The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-11-27
Opinions on Marriage.

81 Paul GIsOe.
Marriage is honorable in all, says ST.
Pau; and the same opinion has been ex-
pressed much in the same words by in
authors from Seneca down.
ward. 1t is curious, however, to note how
writers have differed in the testimony
they have borne to this the most sacred
of human relationships. "A man finds
himself seven years older the day after
his marriage" says Bacon; and, accord
ing to a lady writer, marriage is 1.-The
metempshychosis OF women-it turns
them into different creatures from what
they were before The reading that
comes between the lines here is capable
of more than one Interpretation. and it
must be left to the initiated to take
view which most answers to their own
ings, however, in the JohnSonian declara-
ton that "marriage is the best state Tor
man i'll general, aud every man is u worse
man in proportion as he is unfit for the
married state Nor, although he looks
at the matter in two aspects. is there any
ambiguity in D..niel Websters opinion
it locally contains heaven or hell; there Is
no third place i'll it. Nevertheless the re-
lationship is good Tor the chief upholdei S
of the doctrine OF d third state, for We
have distinguished wearer of the ring OF
tho Fisherman (Plus I'D preaching that
"marrlage is better tor the clergy thJn a
his doubts aud speculatinns, has this to
say with reg ard to the sacred tie: The
more married men You have the fewer
crlme~ there Will be-" inasmuch as
'narriag e renders man more virtuous
aud more wise Cotton put III that
"marriage is d feast where the grace is
some INES better than the dinner NJ :
lauctuou agrees with ' 'lt;lre on this
question. ms opinion being lew unmar-
RED people are affected as they ought to
be toward The public COCO aud perceive
what are really the most important OBJ
ects in life Montaigne is inclined to
be Irunical on the subject, saying that
1.-THE land of marriage has this peculiar
ity, that strangers are desirious of III
hahiting it, while it's natural inhabitants
won id willingly be 5anished thence 1t
there is II my also in Sydney Smiths OBJ
servation on the subject, it is softened
with delightful touch of humor. We
have the genial divlue comparing mar
ried couple to a pair OF shears, so joined
that they cannot be separated, often NOV
ing in opposite directions yet always pun
ishing any one no comes between them. y
We have one noted author intimating
that even at the worst there is a certain
measure OF benefit IN marriage. 1--WE are
not very much to blame for our bad mar
riages,' says Emerson; I'VE live amid
hallucln atoms. and this esp' cial trap is
laid to trip up our feet with, and all are
trpped up first or last but the mighty
mother Who had been ST. sly with us, as
if she feit she owed us some indemnity,
insiuuates into the Pandora box of mar
rage some deep aud serious benefits aud
some great joys, There are the same
differences III the verdict on the married
state III the poetic as in the prose refer
ences 10 it. The testimony on both as
poets + marriage is. in tact, velumuiou.
aud it could not well be otherwise, see
ing that it deals with what bears chiefly
on human iov or sorrow. BIT there is
no question as to which way the balance
turns,