Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-01-11
lFor,he Express.

scutieheb itten1s viii De imposeu upon
and as writer's take the privilege Of wri-
ting TO whom. or about what they please,
why, / will write a few letters to the
young gentlemen readers Of the Express.
IN. Bit is expected that the ladies will
not honor them with perusal.) Under
ordinary circumstances. l know the pro-
priety, as we'll as the good taste of such
one-sided correspondence, would be ques-
toned. IL is hardly necessary for me to
say that We are living in an extraordinary |
age, under an extraordinary government,
and that ladies, wishing to keep pace with /
the times, will occasionally do the most
extraordinary things.
Before commence my letters. will tell
you, Dear Express. that although have
fought for a place in your columns. and
have at last gained a signal victory, rather
than have Leila fall out Of the line of
battle. I will retire from the engagement,
strike my colors. yield my weapon. and
quit. will say / would not surrender my
place to a man. In my opinion men are
odious. when they wage war with women.
1t is a consolatory reflection, however,
that they always suffer an in glorious defeat
when they attack, with the intention of
| triumphing over u.s. But it is with morti-
6cation that we are obliged to acknowl-
edge, that our greatest victories are won.
not by force Of arms. but by stratagem.
You gentlemen. if do take the liberty
of writing to you. and even IL it is leap
year, hope You will not think intend
to propose to you. I would not do that for
several reasons. In the first place. il |
proposed al all. / should propose TO you
| all at the same time. know that very
few Of you could refuse the combined at
fractions of youth. beauty. and talent. and
AS YOU might all want me, as but one could
yet me, ana as / should not evince my par
-iality by the exercise of any choice iu the
selection of that one, as there might De
rvsral dutls fought on my account; as
do not wish any one to suffer for my sake,
either beari-wounds or flesh wounds-in
consideration of all these things, l will
not propose to sny of you. think u
very likely that some of the young ladies
e no do not possess my numerous attrac-
,,.ns, AVID who entertain mare exalted
opinions Of your sex. than | do. will.
uf course. you who say that you do many
things that you ought not tn do, because
lady requests It, and it would be 'mpoii'e
10 refuse n womap-would not be so ur
gallant as to decline such proposal. Be-
fore you launch your frsil bark upon the
great ocean of matrimony, 1t would De
wisdom in you to learn something about
the tastes and habits of the ladies. IL Is
about them that | am disposed to tell yoa
Woman who was the GROWING grace OF
creation. has been considered by few for
lorn old bachelors, and hen pecked hus-
bands, as the bane of mankind But their
opinions upon women should be received
with extreme caution. The former are
generally the victims of disappointment.
and are soured by it against all woman
| kind aud the domestic mlsiortunes Oh the
latter, can in almost all cases, be attribu-
ted to their own unhappy dispositions
Says an elegant French writer, ito de-
scribe woman, one ought to dip ones pen
in the rainbow and instead Of sand. use
the du st from the wings of the butterfly to
dry the paper" As can only dip my
goose-quill in miser able ink, and am too
poor to afford even common sand to Dry
my paper, will not attempt description
of woman as she really is. Nor is such
description necessary; l know that you
look upon ladies. young ladies particular
", as inoarnate angels; or if you do not
think so. you take infinite pains to make
some of them believe you do. As they do
not wish to call 10 question your veraclty
they suppose that you do regard them as
angels.
Now that have written so much. Will
conclude by saying that hope you are SO
we'll pleased with my Introductory re-
marks. that-you will wait impatiently for
nv next communication.
GRATHA.