The union Democrat., 1869-01-30
The Marriage Question.

Mr.. EpIToR.-When so many suggestions
arc now being made, through your valuable
columns, for the advancement Of the prospects
of our county, / think it an opportune mo-
ment to make one, which has for long time
been uppermost in my mind. Ny bachelor
friends have smiled, when | have made the
suggestion, and many Of my married friends
have shaken their heads ruefully the mo-
ment mentioned the matter; the only indi-
vidnal, who has given me any encouragement
10 agitate the point is Miss Of some forty
summers. who lives within stones throw of
my humble domecile. AS l consider her a
lady of intelligence and a most disinterested
Judge, have concluded through her persua-
sion, and from my cwn conviction of the
sorndness of the policy to bring the thing be-
fore the public. And now what's the point ?
Simply this-I will out with it, without any
circumlocution-that our batchelor miners, of
whom cur camps are full, take unto themselves
partners-female partners mean--for life.
Now that's the whole policy and have
made up my mind to maintain it. to defend
1t, and-yes I'll Out with it-and to try it
ifshell have me. Now / consider it entire
ly unnecessary to explain who she is, SO l
simply say, if she'll have me.
The first authority that l cite, should
of course be my weightiest one. / am indebt-
ed for it, to my friend of the '' forty sum.
mers.' Let it not be imagined that my men,
tion of the forty summers is prompted by any
desire to lay annoying emphasis upon the la
dy's nge-I state it as mere fact to give
weight to her assertions for age has expert
ence and experience is authority. She tells
me that the Bible says, that it is not well for
man to be alone. She reads the Bible. l
don't. know that she would not belle that
sacred book so / am confident that the
Bible says that, as if had read it there my
self. That Of itself should be enough to con-
vince any man, of the soundness of the doc
trinc, but there are some, who will pervert
the plain word TO suit their own purposes, and
others who deny its authority, | will be
obliged to proceed further with my argument
When Miss 0ldstyle, such is the name Of
the lady before alluded to, was imparting to
me the above biblical information, Mr..
Apronstring, a neghbor, who was present
with squalling infant of nine months in his
arms, which he had TO take from the house to
prevent i from disturbing a two-year old, who
had run q fork in it's eye that day, very pro-
foundly remarked, that he had reason of late
to doubt the soundness of that assertion.
Miss 0ldstyle hoped that he didn't doubt any
assertion Of the Bible. No, hut he could not
believe it with the Interpretation given to it
by Miss O'dstyle. lie thought that person
might be badly off to be alone, but that he
was worse of to have any body else with him,
especially q dependent female and large
family and concluded by saying, that man
was in bad Tx in this wcrld anyhow.
There was pause here. The lightning
was gathering in the emasculated counte-
nance of Miss o., and began to feel for poor
hpronstring. The thunder pealed. | was
disappointed, | thought the bolt would have
shivered the argument of Mr. A., bat all fell
upon q side iseue-the assertion "dependent
female" 1t was too much for Miss @. who
is rather of the strong persuasion. That use
iul Indispensable being, dependent! it was out
Of the question. Miss o. grew eloquent over
the Independence of the female, and | must
say rather impressed me with the idea that
man was the dependent being-especaliy
when she modestly alluded to the position,
which the mother occupies toward the babe,
position which man never can occapy. viz :
that Of wet nurse.
was unable to bring her back during the
evening, TO the Interpretation suggested by
Mr.. Apronstring. 1 shall take the earliest
opportunity, however. of obtaining her views
upon it, and communicating them to your
readers. | am convinced that Apronstripg z
was wrong, and that Miss O. will furnish me
with overwhelming proof of this assertion
In the mean time, hope, If any of you read
crs have anything to o&cr, thatttey will send
it in. DloGENEs,