked on that ac.
count aud this wiliul dcsirc to embark in Il only
proves the awful dcpfavity o poor human nature,
that neither he restrained by moral suasion or
by legal enactment sa
Sir, niatfimouy Is propensity that steals an
awatcs upon our youth OF both sexes IL Smiles
its Establishments in opeu day--it whispers lis a
Turing sentiments at night-it entrances its scduc-
dons in music--it carries its fascinations to the
ballroom nor can the holy precincts o. the church
shut it out tOr it accompanies its votary At the
very altar, Ii assaik every condition Of life. The
widow Of half score husbands, and the widowor
OF halt a score wives--cyen they with all their
experieHce, yields unaccouutaby to It's influence.
The blushing maiden OF sixteen, and the buoyant
youth OF eighteeu--the spogess virgin Of half a
century, ana the aoggy bachelor Of three score,
arc fettesed by is bonds, which death asne can
sever, aud as Mr. Emma c. Enbury, your cmi-
nent authofvss, who has seen both sdes Of this
que, tiou vrry forcibly and Lruthfly says, "there
are many Who attain an they desire only to find
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