Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-02-08

4. A CsArrsa on Fam Iovsny DoxS Pr.
krr.--The other wing uf the grea, aray
iof occupation. devoted 10 What they are
} pleased 70 call progress. has been in sea.
aca II the national capitss during the past
4 week. This ~iug is the extreme tight,
or lch. sc e@ni.ot say which. aud |. mar
shailed andef the c4mmand Of Mrs Cen
eral wcoihuif. Nh. s9cucrai woohull IL
lady fair ID look upon. aud has In tact
and sense many Winning Ways. She uo.s
% her cause our handsome friend Theo-
dcre Tilton. and that she Is brave we .lt
know from the spirited manner IN uhic,
che STACKED the leea 0snura1 Y3aeooatou
4 vhils BE go eosuull lluf,noa. - = - =.
.t.sct. That with such attractions IN,
hall should Be well filed. and At times
crowded. are facts not to BE- wondered At
We have. 1t is true, the German opers
IN full blast. and the swect-voice Mcal,ou
won the hearts OF all cultivated cars. but
the female sufragis;s met in the day time
while the other entertainments came of at
night. so they could not be said Ia have
rum in opposition In accepting Mrs. Wood
bull as their leader this wing is tainted
with the free love doctrine, and we belIeye
that 1t IL upon this that the two wings took
issue and fell into separate organizations.
One believes only in giving the tallo, to
the women. the other goes in tcrccly for
all manner OF so called reforms. When
one. male or female. accepts the role of
hos-gospelcr it Is difficult TO sto,, and ono
Is apt 10 60 TO extremes. Free love is an
extreme. There are some violent peoplc
who call !. by other and harder names
We content ourselves with this. flows
had anything to do with matrimonv bcyoud
launching it upon life We might accept
little Nic's platform and 60 in with great
enthusiasm. But when one has knocked
about this wide world to any extent ono
a-akcns 10 the miserable fact that Of all
things love has the least to do with the
holy bonds Of fmatrimopy. Tendcr-hearted
and inaamahle young gentlemen lacking
experience, and therefore tcndcr-headcd.
feel stran-e sensa,i ut times ,ha, poets
and plny-wrlters and novclists have striven
for centuries to define, ari that sensation
probably has.ens them into the condition
of married men. Your little girl, howev-
or trained and educated to regard marriage
as The beginning ofl:fe. period from W hi, h
to date e7erything that is pleasant and
prosperous, marrics the best offer made
her. .and in nncty-nine cases out Of
hundred is more Influenced by ncck-,io
than the tender passion Admitting: how.
ever. tha. the sweet intoxicating passion
influences the two doves. how long does il
survive -Cnoneymoon a the fu le strur-
gle of life. when the two infatuated p ,op,e
awake from their crazy dream and Sec
each other precisely as they are? This
is n terrible statement, and will shock our
tender readers almost as much rs little
Fics wicked notions But let us look-at
naked fac:s-wc be- pardon. We did not
mean to use that indclicate and un- Amer.
lean word-let US look at the facts How
seldom in real life arc VIC enable to follow
the true lovers through their courtsl,rp
to matr!m0ny. rs in novel where tho
right man wcds the right woman at tho
end Of the third volume. How many
bright. lovely girl have We known 20 marry
a carriage. and what multi,uies succu,nb
10 a stone front in good society. A very
wise little lady. blessed with large. healthy
brain. and eyes that we've rs seeing a.
they were beautiful. once told US that Girl
never did marry the man that she loved,
and that If love did not come in after wed.
lock it never did appear. And We believe
her. We write this adviscdly. Between
the sentences VIC smoked cigar and re-
frctcd. We say now. that. so far as tho
girls are concerned. frce-love il in full
force. They have one fellow, perhaps
several. and marry some other fellow from
influences aud motives in which the blind
god has no hand. The feeling that binds
the two together after wedlock is. thank.
to n wise Greater, deeper, holi r. and
stronger than that which these fanatics
propose to let loose upon humanity. Il
grows up in the sacred recesscs o: home
and beauty. goodness. intellect. nobility.
have nothing to do with it How often
DO we see the poor wife hanging about tie
gates Of pcnitcn:iary. waiting for the
convict. her husband, to emerge again in
10 tie world and her arms. Or the hus-
band. transforms d from a rough brute. ten-
derly nursing his sick wife The mo-.
| touching and, at the same time, pitiful
sight. is the common one of seeing the
wife or husband trying TO hide the errors
Of the other from the world, ani shielding
and sustaining the unhappy partner after =
loss Of all that commands respccr. The feel
iag Of the two for each other is born Of
their mutual happiness and strengthened
/ by their mutual sorrows until it makes the
twain one in mutrimonv Ifany free lover
doubts this aui wonders at its existence
let such ask himself or hcrself how il is la
or she j. attached 70 n parent or child.
! and whether sHch attachments icpcni
upon hcasty or cnoinessi We thank
God for this "He refuge. sweet and holy,
! from ,hc cares and wick e,lncss ofthc world.
We cavc thanks for thc home. where =,
least there is one IN b,liere in ami cling
to Us. The wave Of busy life esascs cn the
threshold, and all is peace AMI happiness
within. II is blcssed dixpcnsztion tn
poor humanity that the wickcdcst man can
have wife 10 believe in him and children
to lore and earess.' And We have no fear,
as so-+his being destroyed. Itis want.
Law Of our nature. anl after the tunult
gotten or by the insane or wicked ID will
be foand FIRM in It's existcnce.
o.