The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-28
From the Cincinnati Con'neicih'
r,,, ao,,cru Married Man.

,r,o f,,,.Irp f9e, in discussing inc d'''S NV,
nj NJ ,rriapc, asks, with some anXictF' W., ~,
doc. not tho modern man marry! anu ,",'
,,r,,oeed> 10 give n number OF reasons vi. s'
INV mon in taeSc times refrain from "h'',
IVORY Tbc question Is frequently d's.u, S.a'
in tho New York papers, ana s'i'i '"''
oucntly BY the English press mn, does
Ru, the fact Is that the modern ,: n''" II, Tho
WARY. IJc marries notwithstanding, "' .,,h.
ndv,ce thc newspapers give ilu' Wv - -" ,,ro,cd-
;ect He n,rricS just a. the hia" y. t..s ~
;;,[, conversations married. Inc i.'S'n'so" W v,
marriace is not by any means III S.;.,
5ccay hui flouriShcS rs gary ana luAn ,'. No.:
ne n ever did. If there bea re" lhen oi w
nen,louS intellect or CNtr"oia'''"is -
,aI,v or hardl,cartedncsS who remain Dacne'
, ,'. chose whom Mr.. Lincoln called the
..nl,;n reoplc" continue to marry ana give
=, n,arr;,or inst rs mankind are said to have
done at the time Of the hooa. Neuis IL.
men of the proper age LOT lla'i h'S.
in all parts Of this cou'l.r! al.
married, as any one Can h'iu w.
nv statistics or observation. Ii anybod!
has any doubt on this point lct MN loon
around We venture to say ne VIII hnu 'na'
butcher baker, tailor, shoet1ake', maui II
VI,
will find that nearly all his acquaintance, a.
,,o counts them ND. are married. lie VIII
end that nearly all the residences, poorer
and richer. in all parts of the city ana suo-
rrhs. are occupied by men who are married,
and who moreover, possess families OF re-
snr,1ab|e magnitude. If he gets NJ the 1eei-
;nrs of the Younger men Of his acquaintance
hc will find that almost every one OF them cA-
pects tn get married. and if here and there 4
tycak-mindcd one talks about remaining n
bachelor all his life, he will nnd that q
few wears is pretty certain to WORK great
change in his ideas on the subject. II he 20
ont into the rural districts among the iarln-
ers. be will find that marriage IS all Dilt UNI
yersal, and he will see every reason 10 De-
licye that the rising generation Is certain 10
walk in the footsteps Of the one when pre-
ceded it. In short, wherever he look>, we
venture to say. his observations will have nut
one result. They will convince him that the
modern man" mrric>. and THAT the
looming man" also will marry. We think
If would be worth while for those who are
excited about the matter to ponder II III the
WAY we have suggested, for we feel sure that
their alarm about the prospects of the human
race and the social state would be quickly
diminished.
There is not the slightest necessity, there
tore for anybody troubling himself about
the marriage of the modern man, who Is
already married, or of the proNinate man,
WHO. unless all signs fail will be properly
married in due season. The modern woman
may be extravaganza, or talsc-lriired, or strong
minded, or weak-mindcd, yet all these Things
are Intellectual to prevent the modern man
from marrying her.
There is in all large cities small class OF
men consisting principally of club-loungers,
Byrouic poets, literary Bohelnians, miscrs.
philosophers. and such like, who fail to do
their duty in the marriage business. WeSup-
pose that newspaper writer's who are afflicted
about the modern man not marrying must
have this class in their eye. But this clas- Is
not novelty in the world. 1t existed III
ancient Athens and Rome, and in medieval
ConStantinoplc and Venice, Just as it exists
in modern Paris and London. 1t is numcri-
caly small class, and socially an inconSc-
qu mt al one. In no part of the country does
it amount to more than one or two per cent.
ut the population. 1t is absurd to take such
Il class as the basis for moralizing on the con-
dition of society, or the conduct of the great
miss of mankind