American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-08-27

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birth or distinction, with eyes radient
with hope, walk up to the smiling and
artless young lasses, and "kindly offe,
to escort them to the parental roof
And what, though in the dispensations
OF Providence they were sometimes SO
divided as not to crafty the wishes of
all, they could all look forward to a
better day, when their kindness might
find another field of operations-so all
were contented, and uery happy.
Perhaps we are oyerdrawing this
picture, but we hope an indulgent Ed
itor and a generous public will forgive
us any weakness we may discover in
this article for those who have expe.
rienced knoD, and those who have not
may we'll imagine the magnitude of our
subject; and how easily, under such
circumstances, persons enlisted under
the banner of "peuce and good vii, 4"
might suffer their imaginations to mis-
lead thom. ~
Your correspondent very justly adj
vcrted to the EFFECT, but he, as most
OF your readers doubtless are, was ig-
norant of the CAUSE of this nortifyne
revolution. He received his informa-
tlon, perhaps, from some unfortunate
associate of "by gone days." T. having
gotten it by letter no doubt, necessari-
ly brief and detached, hence his en-
barrassment in that particular. Your
readers will be ready noap to ask at our
hands full and explicit detail of all
the facts and circumstances in the case,
and entering on this part of our sub
Jcct, we are tempted to cxclaim, in the
language Of one of the youthful heroes
OF gore" we almost wish we had not
learned to write )" for it actually pains
US to advert to the causes, from the
fact that it seems like tearing agape
that bleeding wound afresh."
But months have rolled away since
that fatal separation, and time appears
to bring no relief; hence we think that
no harm can result from candid isclo-
sure of the heart-rending affair. TO
begin then. The question naturally
arises, What soas it? Why, your cor
respondent has told you-and we ac-
knowledge it with blushes--that the
masculines' nicknamed the "femi-
mines" What the motives of these
young madcaps could have been, We
are not prepared to say; but we are
permitted to judge, and so we will. -
1t has often been remarked that Rail.
roads exert q deleterious influence on
"the rising generation" of the com.
munity through which they pass, by
importing into their midst the profit
gate and dissolute, who are tutors, as
it were, in vice, to the youth of the
village, and indeed the adult portion
OF community are sometimes more or
less contaminated. They, both old and
young, contract foolish sayings and
nonsensical remarks, and this is q case
fully illustrating our proposition. The
young men, in kindly feelings and in
artless conformity to mathematical
rules, proceeded to name, according tc
the different grades of symmetry and
speed, their respective Dulcineas,'
after the most fleet and beautiful en-
glnes, such as 'Old Hundred '198,
ect., not doubling but that such roman.
tic soubriquet would be altogether a.
greeable to their fair charmers.
They were not intended by these
young mon as terms Of reproach-not
by any means--but merely as mat.
ter of taste. the enamored swain is
permitted by all rules of propriety and
etiquette, to style his "Toboso" a
"duck," "pink," a "rose," "roe'
or a "dove,' then Why not, in this age
of steam, (for we are inclined to sym
pathise with these young men, believ
ing as we do that they, acting on the
ground of competition, would be likely
to endeavor to outdo each other in ap
plying justifiablc cognomens,) expect
ambitious young men to call theil
hearts delights" after the most ex
quisitc specimens of art within thei,
comprehcnsions; hence they were ma.
med after "tho best in the line, those
which have gained the medals, & carry
the antlers" in front But the La
dies, not comprehending the true spirit
in which this thing was perpetratcd
took exceptions, and vowed revenge if
the application of the mitten'- and
like patriots of '76, the boys resolved
in view of the coming storm, to slelte,
themselves behind the " sacred parch.
ment, so summoning together all the
counsellors and warriors of the tribe
they expressed their determination ir
a preamble, beginning, 9" Be it resolv
cd" &c.
What the language of that inssru.
mont was il is nnnnnnsanru 70 Coz. G.,