Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-09-11
A CHAPTER ON MATRTMoNY.


A young lady out West in oommuni.
cation to the Sandusky Register upon the
subject of matrimony, says q tsj
@Itis a mournful fact that this world is
full of young men who want to marry, But
dare not. Deny this, as some will, IL is
nevertheless true, as we can easily show
In this town, for instance, there are some
thirty or forty young men, well-to-do in
the way of business and salaries, yet they
refuse to take the step which they all want
to take, but do not. WhyP The large
majority of them have salaries ranging
from five hundred to seven hundred dol
lars per year. Now, the first question 70
be asked by any sane man, is, can / prop
erly support a wife, if / take one2 Then
he counts the cost of living as the woman
of his preference would wish, and 10 tebe
finds, to his amazement that his income
is vastly too small to support even mod
est modern establishment; and, somewhat
maddened by the reflection, he plunges
into labor and courts business with an
assiduity that takes away his health event
ually, in hopes Of attaining an income
that shall enable him;to marry, and have
home of his own. And this is the Sc
cret Of the hard, unending toll of the
young men of to-day, who are fast ap-
Iproaohing thirty years of age-this is the
reason of so many disappointed men and
waiting women, deny or hide it as you
may. va '5l sE.fs +e9 f''94 sas
But, says some good woman, you do us
injustice; for any woman that truly loves
man will adapt herself to his circum-
stances with the greatest pleasure. But
what man Of any sensitiveness, or high
sense of honor, would take woman from
easy circumstances, and a pleasant and
we'll furnished home, to adorn his four
little rooms, and to do his housecwork, as
the first principles of econ omy would de-
mand Of him2 Few will do it; for, though
the woman signifies her willingness 70 take
up with such experience, we are all such
creatures Of circumstances, that there
would be complainings on her part, event
ually, and sickness from over-exertion,
unhappiness from many cares-all Of
which would render marriage anything
else than pleasant And so the young
men very wisely think-preferring few
years Of single loneliness, in order to OBJ
tain money enough to support modest
house Of between twelve and fifteen hun
dred dollars a year expense, rather than
to place modestly educated woman into
the house of six hundred year, where
she must do her own house-work. :.
"Now, what is the. remedy2. Plainly
that women must fit themselves to be such
wives as the young men must have, Else
the young men must fit themselves to be
such husbands as the women want, and
spend the very choicest years of their life
in the dismal drudgery, Of a ceaseless toll,
breaking down health, happiness, energy,
only to give themselves up to marriage
when the best of their. manhood is gone.
The women must choose for themselves
which it shall be, for the matter is solely
in their hands, Let mothers say to their
daughters Put on that calico grown; 50
into the kitchen and prepare dinnerj take
charge of this household, and fit. yourself
to become a wife and mother, Let the
young women cheerfully consent to such
service; and Instead oflayishing although
and time, and money upon the ndornment
of the body, seek to accpstom the hands
to proper industry, and to school the mind
to proper tastes Then there will be nc
longer complaint that young men cam
afford to marry, and We shall have beauti
ful, modest houses all around us, and Yo
men viii have loving husbands, and al
life. once more, have something of thC
truthfulness and virtue which it had il
the days of our blessed fathers and mo
Tiers, when it was ,woman's ambition t
become the head of the house, and rth'
mother of noble children" d. ,,,...,,.
There some good sense for you, girls
WHAT He WAS CRYING FORE was th'
habit of Lord Eldor, when he was Attorne!
General to close his species with spm'
remarks justfying his own character, A
this trial of Horne Tooke, speaking Of hi
wnreputation, he said, ST is the little in
heritauce | hayetO leave my children, an
by Gods help viii leave it uniIapaired.
Here he shed tears, and, to the astonish
| a,,4 80 tboso l,rasont M;lRard tba SoIic