The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-07-03

"Sineln, hlSSscdness'' 10 rapidly on thu in
croeeo Il threatens to become an establish
"a st1nstitution." Marriage, and the family
relStion, are in danger Of being superseded.
These ard similar utterances have become
one Of the prominent topics Of the newspa-
per pfess.
In all our large cities the disinclination to
marry CO the part Of yehng men is frequently
spoken Of and written about. And it is said,
tru,ifuly, too, that just in the ratio that
men incline tdebachelorism, rowdyism, de-
bauchcry and crime become rampant in the
land.
This is subject Of great Importance to all
and of fearful interest TO the generations to
come. 1t requires no extraordinary reach Of
thought TO comprehend that the natural and
inevitable results must be, sooner or later,
the general decentralization Of human society.
Without the maintenance Of those domestic
associations and duties, which are known
only whore the marriage institution 10 made
sacred, no society ever did or ever can exist
above barbarism or savageism.
To arrest this downward tendency Of the
race two causes must be corrected. Young
men must be trained to live, move, and have
thor being, without those blood.infaming
and soul-palsying poisons, called liquor, and
1 young ladies must learn to be useful as we'll
as snowy. On this latter clause of our text
we propose to expatiate very briefly, nod then
! leave the matter for the present, to the re-
| Elections Of whom it may concern.
| IL is notorious all over the civilized world,
that American females are unhealthy, and
that the tendency to disease and infrmity is
constantly increasing. The daughters, as a
general rule are mort infrm than their moth
ers, as their mothers compare unfavorably
with tho:r grandmothers. There il no theme
80 much written about, talked about, lectured
about, 10 sickly American women and girls.
Young men cannot he ignorant OF these
| things. They are md must be fond OF the
society Of young ladies. Nature. and in
stinct, and reason, and custom incline them
to marry. But with the thought OF matri-
monial alliance comes the thought OF every
thing except beds OF roses and domestic Joys.
SO far . counting goes, aliispleasant enough;
but With tho marriage Is associated the idee
Of doctors, nurses, and creator or less
number Of Bridgets and katys, and Marys
and Elens. Instead Of n help-mate. a wife
to cheer him in the pathway Of life, and ia
king charge OF the household affairs, he
dreams OF delicate nerves, tender stomachs,
falling hair, decaviag teeth, and spinal lrri-
tation. He anticipates, us we'll he may, a
constant monologue about pains, aches, bad
feelings, morbid sensations, rs the prevail
inr music of the Preside. He thinks OF ever
recurring bills to pay. lie knows the chan
ces are against him 81 marrying patient to
take care of, instead of a wife to enjoy.
Now men are jus, as selfish as women are
On the whole, We think they are more So
The young lady who supposcs thata young
man on the face of the earth wishes to marry
her for the sake of nursing her through life,
makes a very great mistake. There have
been indeed marriages Of "sympathy.'-
But heaven sanctions not, and nature abhort
such alliances.
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