The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-18

Wi! De until the time Wish some iuture
Seheiin,ann digs up the obscure relics of
our buried civilization. -:Ne,c York Sun.
Second Marrfages.sTs Z = ~
There were ahrss hatysH hdissa the
other !day7asscuss;ng taS prSpfiety Of
second marriages, and al were very de-
cideA in pFonounciugF them wrong, and
wanting iu love and respect to the mem:
cries Of their deceased partners. One Of
these ladies, who had not been married
more ihaa u; yssr or two, after expressing
her opposition in very strong terms, ap-
pexled to single gentleman who was
present for bis opinion on the subject
He replied liam not only opposed 9to
second marriages, but to first marriages,
also |"
This was something more than the
yonng married lady asked for, and she
expressed her astonishment at the single
sentlemsn's social hetrodoxyl A heresy
which the young gentleman thought
many married persons had .imbibed after
trying both states! But they were too
prudent to acknowledge it for fear Of ex-
Communication.
The idea of a bereavcd widow or Wild
over, in the flower of life, spending his
Or her life brooding over their misfor-
tunes and cherisbing exclusively the
memory Of their loved one, will do for
romance, but not for real life. There
wasC, 8 gentleman, many years ago, who
petitioned the Legislature Of South Car.
Dina to have double tax refunded him,
On the ground that he Sss;so distressed
atthesloss, ~isiisa~Miif feythat he forgot to
pay his taxesl This appeal to the House
produeed quite q sensation. A member
who had been twice married himself,
moved that the prsyer Of the petitioner
be granted, as5he thought it likely the
poor fellow was thinking 10 much about
gettidg gmsrried again that he did really
forget to pay his taxes
It il remarkable how many great men
in, the world have married widows.
Washington the greatest of all men, mar
ried q widow with two children Napo-
leon Bonsparte, the most intellectual
man that the world ever produced, like.
wise married widow older than himself,
with two children; Mahomet, the great
prophet and founder Of the religion OF
the East, married an old widow. Ben
iamin franklin, the philosopher, patriot
and s,ate.uia,i, married widow, or au-
6:nes mau's vile, and he never knew
which; Andrew Jackson married another
| mas Wife twice, before and after she
sas.diyorced from her. husband, yJeher-
so,fmarried widow Madison married
young, dashing widow,-when he was
advanced as bachelors the present
Prime Minister of England married d
widow oider than himself; Lord Coke,
the great embodiment of the common
law. married widow, who was q great
termagant; Sam johnson, the leviathan
bf English literature, married an old
widow; Aaron Burr, "a. man Of the most
fascinating accomplishments, aud who
eould have married any young lady,
chose for his wife the widow of an Eng
lish officer. But this is enough.
Milton, the prince of poets, is an ex-
ception to great men marrying widows.
he Was married three tunes, and every
time he chose q maiden lady. He. said
there was something indelicate in :, the
ideasof marrying widow. But why is
it chat widows have been 80 successful
in capturing great men7 It is because,
having been married, they therefore up-
derstand the art Of fascinating gentlemen
better than inexperienced maiden ladies.
Or, is it because great men have great
hearta as we'll IS great brains and are
therefore more easily captured than or
dinarY men? The fact that woman has
been once married shows that she did
hare charms enough to fascinate some
ohe. This is more than all single ladies
can prove.
! Adam Smith, in his Political Economy,
or "Wealth for Nations" says that a
widow. in America, with three or four
children is sought after by the young
farmer "as sort of fortune" He looks
forward to the work of the children as a
great help. Ifthis was ever the case in
the United States, it is very certain that
the young men Of the present day are
more entesprising than the contempora.
ries Of Adam Smith we're, for they prefer
making their own fortunes.
1t may be said that the great men
enumerated as marrying widows were
governed by sordid motives more than
love. Washington was too pure and
good . man to have been Influenced by
any consideration of wealth, although ne
married lady possessed Of FIVE or six
hundred slaves and valuable lands. Ma
poleon married a widow who had moth
ing. Franklin, Madison and Andrew
Jackson did the same. DR.. Johnson's
wife had nothing. Aaron Burr's wife
had nothing. Mahomet, old Coke and
D'Isresli did marry fortunes.
1t was said by distinguished gentle
man, yet living, that no one ever truly
loved but once. This is certainly not
the orthodox opinion of single gentlemen
and ladies. They, very often, are in love
half dozen times before they are mar
ried There is more truth ia the express
sion of the fact, that heart which once
truly loves can never forget. 1t may
love again and again, and still remember
its first love-. This is natural. But that
one love should exhaust heart, is not
the experience of the world, AZ second
marriages. conclusively show. >
Young inea may, sometimes, marty old
widows, a. did Mahomet, Johnson, Burr,
D'Isreali, aud others, enumerated above,
but old men always prefer marrying
young ladies. We once heard an old
gentleman, who bad married a young
wife, say old men were great fools for
marrying ycupg1 girls! We thought
young girls who married old men were
much greater fools, and would be very
apt to discover their folly in after life,
whilst waiting and nursing and taking
care of their old husbands. A young
lady who first marries an old man, sell
dom does no again, in her second mar
riage. This is mistake she never
commits the second time.-C5r Green
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