Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-01-25
FOURTH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL GONVEN-
TION.
Sparta, Jan, 10, 1857.

Sparta Jan, 10, 1897,
Eiitors Of the Union and american:
GENTLEMEN: I see that "a Coffee County Democrat"
suggests Sparta the place. and the 18th of April the
time for holding the Democratic Convention to nominate
candidate for Congress in this district The late Demo-
cratic meeting in White county suggested the 4th of April
The State Convention meets the 18th of April Delegates
may want to attend boh which they cannot do one meets
the 18th aud the other the 18th Would not the 4th of
April suit our Coffee county fdendi Yours truly.
aFo MOTHERS WITH MARaIAGEABLE DAUeHrzas In.
der this somewhat suggestive caption We find communist
cation in the Vcksburg Wig, purpoTtng to come from
gentleman desrous Of marrying somebody's daughter,
containing good deal Of sense which applies to other To-
caIiti5s besides Vicks5ug IS touches upon matters
which have occupied soe considerable attention of late
and refers TO growing evil in this country we have
thought worth while give our reade the benefit of
few paragraphs from it which they make the most Of
or not just they please The vein Of satire which runs
thrOughit is well deserved in many quarters throughout
the South.
Our hero describes himself as ''passaby good looking
neitseF drinks whisky, CheTs tobacco smokes cigars
aud has Creiin bis bank book sufficient with economy
to pay his board and dry goods bill for at least year
In advance This the saving of years labor Just
half the tire the good Patriarch aboTed for 0 wives
the write wants but he also has CleTkshp
worth $500 per annum, and twenty eight yeasOd and
the Tennessee hoTsejockey Gays sound in wind aud
limb Iua community where labor IS respectable, and
where the industrious man and busy house wife aud
the Ialsr and pink Miss gentleman u-d lady
with such capital and tUtu prospects. the iud
votary OF Hymen would have nothing fear in kneeng
before the altar and pghGng with the beloved
but here where the music OF the spinning wheel Is OBJ
sOete idea and The dusty bTCTlus ana rough hand Of O
pushed aside by patent leather and kid gloves and pO
matuup aud the balm OF thousand t1wers preferred
hair aud skin preseTvaves to lhs of the brow
that earns the bread who, with such means and
prospects, would commit mltruOnv would be es eemsd
nV UHgH @ .ara u 0r
madmBu for 1t would take tie halt of his bank capital
20 pay house rent for year, and The balance to hire
wants to do what the bride would ST CheeEluy do if if
was only respectable bu. the dong of whch wOuid lose
her caste ard 1das Of t0l" would rot visit her-aud
that would be awful, you know"
Our Flcksburg writer thus continues The only remedy
is reform N pu0lIc and social taste. Ot course such
re7oIgt0nf reform in ID particular would Re re
voUHOn-is not eZpesed 10 take place for the special ia
the Wt=r. II he Stood alone he would be content
90 suffer silence But The fact is be knows @ score or
young situated jlssas be 49, and all wish TO
gej marsd-sVery mothers son o, them aud he has to
ken pGlus 20 count a1d there are more tn twenty moth
his acquaintance who have manageable daughters
and he Judge from the pleased look Of each when
there pair Of patent feathers u1dr the we'll spread
MAHOGANY, and be has broken bread with most Of them
he would say thatG load would be Of the hearts Of
each they could their daughters well settled in life
be knows the young ladies' all desire to marry for great
many have been asked and all said yes. bow delight
full IL would De these twenty couple could lust
wake up the morning and find be social circle 30 re-
tOrme1 that they could ali get married without the least
he had or some Of the Interesting, manageable girls OF
the writer's acquaintance must 1--we to he old maids
tain. The reform easily effected Let these mothers
lake the lead, backed thew will be by their beautiful
daughters encouraged BY she prospect Of husband and
all sustained by score OF brave young men, under the
lead OF The writer who would run idle fashionable f. Fs
and hoops, and twelve width skirts glasses decan-
ters, ETC. out " sssy and establish fashionable sOcie.
" OF OlrOwu IN which the wife would 90 tie most
work and keep her house the best order the least
peuss viii be the leader Of "0n instead of giving ss at
present. tie leadership TO her who spend the most
money buy the most ewery aud tine clothes do The least
tor her family race and By her example viuate the
taste Of the Young and ruin the ambitious poor
Bravo And let aithe people, including "m5thers with
manageable daughters" The daughters themselves and
their Papas say amen! Let the reform be commenced at
once The best interests Of society demand it.
THE SLAVE EEEHrHoN SCBENE-The Lyucb5uTg PR
gia5Eu has the suboned reaouto tn scheme recently
mentioned as having been introduced in tle Florida Leg
isatura, toexenpt from levy and sale in that State by
execution OF attachment, CT other process one slave"
would he we'll ~0UtTer7 agpIerors fb;,t-