The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-10-09

MArrleN person Ia tblS house 70
arise aud preach marriage to Us,
some of us wOnld be so inp0lite aE
to remember the fox 10 the fable
who, having lost his tail, tried all
unsuccessfully, to persuade the
other foxes that tails we're unSight.
ly aud incOnvenient, aud ought to
be cut of. 30, no, married people,
we are satisfied with the tOx's tall
the celebrates appendage, called
i'freedOM,' and are not willing to
part with it just because you are
married and "misery loves cOmpa-
n.y." If We are happy in our iguO.
rance, leC US alOne-having never
been married, We never miss yOUr
married pleasures. As Mrs. POy.
scr, IN "Adam Bede," most wisely
says: "PeOple that don't miss their
cushions are them as never had
any" But this married happiness,
iS it solid and lastingi Is 1t not,
even during the hOney.mo0A, grad
ually diluted till it bVcORes itIsipid
and at last distastetul Il not the
very term, 'thOney -moon," coBipOsed
OF the types of the sweet but OF the
transitOry and the waningi But,
you say, '!there is a love whick
cannot grow mOnotonOus." l an.
swer: at is the lot of such loye,tO
suffer, and just in proportion as
married people love eaph other
must they grieve for each others
faults aud infrmities and SOrrOws."
You SAY, tive have consolation in
oar ckildreg,n but is there not more
pain than pleasure even in . pa.
rents love! Same one defines
scare" AZ the brOOtling anxiety OF
the mother tor her child. Where is
the happiness in knowing that you
belong to a world where sin and
pain aud sorrow are the sure herit-
age OF your children = But the un.
married are not cut off FROM the
society OF children. 1t il one OF
the compensatiOns Of celibacy that
it is SO easy TO love other peoples
children and enjoy the fathers OF
the mothers pleasures while escap.
ing their responsibilities.
Marriage Ii an obstacle to mauy
u high and holy mission. Where
were the fruitful tolls of tho Cath.
qlic priest aud ths Sister OF Ohari.
~ Uere they diverted from their
life work by the ties and distract.
ions of married life = Who are the
best rulers Ot natiOnsf Compare
Henry the Eighth, six times mar.
Tied, With his daughter, the virgin
queen, whose reign alone WOULD
have mgde England tOFever glo.
yiouS, DO We expect less from
Grover Cleveland because Mrs.
Cagdle is not '!Ihe power behind
the throne ~ Would 1t lessen the
cares of State to add to them the
cares of y h4nseholdi Would the
demands Of n nGti0n np0H his brain
be made lighter by tn" demands of
II tpowGy uppn his purse WIsa
Grover Cleveland, to 'remem beT that
The bills you may veto are not the
bills for Satins and laces, anil dia
pOUds. Happy Grover Cleveland,
whatever sou may lack, possessing
ihr prime qualification, crlibacy !
Use it we'll, Grover Cleveland, so
well that it. shall become forever
more the sine qua ron il candi.
date Tor the Presidency. Brave
the war OF the fair ones, your re.
ward 10 sure. To DO cursed tO day
and OanOnized tO-mOFrOw is the
fate of the retOrmer.
Marriage is the enemy of other
friendships, with . few grand ex.
ceptiOns where domestic and per.
sonal ties fail to make men forget.
full of tue merits of others. How
few schOOl-day friendships survive
the marriage Ot either party, and
the deep, the romantic attachment |
Of true men to each other, do We
tind il among the married or the
Can We conceive OF
David and Jonathan, or Damon
and Pythias at the DOOn of their
having wivesf What
woman would permit her husband ia
peace to love either man or woman
sveu half as we'll as be loves his
wife Z aud, alas ! o, married friends
VI the unmarried, Se give you our
o. els red siRe you reward us
Sith the Ices which your tcires re
ect.
But abr enumerate the many oh
rGiIOns to marriage. We're their
10 .n irrIages, there CsOuld be no iii.
'0rcrs, no bigamy, no MOrIuonism,
10 VloDements, no marrying for
money, no widows, no orphans. no
not theirs. in-l Law, no druhkarls'
Vives, no wives neglected, imposed
lp0n, unlOved, fOrsaken; aud last,
,ut not least, the abolition Of mar.
iage would make Of the very ter.
Ible, the very real Mrs. Caudle but
nightmare, = myth. ] admit that
o be happily married is 10 enjoy
eaven on earth; but, alas heaven
pOH earth is not tor many. Mar.
iage is usually q disappointment.
because men are not what they
rem, because their masks tell OF
fier marriage, celibacy would be
,reterabls tor the maiOrity OF wives.
TOang ladies, you do pot know
bese arch-deceiyeTsi they never
how the cloven foot till they have
on fast IN The meshes Of mairi-
lOny. Sven the uutanght Indian
no - how 70 WOO bis maiden as y
oddess and then as 4 WifAfo male